Data from: Further Examination of the Geographic Range of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii (Polygonaceae)

Creators

Mark W. Ellis, Utah State UniversityFollow
Paul G. Wolf, Utah State University
Shannon Bardot, Utah State University
James A. Walton, Utah State University
Carol A. Rowe, Utah State University
Sarah Kulpa, Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office
Karen E. Mock, Utah State University

Description

The buckwheat Eriogonum corymbosum is widely distributed throughout the southwestern United States, forming a complex of eight varieties. Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii is a primarily yellow-flowered taxon reported only from Clark County, Nevada. A previous genetic study by our research group found that variety nilesii is genetically distinct from other E. corymbosum varieties, based on a limited number of populations. Here, we assess genetic variation in 14 newly sampled yellow-flowered populations from southern Nevada, southern Utah, and northern Arizona, and compare them to genetic variation in six populations of previously determined E. corymbosum varieties. Of the new populations, we identified four as variety nilesii, four as variety aureum, three as variety glutinosum, two as apparent hybrids involving varieties aureum and nilesii, and one as a more distantly related admixture. Our results extend the range and area of E. corymbosum var. nilesii considerably. However, this extended range is confined to the Mojave Desert region of southern Nevada, and the number of known populations remains limited.

Author ORCID Identifier

Paul G. Wolf https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4317-6976

OCLC

985526081

Document Type

Dataset

DCMI Type

Dataset

File Format

.csv

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Utah State University

Embargo Period

2010

Methodology

see citing publication for methodology.

Referenced by

Ellis, M.W., Wolf, P.G., Bardot, S., Walton, J.A., Rowe, C.A., Kulpa, S., Mock, K.E. Further examination of the geographic range of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii (Polygonaceae, Eriogoneae) (2015) Phytotaxa, 203 (3), pp. 279-286. Available at http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.203.3.7/12413

Language

eng

Disciplines

Genetics and Genomics

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Ellis, M. W., Wolf, P. G., Bardot, S., Walton, J. A.Rowe, C. A., Kulpa, S., & Mock, K. E. (2014). Data from: Further Examination of the Geographic Range of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii (Polygonaceae). Utah State University. https://doi.org/10.15142/T3Q30W

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