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Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, volume 4, number 1 (issn 1934-5259)
Publication date: 29 Jul 2010
Copyright (c) 2010 Botanical Research Institute of Texas

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_{:: INDEX TO NEW NAMES & NEW COMBINATIONS ::}

SYSTEMATICS

^{Agalinis flexicaulis sp. nov. (Orobanchaceae: Lamiales), a new species from northeast Florida
John F. Hays—1}

^{A new Lomatium (Apiaceae) from the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon}^{Richard Helliwell—7}

^{Potentilla uliginosa (Rosaceae: Rosoideae), a new presumed extinct species from Sonoma County, California}^{Barry C. Johnston and Barbara Ertter—13}

^{Two new taxa of Scutellaria section Resinosa (Lamiaceae) from northern Arizona}^{S.L. Rhodes and T.J. Ayers—19}

^{Salvia coriana sp. nov. (Lamiaceae), a new species from a cloud forest in western Guatemala}^{Taylor Sultan Quedensley and Mario E. Véliz Pérez—27}

^{A new species of Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) from disturbed paramos in south Ecuador}^{Pamela Puppo—33}

^{Poa unispiculata, a new gynodioecious species of cushion grass from Peru with a single spikelet per inflorescence (Poaceae: Pooideae: Poeae: Poinae)}^{Gerrit Davidse, Robert J. Soreng, and Paul M. Peterson—37}

^{Una nueva especie de Fevillea (Cucurbitaceae: Zanonieae) de Costa Rica}^{Armando Estrada Ch. and Daniel Santamaría A.—45}

^{A new species of Angelonia (Plantaginaceae) from Mexico}^{Kerry Barringer—51}

^{Folia taxonomica 17. Dilkea (Passifloraceae) 2. Conspectus of the species of the Guianas with three new species}^{Christian Feuillet—55}

^{Miliusa wayanadica (Annonaceae), a new species from Western Ghats, India}^{M.K. Ratheesh Narayanan, P. Sujanapal, N. Anil Kumar, N. Sasidharan, and M. Sivadasan—63}

^{Stylidium darwinii (Stylidiaceae), a new trigger plant from Western Ghats of Karnataka, India}^{Sachin A. Punekar and P. Lakshminarasimhan—69}

^{Studies in Capparaceae XXVII: six new taxa and a new combination in Quadrella}^{Xavier Cornejo and Hugh H. Iltis—75}

^{Studies in Capparaceae XXVIII: The Quadrella cynophallophora complex}^{Hugh H. Iltis and Xavier Cornejo—93}

^{Studies in the Capparaceae XXIX: synopsis of Quadrella, a Mesoamerican and West Indian genus}^{Hugh H. Iltis and Xavier Cornejo—117}

^{Ten new Myrtaceae from eastern and northeastern Brazil}^{Marcos Sobral—133}

^{Revision of Lobelia sect. Speirema (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)
Thomas G. Lammers—159}

^{Revision of Lobelia sect. Plagiobotrys (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)}^{Thomas G. Lammers—169}

^{Rehabilitación y lectotipificación del género Tessiera, su relación con Diphragmus y Staelia (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae): una nueva combinación y un nuevo sinónimo}^{Roberto M. Salas and Elsa L. Cabral—181}

^{Planaltina nuevo género de la tribu Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae), endémico del planalto central de Brasil y una nueva especie del Estado de Goiás, Brasil}^{Roberto M. Salas and Elsa L. Cabral—193}

^{A new varietal combination, typification, and nomenclatural comments in the Nyctaginaceae for the Intermountain flora}^{Richard Spellenberg—207}

^{New names and combinations in the flora of Colorado. XIII}^{W.A. Weber and R.C. Wittmann—}²¹³

^{Validation of Exochordeae (Rosaceae)
James L. Reveal—215}

^{The Dominican amber fossil Lasiambix (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae?) is a Licania (Chrysobalanaceae)
Kenton L. Chambers and George O. Poinar Jr.—217}

^{A new combination in Lagotis (Plantaginaceae)}^{David F. Murray, Reidar Elven, and Kanchi N. Gandhi—219}

^{Neotypification of Hechtia podantha (Bromeliaceae)
Adolfo Espejo-Serna, Nancy Martínez-Correa, and Ana Rosa López-Ferrari—221}

^{Four nomenclatural changes in Viola (Violaceae)}^{R. John Little and Landon E. McKinney—}²²⁵

^{Diversity, natural history, and conservation of Vanilla (Orchidaceae) in Amazonian wetlands of Madre de Dios, Peru
Ethan Householder, John Janovec, Angel Balarezo Mozambite, Javier Huinga Maceda, Jason Wells, Renan Valega, Helena Maruenda, and Eric Christenson—227}

^{Phylogenetic analyses of the Gaylussacia frondosa complex (Ericaceae: Vaccinieae) based on molecular and morphological characters}^{Michael T. Gajdeczka, Kurt M. Neubig, Walter S. Judd, W. Mark Whitten, Norris H. Williams, and Kent D. Perkins—245}

^{Population genetic analysis of Argemone pleiacantha subsp. pinnatisecta (Sacramento Prickly Poppy, Papaveraceae) and re-evaluation of its taxonomic status}^{Sandy D. Cervantes, Phil Tonne, Rajanikanth Govindarajulu, Patrick J. Alexander, and C. Donovan Bailey—261}

^{Occurrence of anisophylly and anisoclady within the Amaranthaceae}^{Donald B. Pratt and Lynn G. Clark—271}

^{Observations on Buckleya (Thesiaceae) in China}^{David E. Boufford, Chengxin Fu, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, and Yunpeng Zhao—281}

^{Comments on a revision of Celtis subgenus Mertensia (Celtidaceae) and the recognition of Celtis pallida}^{James Henrickson—287}

^{Croton bigbendensis Turner (Euphorbiaceae) revisited}^{James Henrickson—295}

^{Thomas Walter’s species of Melanthium (Liliaceae)}^{Daniel B. Ward—303}

^{Acronyms for recently proposed angiosperm families}^{Daniel L. Nickrent—309}

^{Corrigenda: the reinstatement of Beautempsia (Capparaceae) and a key to the genera of neotropical Capparaceae with variously stellate to peltate indumenta}^{Xavier Cornejo and Hugh H. Iltis—311}

Open publication

FLORISTICS, ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION

^{Flourensia ilicifolia (Compositae: Heliantheae), nuevo registro para Durango y segunda zona de distribución para la especie}^{M. Socorro González-Elizondo, I. Lorena López-Enriquez, José A. Villarreal Quintanilla, Jován Alemán Medrano, Jaime Sánchez Salas—313}

^{Diversity and abundance of orchids in a Peruvian cloud forest}^{Rebecca Repasky Luke, John P. Janovec, Eric Christenson, John E. Pinder III, and Keri McNew Barfield—317}

^{The ferns and lycophytes of a montane tropical forest in southern Bahia, Brazil}^{Fernando B. Matos, André M. Amorim, and Paulo H. Labiak—333}

^{Carex oklahomensis (Cyperaceae) new to Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana, and additional records for Mississippi}^{Charles T. Bryson and Paul E. Rothrock—347}

^{Plants new to Florida}^{Richard P. Wunderlin, Bruce F. Hansen, Alan R. Franck, Keith A. Bradley, and John M. Kunzer—349}

^{Vascular flora and edaphic characteristics of saline prairies in Louisiana}^{Christopher S. Reid, Patricia L. Faulkner, Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, and Marc Bordelon—357}

^{Floristic composition and potential competitors in Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) colonies in Mississippi with reference to hydrologic regime}^{Tracy S. Hawkins, Daniel A. Skojac Jr., Nathan M. Schiff, and Theodor D. Leininger—381}

^{Vascular flora of the Old Mulkey Meeting House State Historic Site, Monroe County, Kentucky}^{Ralph L. Thompson and Ronald L. Jones—391}

^{Plant communities of selected embayments along the mid- to mid-upper Ohio River floodplain}^{Joseph S. Ely and Dan K. Evans—411}

^{Checklist of the vascular plants of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania}^{Cynthia M. Morton and Loree Speedy—435}

^{New vascular plant records for South Dakota}^{Gary E. Larson—467}

^{Penstemon oklahomensis (Scrophulariaceae) in Texas}^{Jeffrey N. Mink, Jason R. Singhurst, and Walter C. Holmes—471}

^{Annotated checklist of the vascular flora of the Jack Gore Baygall and Neches Bottom Units of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Tyler, Jasper, and Hardin counties, Texas}^{Larry E. Brown, Barbara R. MacRoberts, Michael H. MacRoberts, Warren W. Pruess, I. Sandra Elsik, and Stanley Jones—473}

^{The vascular plants of Mowotony Prairie: a small remnant coastal grassland in Brazoria County, Texas}^{D.J. Rosen—489}

^{The vascular flora of Kerr Wildlife Management Area, Kerr County, Texas}^{Jason R. Singhurst, Laura L. Hansen, Jeffrey N. Mink, Bill Armstrong, Donnie Frels Jr., and Walter C. Holmes—497}

^{Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Fort Hood, Texas}^{Laura L. Hansen—}⁵²³

^{First report of Persicaria hispida (Polygonaceae) from North America north of Mexico (Texas)
Daniel E. Atha and William Carr—559}

Book Reviews and Notices

^{By page~}

^{12, 32, 50, 68, 74, 92, 116, 212, 214, 216, 224, 244, 270, 280, 294, 302, 308, 310, 312, 356, 380, 410, 434, 466, 496}

^{By Author and Title~}

^{*View* John Alcock. When the Rains Come: A Naturalist's Year in the Sonoran Desert}

^{*View* Joseph Arditti. Micropropagation of Orchids, 2nd Edition}

^{*View* Rick Bennett and Susan Calla (eds). A Rare Botanical Legacy: the Contributions of Ruby and Arthur Van Deventer}

^{*View* Allan E. Bessette, David B. Harris, and Arleen R. Bessette. Milk Mushrooms of North America: A Field Identification Guide to the Genus Lactarius}

^{*View* Paul Martin Brown. Lady’s-slippers in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Native Lady’s-slippers Orchids, Cypripedium, of the United States and Canada}

^{*View* Paul Martin Brown. Ladies’-tresses in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Native Ladies’-tresses Orchids, Spiranthes, of the United States and Canada}

^{*View* Henry Connor and John Fountain. Plants That Poison: A New Zealand guide}

^{*View* Walt Davis and Isabel Davis. Exploring the Edges of Texas}

^{*View* Robert D. Dorn. The Genus Salix in North America North of Mexico}

^{*View* Douglas J. Futuyma, H. Bradley Shaffer, and Daniel Simberloff (eds). Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics}

^{*View* Ashok Gadgil and Diana M. Liverman (eds). Annual Review of Environment and Resources}

^{*View* Luis Digo Gómez y Alba L. Arbeláez. Flora de Nicaragua, Helechos (Tomo IV)}

^{*View* Dorothy Green. Managing Water: Avoiding a Crisis in California}

^{*View* Charles R. Hart, Barron Rector, C. Wayne Hanselka, Robert K. Lyons, and Allan McGinty. Brush & Weeds of Texas Rangelands}

^{*View* Glenn Keator. California Plant Families: West of the Sierran Crest and Deserts}

^{*View* Gary A. Laursen and Rodney D. Seppelt. Common Interior Alaska Cryptogams, Fungi, Lichenicolous Fungi, Lichenized Fungi, Slime Molds, Mosses, & Liverworts}

^{*View* Brian Loflin and Shirley Loflin. Texas Cacti: A Field Guide}

^{*View* Judith Larner Lowery. The Landscaping Ideas of Jays}

^{*View* Jennifer P. Mathews. Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, From the Ancient Maya to William}^Wrigley

^{*View* Joe McFarland and Gregory M. Mueller. Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois & Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide}

^{*View* Stewart McPherson. Glistening Carnivores: The Sticky-Leaved Insect-Eating Plants}

^{*View* Jonathan Silvertown. An Orchard Invisible: A Natural History of Seeds}

^{*View* Jane S. Smith. The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants}

^{*View* Tom Standage. An Edible History of Humanity}

^{*View* S.M. Walters and E. A. Stow. Darwin’s Mentor: John Stevens Henslow, 1796–1861}

^{*View* Carol Kaesuk Yoon. Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct And Science}

Index to new names and new combinations in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 4(1), 2010

^{Agalinis flexicaulis Hays, sp. nov.—1}^{Angelonia parviflora Barringer, sp. nov.—51}^{Argemone pinnatisecta (G.B. Ownbey) S.D. Cervantes & C.D. Bailey, comb. et stat. nov.—268}^{Calceolaria molaui Puppo, sp. nov.—33}^{Dilkea clarkei Feuillet, sp. nov.—56}^{Dilkea exilis Feuillet, sp. nov.—59}^{Dilkea granvillei Feuillet, sp. nov.—56}^{Eugenia azeda Sobral, sp. nov.—133}^{Eugenia valsuganana Sobral, sp. nov.—136}^{Exochordeae Schulze-Mentz ex Reveal, trib. nov.—215}^{Fevillea narae A. Estrada & D. Santamaría, sp. nov.—45}^{Gastrolychnis hitchguirei (Bocquet) W.A. Weber & R.C. Wittmann, comb. nov.—213}^{Lagotis glauca subsp. lanceolata (Hultén) D.F. Murray & Elven stat. nov.—220}^{Licania dominicensis (Poinar, K.L. Chambers & A.E. Brown) K.L. Chambers & Poinar, comb. nov.—217}^{Lobelia borneensis subsp. celebensis Lammers, subsp. nov.—174}^{Lobelia borneensis subsp. grandiflora (Stapf) Lammers, comb. et stat. nov.—176}^{Lobelia borneensis subsp. insulae-florum Lammers, subsp. nov.—174}^{Lobelia origenes Lammers, sp. nov.—177}^{Lobelia sect. Plagiobotrys Lammers, sect. nov.—172}^{Lobelia sect. Speirema (Hook. f.) Lammers, comb. nov.—161}^{Lomatium ochocense Helliwell & constance ex Helliwell, sp. nov.—7}^{Miliusa wayanadica Sujanapal, Ratheesh & Sasidharan, sp. nov.—64}^{Myrcia crassa Sobral, sp. nov.—138}^{Myrcia floridissima Sobral, sp. nov.—140}^{Myrcia mucugensis Sobral, sp. nov.—142}^{Myrcia pendula Sobral, sp. nov.—145}^{Myrcia pseudomarlierea Sobral, sp. nov.—147}^{Myrcia pseudospectabilis Sobral, sp. nov.—150}^{Myrcia tetraphylla Sobral, sp. nov.—152}^{Nuttallia rhizomata (Reveal) W.A. Weber & R.C. Wittmann, comb. nov.—213}^{Oreocarya revealii W.A. Weber & R.C. Wittmann, nom. nov.—213}^{Planaltina R.M. Salas & E.L. Cabral, gen. nov.—198}^{Planaltina capitata (K. Schum.) R.M. Salas & E.L. Cabral, comb. nov.—199}^{Planaltina lanigera (DC.) R.M. Salas & E.L. Cabral, comb. nov.—202}^{Planaltina myndeliana R.M. Salas & E.L. Cabral, sp. nov.—204}^{Plinia espinhacensis Sobral, sp. nov.—156}^{Poa unispiculata Davidse, Soreng & P.M. Peterson, sp. nov.—37}^{Potentilla uliginosa B.C. Johnston & Ertter, sp. nov.—14}^{Quadrella alaineana Cornejo & Iltis, sp. nov.—75}^{Quadrella angustifolia (Kunth) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—129}^{Quadrella antonensis (Woodson) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—125}^{Quadrella asperifolia (K. Presl) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—126}^{Quadrella subg. Breyniastrum (DC.) Iltis, comb. nov.—124}^{Quadrella calciphila (Standl. & Steyerm.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—126}^{Quadrella cynophallophora f. linearifolia Iltis, f. nov.—98}^{Quadrella domingensis (Spreng. ex DC.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—129}^{Quadrella domingensis subsp. grisebachii (Eichler) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—129}^{Quadrella dressleri Cornejo & Iltis, sp. nov.—77}^{Quadrella ferruginea (L.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—130}^{Quadrella ferruginea subsp. cubensis (R. Rankin) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—130}^{Quadrella filipes (Donnell Smith) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—126}^{Quadrella incana var. triangularis Cornejo & Iltis, var. nov.—80}^{Quadrella incana subsp. yucatanensis (Lundell) Iltis, comb. et stat. nov.—83}^{Quadrella indica (L.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—126}^{Quadrella subg. Intutis (Raf.) Iltis, comb. et stat. nov.—128}^{Quadrella isthmensis subsp. glabripetala Cornejo & Iltis, subsp. nov.—111}^{Quadrella isthmensis subsp. mexicana Cornejo & Iltis, subsp. nov.—110}^{Quadrella jamaicensis f. longifolia (Sw.) Iltis, comb. et stat. nov.—98}^{Quadrella lindeniana Cornejo & Iltis, sp. nov.—83}^{Quadrella lundellii (Standl.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—127}^{Quadrella mirifica (Standl.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—127}^{Quadrella morenoi Cornejo & Iltis, sp. nov.—86}^{Quadrella morenoi f. hastata Iltis, f. nov.—90}^{Quadrella pringlei (Briquet) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—127}^{Quadrella quintanarooensis Iltis & Cornejo, sp. nov.—104}^{Quadrella siliquosa (L.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—98}^{Quadrella singularis (R. Rankin) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—131}^{Quadrella steyermarkii (Standl.) Iltis & Cornejo, comb. nov.—128}^{Salvia coriana Quedensley & Véliz, sp. nov.—27}^{Scutellaria platyphylla var. occidentalis S. Rhodes & T. Ayers, var. nov.—24}^{Scutellaria potosina var. kaibabensis S. Rhodes & T. Ayers, var. nov.—20}^{Stylidium darwinii Punekar & Lakshmin., sp. nov.—69}^{Tessiera hexasepala (Borhidi & Lozada) R.M. Salas & E.L. Cabral, comb. nov.—184}^{Tripterocalyx carneus var. pedunculatus (M.E. Jones) Spellenb., comb. nov.—207}^{Viola epipsila var. repens (Turcz. ex Trautv. & C.A. Mey.) R.J. Little, stat. nov.—225}^{Viola pedatifida var. brittoniana (Pollard) R.J. Little & L.E. McKinney, stat. nov.—225}^{Viola praemorsa var. flavovirens (Pollard) R.J. Little, stat. nov.—225}^{Viola sororia var. grisea (Fernald) L.E. McKinney, comb. nov.—226}