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    Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

    J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, volume 6, number 2  (issn 1934-5259)
    Publication date: 23 Nov 2012
    Copyright (c) 2012 Botanical Research Institute of Texas

     

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    Systematics

    Bruce A. Sorrie, Wesley M. Knapp, L. Dwayne Estes, and Daniel D. Spaulding323
     
    Joshua J. Irwin, Rebecca Stubbs, and Ronald L. Hartman331
     
    Shannon C.K. Straub and James L. Reveal339
     
    James Henrickson341
     
    Diego Bogarín, Christina M. Smith, and Daniel Jiménez361
     
    Helen Kennedy375
     
    Helen Kennedy379
     
    John L. Clark and Laura Clavijo385
     
    Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. and Piero G. Delprete391
     
    David S. Seigler, John E. Ebinger, and Petala Gomes Ribeiro397
     
    Roger W. Sanders403
     
    Lindsey Worcester, Mark H. Mayfield, and Carolyn J. Ferguson443
     
    K.A. Sujana, M.K. Ratheesh Narayanan, and N. Anil Kumar453
     
    Richard S. Felger, Daniel F. Austin, Thomas R. Van Devender, J. Jesús Sánchez-Escalante, and Mihai Costea459
     
    Mihai Costea, Richard S. Felger, Daniel F. Austin, Thomas R. Van Devender, and J. Jesús Sánchez-Escalante529

     

    Paleobotany

    Kenton L. Chambers, George O. Poinar, Jr., and Andre S. Chanderbali551
     
    Kenton L. Chambers, George O. Poinar, Jr., and Alex E. Brown557

     
    Kenton L. Chambers and George O. Poinar, Jr.561

     

    Development & Structure

    Martin Terry, Keeper Trout, Bennie Williams, Teodoso Herrera, and Norma Fowler567

    Herbarium Methods & Techniques

    Richard Carter579

     

    Floristics, Ecology, & Conservation

    Y. Herrera Arrieta, C.A. Silva Salas, L. Ruacho González y O. Rosales Carrillo583
     
    Mario A. García-Aranda, César Cantú-Ayala, Eduardo Estrada-Castillón, Marisela Pando-Moreno y Antonio Moreno-Talamantes587
     
    Robert L. Mathiasen, Shawn C. Kenaley, and Brian P. Reif599
     
    Bikarma Singh, Arun Chettri, Dibyendu Adhikari, and Saroj K. Barik611
     
    Alvin R. Diamond and Brian R. Keener615
     
    Brett E. Serviss, David H. Mason, and Troy L. Bray617
     
    Richard E. Riefner, Jr. and Werner Greuter621
     
    Ralph L. Thompson, Derick B. Poindexter, and J. Richard Abbott631
     
    Michael Wayne Morris and John R. MacDonald653
     
    Cynthia M. Morton and Loree Speedy681
     
    Jerry G. Chmielewski and David Krayesky707
     
    Kimberly Norton Taylor and Dwayne Estes711
     
    Rebecca K. Swadek and Tony L. Burgess725
     
    Kimberly Norton Taylor, Robert J. O’Kennon, and Tiana Franklin Rehman753

     
    Laura E. Lukas, B.E. Nelson, and Ronald L. Hartman759

     

    Announcements

    *ViewAnnouncements—788

     

    Book Reviews and Notices

    By page

    330, 374, 402, 442, 452, 528, 566, 578, 610, 630, 652, 680, 706, 758

    By Author and Title

    *View* David Bramwell and Juli Caujape-Castells, eds. The Biology of Island Floras.

    *ViewScott Calhoun. The Gardener’s Guide to Cactus: The 100 Best Paddles, Barrels, Columns, and Globes.

    *View* Adam Cross. Aldrovanda. The Waterwheel Plant.

    *View* Gisella Cruz Garcia. Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Food Plants Used by Rice Farmers in Northeast Thailand.

    *ViewAlex George. A Banksia Album: Two Hundred Years of Botanical Art.

    *ViewCarol Gracie. Spring Wildflowers of the Northeast: A Natural History.

    *View* Michael Graham et al., eds. The Essential Naturalist.

    *View* Noel Holmgren et al. Intermountain Flora, Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Volume Two, Part A: Subclasses Magnoliidae -- Caryophyllidae.

    *View* Nayely Martínez-Meléndez et al. Las epífitas de la Reserva El Triunfo, Chiapas.

    *ViewEmily Monosson. Evolution in a Toxic World: How Life Responds to Chemical Threats.

    *View* Donald Pigott. Lime-Trees and Basswoods. A Biological Monograph of the Genus Tilia.

    *ViewCraig Pittman. The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Beautiful Orchid.

    *View* Robert Lee Riffle et al. The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms, Second Edition.

    *View* Welby R. Smith. Native Orchids of Minnesota.

    *View* Ellen Sousa. The Green Garden: A New England Guide to Planning, Planting, and Maintaining the Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden.

    *ViewChristian Ziegler. Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids.

     

    INDEX to new names and new combinations in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6(2), 2012

    Calathea basiflora H. Kenn., sp. nov.—375
    Calathea oscariana H. Kenn., sp. nov.—381
    Calathea ravenii H. Kenn., sp. nov.—379
    Colpothrinax chiapensis K.L. Chambers, Poinar, & A.E. Brown, sp. nov.—558
    Columnea antennifera J.L. Clark & Clavijo, sp. nov.—385
    Combretum malabaricum (Bedd.) Sujana, Ratheesh, & Anil, comb. nov.—453
    Combretum recurvatum Sujana, Ratheesh, & Anil, sp. nov.—453
    Declieuxia cacuminis var. tocantinensis Delprete & J.H. Kirkbr., var. nov.—394
    Lantana camara subsp. glandulosissima (Hayek) R.W. Sanders, comb. & stat. nov.—412
    Lantana camara subsp. moldenkei (R.W. Sanders) R.W. Sanders, comb. nov.—411
    Lantana camara subsp. moritziana (Otto & A. Dietr.) R.W. Sanders, stat. nov.—411
    Lantana camara subsp. portoricensis (Moldenke) R.W. Sanders, comb. & stat. nov.—410
    Lantana hirsuta subsp. amazonica R.W. Sanders, subsp. nov.—421
    Lantana horrida subsp. tiliifolia (Cham.) R.W. Sanders, comb. & stat. nov.—418
    Lantana horrida subsp. zanonii (R.W. Sanders) R.W. Sanders, comb. nov.—416
    Lantana horrida subsp. zanonii var. sargentii (Moldenke) R.W. Sanders, comb. & stat. nov.—417
    Lantana horrida subsp. zanonii var. subcordata (Urb.) R.W. Sanders, comb. & stat. nov.—417
    Lantana paraensis (Moldenke) R.W. Sanders, comb. & stat. nov.—434
    Lantana planaltensis R.W. Sanders, nom. & stat. nov.—433
    Lantana sect. Lantana series Setosae R.W. Sanders, ser. nov.—419
    Lantana sect. Lantana series Spicatae R.W. Sanders, ser. nov.—431
    Lantana sect. Lantana series Strigosae R.W. Sanders, ser. nov.—423
    Lepanthes dikoensis Bogarín & C.M. Sm., sp. nov.—362
    Lepanthes expansilabia Bogarín & C.M. Sm., sp. nov.—367
    Lepanthes tarrazuensis Bogarín & D. Jiménez, sp. nov.—370
    Polemonium elusum J.J. Irwin & R.L. Hartman, sp. nov.—331
    Senegalia paganuccii Seigler, Ebinger, & Ribeiro, sp. nov.—397
    Sisyrinchium calciphilum Sorrie, sp. nov.—323
    Treptostemon K.L. Chambers, Poinar, & A.S. Chanderbali, gen. nov.—552
    Treptostemon domingensis K.L. Chambers, Poinar, & A.S. Chanderbali, sp. nov.—552