Publication Date:
2024-01-20
Description:
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.
Keywords:
average chain length; Average chain length; Bridge Canyon, Utah; C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; carbon preference index; Carbon Preference Index; Date/Time of event; Death Valley, California; Dugway, Utah; Elevation of event; Event label; Family; Fisher Pass, Utah; Growth form; Horseshoe Springs, Utah; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Material; n-Alkane; n-Alkane C19; n-Alkane C20; n-Alkane C21; n-Alkane C22; n-Alkane C23; n-Alkane C24; n-Alkane C25; n-Alkane C26; n-Alkane C27; n-Alkane C28; n-Alkane C29; n-Alkane C30; n-Alkane C31; n-Alkane C32; n-Alkane C33; n-Alkane C34; n-Alkane C35; n-Alkane C36; n-Alkane C37; n-alkanes; Name; Photosynthetic pathway; RM_1; RM_10; RM_11; RM_12; RM_13; RM_14; RM_15; RM_16; RM_17; RM_18; RM_19; RM_2; RM_20; RM_21; RM_22; RM_23; RM_3; RM_4; RM_5; RM_6; RM_7; RM_8; RM_9; RM 1; RM 10; RM 11; RM 12; RM 13; RM 14; RM 15; RM 16; RM 17; RM 18; RM 19; RM 2; RM 20; RM 21; RM 22; RM 23; RM 3; RM 4; RM 5; RM 6; RM 7; RM 8; RM 9; Skull Valley, Utah; WD_1; WD_10; WD_100; WD_101; WD_102; WD_103; WD_104; WD_105; WD_106; WD_107; WD_108; WD_109; WD_11; WD_110; WD_111; WD_112; WD_113; WD_114; WD_115; WD_116; WD_117; WD_118; WD_119; WD_12; WD_120; WD_121; WD_124; WD_125; WD_126; WD_127; WD_128; WD_129; WD_13; WD_130; WD_14; WD_15; WD_16; WD_17; WD_18; WD_19; WD_2; WD_20; WD_200; WD_201; WD_202; WD_203; WD_204; WD_205; WD_206; WD_207; WD_208; WD_209; WD_21; WD_210; WD_211; WD_212; WD_213; WD_214; WD_215; WD_216; WD_217; WD_218; WD_219; WD_22; WD_220; WD_221; WD_222; WD_223; WD_224; WD_225; WD_226; WD_23; WD_25; WD_26; WD_27; WD_28; WD_29; WD_3; WD_30; WD_31; WD_32; WD_33; WD_34; WD_35; WD_4; WD_5; WD_6; WD_7; WD_8; WD_9; WD 1; WD 10; WD 100; WD 101; WD 102; WD 103; WD 104; WD 105; WD 106; WD 107; WD 108; WD 109; WD 11; WD 110; WD 111; WD 112; WD 113; WD 114; WD 115; WD 116; WD 117; WD 118; WD 119; WD 12; WD 120; WD 121; WD 124; WD 125; WD 126; WD 127; WD 128; WD 129; WD 13; WD 130; WD 14; WD 15; WD 16; WD 17; WD 18; WD 19; WD 2; WD 20; WD 200; WD 201; WD 202; WD 203; WD 204; WD 205; WD 206; WD 207; WD 208; WD 209; WD 21; WD 210; WD 211; WD 212; WD 213; WD 214; WD 215; WD 216; WD 217; WD 218; WD 219; WD 22; WD 220; WD 221; WD 222; WD 223; WD 224; WD 225; WD 226; WD 23; WD 25; WD 26; WD 27; WD 28; WD 29; WD 3; WD 30; WD 31; WD 32; WD 33; WD 34; WD 35; WD 4; WD 5; WD 6; WD 7; WD 8; WD 9
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 2607 data points
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