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
1314-2828-4-8176
Artemisia filifolia Torr.
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 282; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Artemisiafilifolia Torr.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Asterales; family: Asteraceae; genus: Artemisia; specificEpithet: filifolia; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Torr.; Location: continent: North America; country:
United States of America
; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality:
Mars Desert Research Station
; verbatimLocality: "Comm check" hill, 1.7 km northeast of Mars Desert Research Station, just west of Cow Dung Road; verbatimElevation:
1371 m
; verbatimLatitude:
38°25'3.15"N
; verbatimLongitude:
110°46'54.59"W
; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate:
November 22, 2014
; habitat: Conglomerate sandstone hilltop dominated by Artemisia and Ephedra; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607478; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
Common on the plateau just west of the MDRS (Fig. 26) this species is abundant on sandy substrates of the region (
Shultz 2006
), and was previously reported for the nearby San Rafael Swell (
Harris 1983
).
Supplemental File: CAN 607478 (Suppl. material 29).