Cryptocarpus pyriformis which is commonly known as salt bush or monte salado is native to the Galápagos Islands as well as mainland Ecuador and Peru.[1] It is the sole representative of the genus Cryptocarpus.[2]

Cryptocarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Tribe: Boldoeae
Genus: Cryptocarpus
Kunth
Species:
C. pyriformis
Binomial name
Cryptocarpus pyriformis
Kunth

References

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  1. ^ McMullen, Conley K. (1999). Flowering plants of the Galápagos. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501728761. OCLC 742432607.
  2. ^ "Cryptocarpus Kunth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 September 2022.