Richard S. Felger

University of Arizona

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Jim Malusa

University of Arizona

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Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Mary B. Moser

SIL International

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Matthew B. Johnson

University of Colorado Denver

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University of Arizona

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The Euphorbiaceae of Sonora, Mexico

Aliso (1997)

Víctor W. Steinmann Richard S. Felger

This publication is an account of the Euphorbiaceae in the state of Sonora, México. Nineteen genera, 143 species, and three additional varieties are recorded for the state; three species expected within the state are also treated. One species of Acalypha and three species and one subspecies of Euphorbia are described. Dichotomous keys for the identification of genera and species are provided. Bibliographic citations, type information, synonyms, brief habit descriptions, times of reproduction, habitat preferences as well as elevational range within Sonora, geographical distribution, and representative specimens are given for each species. When appropriate, notes on uses, taxonomic or nomenclatural problems, and other points of interest are discussed.

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People of the Desert and Sea: Ethnobotany of the Seri Indians

Richard S. Felger Mary B. Moser

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PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA VAR TORREYANA

Richard S. Felger Arizona-Sonora Desert Mary B. Moser

The western honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa var torreyana, is one of the primary natural resources of the Seri of western Sonora, Mexico. Different parts of the mesquite are variously employed for basketry dye, face paint, hunting and fishing, firewood, games, medicine, lumber, wooden artifacts, and rope or twine. Until recently the fruit was utilized extensively for food. Relatively large quantities of flour were obtained from the mesocarp. The Seri also prepared flour from the true seed which was separated from the stony endocarp by pounding in bedrock mortars. Prepared mesquite flour products were stored for times of need. A relatively extensive vocabulary is associated with the mesquite - the Seri recognize eight growth stages of the mesquite pod. The Seri moon approximating the month of July derives from the time of mesquite harvest, a time when the monsoon begins and initiates maximum renewal of life in the desert. This moon is for the Seri the beginning of the new year.

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Vegetation and flora of the Gran Desierto, Sonora, Mexico

Desert plants (1980)

Richard S. Felger

The Gran Desierto of northwestern Sonora is one of the most arid regions of North America. The flora and vegetation of the Sierra del Rosario and the surrounding extensive dune system are analyzed and compared with each other. The dunes, covering on the order of 4,500 sq. km., support a flora of 75 species, while the Sierra, comprising approximately 78 sq. km., supports 105 species. The total flora consists of 145 species, with 36 species common to both the dunes and Sierra. The life -form spectra are indicative of extremely arid conditions: ephemeral species make up 55% of the total flora. A number of range extensions are reported. Mentzelia longiloba is reduced to a subspecies of M. mul ti flora. There are only three non -native, naturalized species among the dune flora, and none in the Sierra flora. There is no indication of endemism among the Sierra flora. In contrast, the dunes, when considered together with similar habitat in adjacent southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, show some level of evolutionary differentiation for approximately 15% of the flora. Introduction The Gran Desierto of northwestern Sonora, Mexico, consists mostly of active dunes lying between the port town of Puerto Penasco, the Pinacate lava region, and the Colorado River (Figures 1 and 2). Isolated and surrounded by these dunes is the Sierra del Rosario (Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6). This study is concerned with the vascular plants of this mountain and the surrounding dunes. The Gran Desierto is a part of the largest active sand sea in North America. This sand desert covers about 7,800 sq. km., and about 60% of it consists of the Gran Desierto dunes. Most of the system is made up of active crescentic and star dunes, with relatively few linear dunes. The principal source of sand was the delta of the Colorado River. It is thought that at least 10,000 years were required to form these dunes. The depth of most of the sand is unknown. However, the Algodones dunes in California to the northwest are as much as 61 m. thick, and total relief of the high dunes to the west of the Sierra del Rosario, from trough to dune crest, averages 180 m. (Breed et al., in prep.; P. Kresan, personal communication, May, 1973; McKee and

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Flora of North America, North of Mexico. Volume 21, Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3 Flora of North America Editorial Committee .Flora of North America, North of Mexico. Volume 21, Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford University Press. New York, Oxford. 616 pp. (hardcover). US$ 95.00. ISBN: 978-0-19-530565-4; 0-19-530565-5.

Economic Botany (2007)

Richard S. Felger

Flora

10.1663/0013-0001(2007)61[312c:fonano]2.0.co;2

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Aliso (1997)

Joseph Travis Columbus Aliso Richard Benjamin Elizabeth Friar Janet Stein Taylor

10.5642/aliso.19971601.06

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Ajo Peak to Tinajas Altas: A flora of southwestern Arizona. Part 11. Eudicots: Brassicaceae and Burseraceae

Phytoneuron (2015)

Richard S. Felger S Rutman Andrew M. Salywon Jim Malusa

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Ancient Crops for the Twenty-first Century

CRC Press eBooks (2019)

Richard S. Felger

All over the world there are myriad plant and animal species which can be adapted to new agricultural systems. These species, which once supported indigenous peoples, include many life-forms which can be developed for modern crops specifically adapted to local conditions. Examples of potential new crops taken from the repertoire of major food resources of various Indian groups in the Sonoran Desert alone include: desert trees and shrubs, desert palms, columnar cacti, desert ephemerals, saltgrasses, and seagrasses. The potential for new crops has hardly been tapped.

10.1201/9780429051111-2

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Arizona and California Cacti

Ecology (1970)

Richard S. Felger

10.2307/1934002

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Giant sandbur (Cenchrus palmeri, Poaceae) new for Arizona and the United States

Phytoneuron (2013)

Jim Malusa Karen Reichhardt Richard S. Felger

Cenchrus palmeri from Yuma County, Arizona, is documented as new for the flora of the USA. It is one five of species of grasses endemic to t he Sonoran Desert.

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