Citation:

PANGAEA.931950

Name: Cuticular leaf wax concentrations and distributions of common flora of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Deserts
Published: 2021-05-31
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: average chain length; C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; carbon preference index; n-alkanes

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Abstract:

Concentrations and molecular distributions of cuticular leaf wax normal-alkanes (n-alkanes) are presented from eighty-one desert species from twenty-six families. Species were collected from the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Deserts of western North America in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Species were characterized by their growth form, photosynthetic pathway, and as endemic or introduced. Leaf wax n-alkanes were extracted, isolated, identified, and quantified using a gas-chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector following Tipple et al (Forensic Science International, 2016, 262, 233-241). The average chain length and carbon preference index of n-alkanes were calculated. The purpose of this study was to compare leaf wax concentrations and distributions within and between plant families, growth forms, photosynthetic pathways, as well as, between native and introduced species.

Keyword(s):

average chain length; C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; carbon preference index; n-alkanes

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 39.105673 * Median Longitude: -112.831925 * South-bound Latitude: 35.752400 * West-bound Longitude: -116.319900 * North-bound Latitude: 40.751200 * East-bound Longitude: -109.181100

Date/Time Start: 2011-09-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2014-04-05T00:00:00

Minimum Elevation: 380.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 1985.0 m

Event(s):

RM_1 (RM 1) * Latitude: 38.799400 * Longitude: -109.181100 * Elevation: 1280.0 m * Location: Bridge Canyon, Utah * Comment: Collection date in 2013

RM_2 (RM 2) * Latitude: 38.799400 * Longitude: -109.181100 * Elevation: 1280.0 m * Location: Bridge Canyon, Utah * Comment: Collection date in 2013

RM_3 (RM 3) * Latitude: 38.799400 * Longitude: -109.181100 * Elevation: 1280.0 m * Location: Bridge Canyon, Utah * Comment: Collection date in 2013

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event		Tipple, Brett James
2	Latitude of event	Latitude		Tipple, Brett James
3	Longitude of event	Longitude		Tipple, Brett James
4	Elevation of event	Elevation	m	Tipple, Brett James
5	Date/Time of event	Date/Time		Tipple, Brett James
6	Name	Name		Tipple, Brett James	Latin name
7	Name	Name		Tipple, Brett James	Common name
8	Family	Family		Tipple, Brett James
9	Growth form	Growth form		Tipple, Brett James
10	Photosynthetic pathway	Photosynth pathw		Tipple, Brett James
11	Material	Material		Tipple, Brett James
12	Average chain length	ACL		Tipple, Brett James
13	Carbon Preference Index	CPI		Tipple, Brett James
14	n-Alkane C19	C19	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
15	n-Alkane C20	C20	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
16	n-Alkane C21	C21	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
17	n-Alkane C22	C22	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
18	n-Alkane C23	C23	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
19	n-Alkane C24	C24	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
20	n-Alkane C25	C25	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
21	n-Alkane C26	C26	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
22	n-Alkane C27	C27	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
23	n-Alkane C28	C28	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
24	n-Alkane C29	C29	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
25	n-Alkane C30	C30	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
26	n-Alkane C31	C31	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
27	n-Alkane C32	C32	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
28	n-Alkane C33	C33	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
29	n-Alkane C34	C34	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
30	n-Alkane C35	C35	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
31	n-Alkane C36	C36	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
32	n-Alkane C37	C37	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James
33	n-Alkane	n-Alkane	ng/g	Tipple, Brett James	total

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