The " Martian " flora: new collections of vascular plants, lichens, fungi, algae, and cyanobacteria from the Mars Desert Research Station, Utah
Sokoloff, Paul C.
Freebury, Colin E.
Hamilton, Paul B.
Saarela, Jeffery M.
Biodiversity Data Journal
2016
4
8176
8176
3B4QP
429211
Torr. & Frem.
Magnoliopsida
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum
CoL
Plantae
Eriogonum inflatum
Caryophyllales
0
8176
Tracheophyta
species
inflatum
Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 262; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C.; Taxon: scientificName: Eriogonuminflatum Torr. & Frem.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Polygonaceae; genus: Eriogonum; specificEpithet: inflatum; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Torr. & Frem.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station; verbatimLocality: Dry streambed approx 500 m northeast of Mars Desert Research Station "hab"; verbatimElevation: 1371 m; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'27.7"N; verbatimLongitude: 110°47'20"W; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C.; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 20, 2014; habitat: Eroded elbows of dry streambeds; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607465; collectionCode: CAN, UTC; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 268; recordedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C.; Taxon: scientificName: Eriogonuminflatum Torr. & Frem.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Angiosperms; class: Eudicots; order: Caryophyllales; family: Polygonaceae; genus: Eriogonum; specificEpithet: inflatum; taxonRank: Species; scientificNameAuthorship: Torr. & Frem.; Location: continent: North America; country: United States of America; countryCode: USA; stateProvince: Utah; county: Wayne County; municipality: Hanksville; locality: Mars Desert Research Station; verbatimLocality: Dry streambed approx 500 m northeast of Mars Desert Research Station "hab"; verbatimElevation: 1371 m; verbatimLatitude: 38°24'27.7"N; verbatimLongitude: 110°47'20"W; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 50; Identification: identifiedBy: Sokoloff, Paul C.; dateIdentified: 2015; Event: verbatimEventDate: November 20, 2014; habitat: Silty dry streambed; Record Level: institutionID: CMN; collectionID: CAN 607486; collectionCode: CAN, UTC; basisOfRecord: Preserved Specimen
Notes This species is known from the nearby San Rafael Swell as two varieties: Eriogonum inflatum var. inflatumand Erigonum inflatum var. fusiforme(Small) Reveal ( Harris 1983). These two varieties have been differentiated by substrate (fine textured shales on the Colorado Plateau in var. fusiforme, vs. coarse sandstone in var. inflatum), root and caudex size, and annual vs. perennial life history ( Harris 1983). Reveal (2005), who we follow here, ascribe var. fusiformeto an "annual phase", and do not recognize these varieties. Eriogonum inflatumwas common in the deserts surrounding MDRS (Fig. 44). Supplemental Files: CAN 607465 (Suppl. material 66), CAN 607486 (Suppl. material 67).
2014-11-20
CAN, UTC
Sokoloff, Paul C.
United States of America
38.407696
Mars Desert Research Station
12
-110.78889
0
8176
1
Other material
2014-11-20
CAN, UTC
Sokoloff, Paul C.
United States of America
38.407696
Mars Desert Research Station
12
-110.78889
0
8176
1
Other material