Croton pottsii (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  New Mexico

• County/Municipio

  Doña Ana Co.

• Locality

  5 mi E of Las Cruces. 3 mi NNE of Tortugas Mountain

• Elevation

  Alt. 1402 m. (4600 ft.)

• Coordinates

  32.3372, -106.674

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees (high precision).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF NEW MEXICO
Elevation: 4600 ft*
Datei 10 May 1981
Collectorsi Darrell E. Ward and
Andrew Price
Identification and Chromosome
Counti DEW
Distributions NMC, NY
N = 20.
Camera lucida drawing (Scale* 2.2mm=ljim) of a PMC from this
population during early Anaphase I of meiosis.
DONA ANA CO., 5 mi* E. of Las Cruces
(extreme SE corner Sec, 6 T23S R3E)5
3 mi. NNE of Tortugas Mountain, at
base of a 1 m high sand accumula-
tion in center of a deep, narrow
arroyo branch; unshaded; one
rhizomatous (?) network covering
aim diameter area, about 20	4
uprights; pistillate flov/ers with
3 styles and shorter calices, style
branches ca. 3 mm long, mature
5.5mm long, calyx 3 mm long
of 5 equal lobes, ovary tomentose
th stellate and other multiple
rayed trichomes
8l-ll6b CROTON POTTSI (Kl.) Muell.Arg
var. POTTSI (See Rhodora 651193-207)
Euphorb i ac e ae
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