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. 2017 Jul 3;114(29):7606–7610. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705540114

Table S4.

Inventory of plants of ethnobotanical significance and associated food materials (e.g., seeds, fruits, USOs) used by the Utah Southern Paiute

Family Taxon Plant parts Hilum position
Seeds Fruits USOs
Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr. x x Centric
Yucca baileyi Wooton and Standl. x x Centric
Alismataceae Sagittaria latifolia Willd. x Slightly eccentric
Amaranthaceae Amaranthus sp. L. x Centric
Anacardiaceae Rhus aromatica Aiton var. trilobata (Nutt.) A. Gray ex S. Watson x No starch
Apiaceae Cymopterus bulbosus A. Nelson x Centric
Lomatium cous (S. Watson) J.M. Coult. and Rose x Centric
Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. and A. Gray) J.M. Coult. and Rose x Centric
Lomatium roseanum Cronquist x Centric
Orogenia linearifolia S. Watson x Centric
Perideridia sp. Rchb. x Centric
Asteraceae Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. x x Centric
Helianthus annuus L. x Centric
Helianthus nuttallii Torr. and A. Gray x x Centric
Helianthus tuberosus L. x x Centric
Berberidaceae Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde x Centric
Brassicaceae Arabis holboellii Hornem. x Centric
Lepidium fremontii S. Watson x Centric
Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt. x Centric
Cactaceae Cylindropuntia sp. (Engelm.) Kreuzinger x Centric
Cylindropuntia whipplei (Engelm. and J.M. Bigelow) F.M. Knuth x Centric
Chenopodiaceae Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Watson) Kuntz x Centric
Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. x Centric
Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. and Frém.) S. Watson x Centric
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. x Centric
Chenopodium fremontii S. Watson x Centric
Sarcocornia utahensis (Tidestr.) A.J. Scott x Centric
Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima (Kunth) x Centric
Cupressaceae Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little x Centric
Cyperaceae Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex Bigelow) A. Löve and D. Löve x Centric
Schoenplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz and R. Keller Centric
Bolboschoenus maritamus (L.) Palla x Centric
Elaeagnaceae Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt. x x Centric
Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry x x Centric
Fabaceae Pediomelum aromaticum (Payson) W.A. Weber x Centric
Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb. x Centric
Pediomelum megalanthum (Wooton and Standl.) Rydb. x Centric
Pediomelum mephiticum (S. Watson) Rydb. x Centric
Fagaceae Quercus gambelii Nutt. x Centric
Grossulaceae Ribes aureum Pursh x Centric
Liliaceae Allium brevistylum S. Watson x No starch
Allium cernuum Roth. x No starch
Calochortus leichtlinii Hook. f. x Eccentric
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. and A. Gray x Eccentric
Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene x Slightly eccentric
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh x Eccentric
Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt. x Eccentric
Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng. x Eccentric
Malvaceae Sphaeralcea parvifolia A. Nelson x Centric
Pinaceae Pinus edulis Engelm. x Centric
Pinus monophylla Torr. and Frém. x Centric
Poaceae Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. and Schult.) Barkworth x Centric
Leymus cinereus (Scrib. and Merr.) A. Löve x Centric
Muhlenbergia sp. Schreb. x Centric
Sporobolus sp. R. Br. x Centric
Sporobolus airiodes (Torr.) Torr. x Centric
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray x Centric
Zea mays L. x Centric
Polygonaceae Eriogonum inflatum Torr. and Frém. x Centric
Polygonaceae (cont.) Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. x Centric
Eriogonum racemosum Nutt. x Centric
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. x Centric
Polygonum bistortoides Pursh. x Centric
Portulaceae Lewisia sp. Pursh x Centric
Solanaceae S. jamesii Torr. x Eccentric
Typhaceae Typha sp. L. x x Centric

Based on a master list published by Fowler (42) and the authors’ seed reference collection at Natural History Museum of Utah Archaeobotany Lab. Excluded are nonnative and cultivated plants that would not have been available before European contact. Nomenclature follows US Department of Agriculture Germplasm Resources Information Network (www.ars-grin.gov/).