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
Eriogonum shockleyi S. Watson
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordNumber: 315; recordedBy:
Sokoloff, Paul C.
; preparations: Silica gel collection; Taxon: scientificName: Eriogonumshockleyi S. Watson; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Polygonaceae; genus: Eriogonum; specificEpithet: shockleyi; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: 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 607502; collectionCode:
CAN, UTC
; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes
This prostrate plant was encountered on the plateau immediately southwest of MDRS (Fig. 45). This species was previously recorded for the nearby San Rafael Swell as
Eriogonum shockleyi var. longilobum
(M.E. Jones) S. Stokes (
Harris 1983
), though varieties are not recognized in later treatments (
Welsh et al. 1993
,
Reveal 2005
).
Supplemental File: CAN 607502 (Suppl. material 68).