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
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. &
Frem
.) S. Watson
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 313; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Atriplexconfertifolia (Torr. &
Frem
.) S. Watson; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Amaranthaceae; genus: Atriplex; specificEpithet: confertifolia; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Torr. &
Frem
.) S. Watson; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: Sandstone plateau immediately southwest of Mars Desert Research Station, alongside ATV trail; verbatimElevation:
1412 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°24'22.4"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°47'40.3"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 24, 2014
; habitat: Dry conglomerate sandstone; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607477; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
Common on dry saline soils (
Welsh 2003
),
Atriplex confertifolia
was abundant along a seasonally wet streambed north of MDRS. This widely distributed species readily hybridizes with other congeneric taxa, including
Atriplex corrugata
and
A. gardneri
(
Stutz 1978
), both of which are found in the study area. This species is known from the nearby San Rafael Swell (
Harris 1983
).
Supplemental File: CAN 607477 (Suppl. material 22).