Cryptantha argentea I.M. Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 78: 42. 1927.

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4. Cryptantha argentea I.M. Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 78: 42. 1927.

Type.

Chile. Región de Antofagasta: Antofagasta, about head of high fog-bathed sea-cliffs near Aguada Grande , 16-18 Dec. 1925, I.M. Johnston 5814 (lectotype, designated here: GH [GH00011520 digital image!]; isolectotypes: E [E00026029 digital image!], GH [GH00011519 digital image!], K [K000573751 digital image!], US [ US 00111035 digital image!]) .

Note.

In the protologue of Cryptantha argentea , Johnston (1927) cited a collection he made near Aguada Grande, Chile, and explicitly stated that the type was lodged at GH. Two duplicates of the gathering Johnston 5814 are found there in agreement with the protologue as referred to by Johnston (1927). Thus, Johnston’s (1927) statement is insufficiently precise since it cannot be ascertained to which of the two specimens at GH he was referring. In this context, the sheet GH00011520 is selected as lectotype of the name.