The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah
Author
Sokoloff, Paul C.
Author
Freebury, Colin E.
Author
Hamilton, Paul B.
Author
Saarela, Jeffery M.
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
8176
8176
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e8176
1314-2828--8176
Sphaeralcea coccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 260; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Sphaeralceacoccinea (Nutt.) Rydb.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Malvales; family: Malvaceae; genus: Sphaeralcea; specificEpithet: coccinea; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Nutt.) Rydb.; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: Vicinity of the Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, Utah, 500 m radius of "hab"; verbatimElevation:
1371 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°24'23.2"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°47'31.1"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 17, 2014
; habitat: Sandy washes and outcrops surrounding MDRS; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607480; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
Common in
Atriplex-Ephedra
communities (
Welsh et al. 1993
), this species was found growing in the disturbed sandy areas immediately surrounding MDRS (Fig. 37). This species was previously recorded in the nearby San Rafael Swell (Harris 1983).
Supplemental File: CAN 607480 (Suppl. material 53).