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Sevilleta site, station Deep Well, study of plant cover of Cryptantha crassisepala (thicksepal cryptantha) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Sevilleta (SEV) contains plant cover of Cryptantha crassisepala (thicksepal cryptantha) measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

Sevilleta site, station Five Points, study of plant cover of Cryptantha cinerea (James' cryptantha) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Sevilleta (SEV) contains plant cover of Cryptantha cinerea (James' cryptantha) measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

Sevilleta site, station Five Points, study of plant cover of Cryptantha crassisepala (thicksepal cryptantha) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

Shortgrass Steppe site, station Treatment 2 (water addition) for ESA study, study of plant density of Cryptantha minima in units of numberPerMeterSquared on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Shortgrass Steppe (SGS) contains plant density of Cryptantha minima measurements in numberPerMeterSquared units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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FIGURE 3 in Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida elevated to species with a new name, C. juniperensis

FIGURE 3. Distribution map of Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida [=C. juniperensis] (solid red dots), and of C. nevadensis var. nevadensis (black bordered dots). Data from georeferenced records at Baja Flora (2016), Consortium of California Herbaria (2016), and SEINet (2016). Map data from ©Google 2016, INEGI Data.

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FIGURE 2 in Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida elevated to species with a new name, C. juniperensis

FIGURE 2. Comparison of features of Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida [=C. juniperensis] with C. nevadensis var. nevadensis. A. Fruiting calyces of Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida. B. Fruiting calyces of Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis, which are longer and more reflexed apically (shown to same scale as "A"). C. Nutlets of Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida, in dorsal (left), ventral (middle), and lateral (right) views. D. Nutlets of Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis (shown to same scale as "C"), which are longer, relatively narrower, and more coarsely elongate-tuberculate to muricate, tubercles near the apex often upturned. Specimens illustrated: A, C: RSA 580318; B, D: SDSU 13032.

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FIGURE 1 in Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida elevated to species with a new name, C. juniperensis

FIGURE 1. Holotype specimen of Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida [=C. juniperensis], C. G. Pringle s.n., 16 May 1882 (GH 00096065). Note paired cymules.

FIGURE 8 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 8. Cryptantha echinosepala [Johnstonella e.] A. Holotype (Orcutt 15, March 1917, GH00096294), close-up of one plant. Note occasional bracts at base of inflorescence cymules and scattered flower bracts. B-D. Exemplar specimen, Carter 3894, 20 March 1960 (SD106211). B. Stem close-up, showing in this specimen appressed-strigose trichomes. C. Basal leaf close-up, showing marginal pustulate, hispid trichomes. D. Fruit close-ups, showing characteristic hispid trichomes of calyx concentrated on the axial (upper/toward inflorescence axis) side.

FIGURE 7. A,B in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 7. A,B. Cryptantha pondii, distribution map of three known collections. Georeference point for the type, Pond 22, approximate; that of Gentry 8684 placed as a centroid of three different georeferenced estimates. Maps from ©Google 2020, INEGI Data.

FIGURE 3. Cryptantha maritima var. vizcainensis. Images from Moran 19878 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 3. Cryptantha maritima var. vizcainensis. Images from Moran 19878 (SD92358). A. Close-up of base of primary shoot, showing strigose stem vestiture and pustulate trichomes of leaves. B. Corolla face, showing relatively large limb diameter and fornices. C. Mature fruit, calyx opened, showing two nutlets and style, extending just beyond larger, smooth nutlet. D. Close-up of cymule, showing appressedstrigose stem vestiture, flower bract, calyces with hirsute marginal regions of ascending trichomes, and hispid midribs with stout, inclined or spreading trichomes, the latter more prominent on the side away from the inflorescence axis.

FIGURE 6. Cryptantha pondii. A in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 6. Cryptantha pondii. A. Close-up of single plant of presumed lectotype specimen (US41006), confirmed by Johnston (1928) as being correctly identified. Note linear, pustulate leaves and bracts at base of cymules. B,C. Images from Gentry 8684, 13 March 1949 (HCIB21969). B. Four nutlets removed from fruit, showing smooth surface and slight size heteromorphism. C. Close-up of cymules, showing linear bracts and relatively large corollas. D–F. Images from Philbrick B74-84, 25 March 1974 (SBBG49613). D. Fruit with four, smooth nutlets removed. Note finely hirsute calyx marginal region with ascending trichomes, as well as hispid calyx midrib of stouter trichomes. E. Close-up of four nutlets attached to gynobase. Note slight heteromorphism in size and slight extension of style tip/stigma from nutlet apices. F. Cymules, showing appressed-strigose vestiture of axes, scattered linear flower bracts, and relatively large corolla.

FIGURE 5 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 5. Comparisons of fruiting calyces of Cryptantha maritima varieties. A. Cryptantha maritima varieties, left-to-right: var. cedrosensis, var. maritima, var. pilosa, and var. vizcainensis. B. Two samples of var. maritima; note hirsute calyx margin region with few to many appressed trichomes and hispid calyx midrib with stout, mostly spreading trichomes. C. Two samples of var. pilosa; note densely hirsute calyx margin region with ascending to erect trichomes and hispid midribs with few, relatively thin, erect to ascending trichomes.

FIGURE 4. Cryptantha maritima var. vizcainensis. Images from Moran 19878 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 4. Cryptantha maritima var. vizcainensis. Images from Moran 19878 (SD92358). A. Gynobase, nutlets, and style/stigma detached from a single fruit. B. Larger, smooth nutlet, in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. C. Smaller, tuberculate nutlet, in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. Note ventral groove, short bifid at base.

FIGURE 10 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 10. Cryptantha echinosepala [Johnstonella e.] distribution maps, coordinates from Baja Flora (2021). A. Topography map. Map from ©Google 2020, INEGI Data. B. Map from Baja Flora (2021) showing vegetation zones (after Rebman et al. 2016) where the species occurs.

FIGURE 2 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 2. Distribution maps of varieties of Cryptantha maritima. Data from Baja Flora (2021), CCH2 (2021), GBIF (2020), and SEINet (2021), all specimens annotated by the authors (Appendix 1). A, B. Distribution in North America. A. Full distribution map. B. Close-up of Vizcaíno Peninsula and adjacent islands. Note location of type populations and restriction of C. maritima var. cedrosensis to Cedros Island and of C. maritima var. vizcainensis to the western Vizcaíno region. Black dots=C. maritima var. maritima; red dots=C. maritima var. pilosa; green triangles= C. maritima var. cedrosensis; yellow squares= C. maritima var. vizcainensis. C. Distribution of C. maritima var. pilosa in Argentina, South America, data from GBIF (2020). All maps from ©Google 2021, INEGI Data.

FIGURE 9 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 9. Cryptantha echinosepala [Johnstonella e.] fruit of exemplar, León 3465, 15 March 2003 (SD153719). A. Fruit with four heteromorphic nutlets removed. Note relatively small, persistent corolla. B. Close-up of large "odd" nutlet, in dorsal (left), ventral (middle), and side (right) views. Note tuberculate-spinulose sculpturing. C. Close-up of one of the small "consimilar" nutlets, in dorsal (left), ventral (middle), and side (right) views. Note tuberculate sculpturing, lacking spinules.

FIGURE 1 in Research in Boraginaceae: A new variety of Cryptantha maritima, Cryptantha pondii resurrected, and Johnstonella echinosepala transferred back to Cryptantha

FIGURE 1. Exemplars of three varieties of Cryptantha maritima. A–C. Cryptantha m. var. maritima. A. Image of original material: Greene s.n., 26 Apr 1885, Mexico, Baja California, Guadalupe Island (UC193934). Note bracts and hispid vestiture. B. Field image, showing bracts and small corollas; photograph by Jon Rebman, 2 April 2008, Mexico, Baja California Sur, Laguna San Ignacio. C. Nutlets of fruit, one larger smooth (left) and one smaller tuberculate (right), from Simpson 2933 (SDSU19298). D, E. Cryptantha m. var. cedrosensis. D. Field image, showing larger corolla of this variety; photograph by Jon Rebman, 31 March 2015, Mexico, Baja California, Cedros Island. E. Fruiting calyx with four nutlets dissected out, these heteromorphic with one larger smooth and three smaller tuberculate; from Rebman 2446, 17 March 1994 (HCIB6234). F–H. Cryptantha m. var. pilosa. F. Field image, showing bracts, dense tufts of hirsute trichomes, and small corollas; photograph courtesy of Pablo Ruiz, United States, Pima County, Arizona, Saguaro National Park, iNaturalist observation 39812503. G, H. Images from C.V. Morton 2061, 19 March 1949 (SD113111). G. Close-up of flowers and fruits, showing calyces with dense tufts of whitish, ascending hirsute trichomes, characteristic of this variety. H. Solitary nutlet of fruit, this smooth.