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Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, volume 5, number 2  (issn 1934-5259)
Publication date: 07 Dec 2011
Copyright (c) 2011 Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Table of Contents

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Systematics

Phlox vermejoensis (Polemoniaceae), a new species from northern New Mexico, U.S.A.
Ben S. Legler—397
 

A new hedge-nettle (Stachys: Lamiaceae) from the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Derick B. Poindexter and John B. Nelson—405
 

A new species of Erigeron (Asteraceae) from southwestern Oregon
Kenton L. Chambers—415
 

Agrostis lacuna-vernalis (Pooideae: Poeae: Agrostidinae), a new species from California
Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, David Styer, Dylan Neubauer, Randall Morgan, and Vern Yadon—421
 

Lomatium pastoralis (Apiaceae), a new narrow endemic species from northeast Oregon
Mark E. Darrach and David H. Wagner—427
 

New combinations, rank changes, and nomenclatural and taxonomic comments in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States
Alan S. Weakley, Richard J. LeBlond, Bruce A. Sorrie, C. Theo Witsell, L. Dwayne Estes, Kanchi Gandhi, Katherine Gould Mathews, and Atsushi Ebihara—437
 

A fossil flower of Persea (Lauraceae) in Tertiary Dominican amber
Kenton L. Chambers, George O. Poinar, Jr., and Alex E. Brown—457
 

Two fossil flowers of Trichilia (Meliaceae) in Dominican amber
Kenton L. Chambers, George O. Poinar, Jr., and Alex E. Brown—463
 

Note about the taxonomy of Phaseolus hygrophilus Debouck (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae)
J. Salcedo-Castaño, R. Araya-Villalobos, N. Castañeda-Alvarez, O. Toro-Chica, and D.G. Debouck—469
 

Salvia carrilloi (Lamiaceae), a new species from Guatemala
Mario Esteban Véliz Pérez and Taylor Sultan Quedensley—471
 

Synopsis of Matelea s.l. (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae) in Trinidad, Tobago, and the ABC Islands
Alexander Krings—475
 

Three new Andean species of Aulonemia (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) with sheath auricles
Emmet J. Judziewicz, Eric J. Geisthardt , Lane D. Gibbons, Dain C. Ziegler, Michael J. Zueger, and Sol Sepsenwol—485
 

Cremosperma verticillatum (Gesneriaceae), a new species from northwestern Ecuador
John L. Clark and Brian R. Keener—499
 

A new species of Pentagonia (Rubiaceae: Hippotideae) from southern Peru
Charlotte M. Taylor, John P. Janovec, and Roy E. Gereau—505
 

Two new species of Monopyle (Gesneriaceae) from northern Ecuador
Jeremy Keene, Harvey E. Ballard Jr., and John L. Clark—513
 

Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XLII: sinopsis del género Mandevilla (Apocynoideae: Mesechiteae) en Colombia
J. Francisco Morales—521
 

Tres nuevas especies de Meliosma (Sabiaceae) para Costa Rica y Panamá
J. Francisco Morales—545
 

A taxonomic treatment of Daltonia (Musci: Daltoniaceae) in the Americas
Piers Majestyk—553
 

Geography and phylogeny of sexual diploid Erigeron strigosus (Asteraceae) in Arkansas and Missouri
Richard D. Noyes and Dulcinea V. Groff—577
 

Fasciculate morphology, seed variation, and distributional notes in Arcytophyllum (Rubiaceae)
Edward E. Terrell† and Harold Robinson—587
 

Justicia (Acanthaceae) in Texas
Thomas F. Daniel—595
 

Nomenclatural changes for some taxa in the Oregon flora
Kenton L. Chambers and Stephen C. Meyers—619
 

Identity of Catalpa tibetica (Bignoniaceae)
J.H. Kirkbride, Jr. and R.T. Olsen—625
 

A nomenclatural change in Viola (Violaceae)
R. John Little—633
 

Development and Structure

A palynological investigation of Daphne papyracea and Daphne bholua (Thymelaeaceae) in India
Arti Garg and Zachary S. Rogers—635
 

Study of the comparative wood anatomy of the species of Amphorogynaceae, Cervantesiaceae, Nanodeaceae, Santalaceae, and Thesiaceae
Carlos A. Norverto—643
 

Limitations to natural production of Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae) I. Regrowth and survivorship two years post harvest in a South Texas population
Martin Terry, Keeper Trout, Bennie Williams, Teodoso Herrera, and Norma Fowler—661
 

Ethnobotany

Clinal geographic variation in mescaline concentration among Texas populations of Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae)
Diana Hulsey, M. Abul Kalam, Paul Daley, Norma Fowler, and Martin Terry—677
 

Floristics, Ecology, and Conservation

Registro de una nueva localidad de Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae) a punto de extinción por saqueo en Coahuila, México
Jaime Sánchez Salas, Gisela Muro Pérez, Eduardo Estrada Castillón, Mario García Aranda y Jorge Arturo Alba Ávila—685
 

Distribución y diversidad de la familia Poaceae en Chihuahua, Durango y Zacatecas, México
Armando Cortés Ortiz y Yolanda Herrera Arrieta—689
 

Alpine flora of Cerro Mohinora, Chihuahua, Mexico
J. Andrew McDonald, Jorge Martinez, and Guy L. Nesom—701
 

Análisis florístico de un pastizal del estado de Querétaro, México
Maricela Gómez-Sánchez, Ana Laura Suárez-Martínez y Erika Ivonne Martínez-Montes—707
 

Alfaroa hondurensis (Juglandaceae) nuevo género y nueva especie para El Salvador y una extensión significativa de la distribución geográfica y de la variación topográfica de una especie vulnerable
Monica Paulson Priebe y José L. Linares—719
 

Miconia pyramidalis (Melastomataceae: Miconieae): reported for the first time from Jamaica
Walter S. Judd , Gretchen M. Ionta, and Keron C. St. E. Campbell—725
 

Miconia pseudorigida (Melastomataceae: Miconieae) re-collected in the John Crow Mountains, Jamaica, with notes on its conservation status
Walter S. Judd , Gretchen M. Ionta, Lorena Endara, and Keron C. St. E. Campbell—727
 

Tree species abundance and regeneration potential of semi-deciduous forest fragments of the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Damian Tom-Dery and Jobst-Michael Schroeder—733
 

Small-scale vascular plant species richness in southwestern Arkansas blackland prairies
Barbara R. MacRoberts, Michael H. MacRoberts, and C. Theo Witsell—743
 

A floristic inventory of the Cimarron National Grassland (Kansas) and the Comanche National Grassland (Colorado)
Bernadette Kuhn, B.E. Nelson, and Ronald L. Hartman—753
 

A checklist of the liverworts (Marchantiophyta) and hornworts (Anthocerotophyta) of Florida
Gregorio Dauphin, Richard P. Wunderlin, Frederick B. Essig, and Paul G. Davison—773
 

Vascular flora of two conservation lands in Charlotte and Desoto counties, Florida and notes on the flora of Florida
Alan R. Franck—815
 

Discovery of Rhynchosia precatoria (Fabaceae) in Everglades National Park, Florida, U.S.A.
Steven W. Woodmansee and Jimi L. Sadle—837
 

Noteworthy vascular plant collections from Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
Ray Neyland, Christopher Reid, and David J. Rosen—839
 

Additional observations of the associated plant species surrounding populations of Cypripedium kentuckiense (Orchidaceae) in west central Louisiana
Krisztian Megyeri and Charles M. Allen—843
 

A quantitative study of the vegetation surrounding the Taenidia integerrima (Apiaceae) population at Fort Polk in west central Louisiana
Jarrod Grandon and Charles M. Allen—849
 

An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Washington County, Mississippi
Charles T. Bryson and Daniel A. Skojac, Jr.—855
 

Pistacia chinensis (Anacardiaceae) naturalized in North Carolina, U.S.A.
Alexander Krings—867
 

Checklist of the vascular plants of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Cynthia M. Morton and Loree Speedy—871
 

Nymphoides humboldtiana (Menyanthaceae) in Uvalde County, Texas—a new record for the U.S.A.
Nicholas P. Tippery, Donald H. Les, and Casey R. Williams—889

Announcement

*View* Delzie Demaree Travel Award—891

Book Reviews and Notices

By page

404, 420, 436, 456, 470, 484, 512, 544, 576, 624, 632, 634, 642, 660, 676, 684, 688, 706, 752, 836, 842, 848, 854, 870
 

By Author and Title

*View* Mark V. Lomolino, Brett R. Riddle, Robert J. Whittaker, and James H. Brown. Biogeography, Fourth
Edition.
*View* Neal K. Van Alfen, George Bruening, and Jan E. Leach (eds). Annual Review of Phytopathology,
Volume 49.
*View* Alan E. Bessette, William C. Roody, and Arleen R. Bessette. North American Boletes: A Color Guide to the Fleshy Pored Mushrooms.
*View* David Carle. Introduction to Earth, Soil, and Land in California.
*View* Richard Condit, Rolando Pérez, and Nefertaris Daguerre. Trees of Panama and Costa Rica.
*View* David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth. What’s Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?):
A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies.
*View* Ashok Gadgil, Lawrence Berkeley, and Diana M. Liverman (eds.). Annual Review of Environment
and Resources, Volume 35.
*View* Simon Gilroy and Patrick H. Masson (eds.). Plant Tropisms.
*View* Barry G. Hall. Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy: A How-To Manual, Fourth Edition.
*View* James W. Hinds and Patricia L. Hinds. The Macrolichens of New England.
*View* Roy L. Lehman, Ruth O’Brien, and Tammy White. Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend.
*View* Mary S.G. Lincoln. Liverworts of New England: A Guide for the Amateur Naturalist.
*View* Mark V. Lomolino, Brett R. Riddle, Robert J. Whittaker, and James H. Brown. Biogeography, Fourth
Edition.
*View* Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius and text by H. Walter Lack. The Book of Palms.
*View* Stewart McPherson, Andreas Wistuba, Andreas Fleischmann, and Joachim Nerz. Sarraceniaceae of
South America.
*View* Stewart McPherson, Andreas Wistuba, Andreas Fleischmann, and Joachim Nerz. Sarraceniaceae of
North America.
*View* Gil Nelson. The Trees of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide, Second Edition.
*View* Bruce A. Sorrie. A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region: North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia.
*View* Sara Oldfield. Botanic Gardens: Modern-Day Arks.
*View* Ryszard Ochyra, Halina Bednarek-Ochyra, and Ronald Ian Lewis Smith. Illustrated Moss Flora of
Antarctica.
*View* Stanley A. Rice. Life of Earth: Portrait of a Beautiful, Middle-Aged, Stressed-Out World.
*View* Alfred Richardson and Ken King. Plants of Deep South Texas: A Field Guide to the Woody and
Flowering Species.
*View* Ernest Small. Top 100 Food Plants.
*View* David M. Williams and Sandra Knapp (eds.). Beyond Cladistics or the Branching of a Paradigm.

Books Notices/Books Received

By Author and Title

*View* Carlos G. Velazco Macías and Galfiro J. Alanís Flores. Cactáceae de Nuevo León.
*View* Steve Manning. Foreword by Rudolf Jenny. Discovering New World Orchids.
*View* Jorge G. Villarreral González. Vida Silvestre de la Cuenca “Palo Blanco,” Nuevo León, México.
*View* P. Barry Tomlinson, James W. Horn, and Jack B. Fisher. The Anatomy of Palms: Arecaceae-Palmae.

Index to new names and combinations in J.Bot.Res.Inst.Texas 5(1), 2011

Agrostis lacuna-vernalis P.M. Peterson & Soreng, sp. nov.—422
Andropogon dealbatus (C. Mohr) Weakley & LeBlond, comb. et stat. nov.—447
Andropogon hirsutior (Hackel) Weakley & LeBlond, comb. et stat. nov.—447
Askellia pygmaea (Ledeb.) K.L. Chambers & S.C. Meyers, comb. nov.—619
Askellia pygmaea ssp. ramosa (Babc.) K.L. Chambers & S.C. Meyers, comb. nov.—619
Aulonemia fuentesii Judz. & Geisthardt, sp. nov.—491
Aulonemia insignis Judz. & Gibbons, sp. nov.—486
Aulonemia madidiensis Judz., D.C. Ziegler, & Zueger, sp. nov.—494
Cartrema megacarpa (Small) Weakley, comb. nov.—445
Coleataenia abscissa (Swallen) LeBlond, comb. nov.—447
Coleataenia rigidula (Bosc ex Nees) LeBlond ssp. rigidula, comb. nov.—448
Coleataenia rigidula ssp. condensa (Nash) LeBlond, comb. et stat. nov.—448
Coleataenia stipitata (Nash) LeBlond, comb. nov.—448
Coreopsis palustris Sorrie, sp. nov.—439
Cremosperma verticillatum J.L. Clark & B.R. Keener, sp. nov.—499
Crepidomanes intricatum (Farrar) Ebihara & Weakley, comb. nov.—443
Dichanthelium cryptanthum (Ashe) LeBlond, comb. nov.—449
Dichanthelium curtifolium (Nash) LeBlond, comb. nov.—450
Dichanthelium neuranthum (Griseb.) LeBlond, comb. nov.—448
Dichanthelium webberianum (Nash) LeBlond, comb. nov.—450
Erigeron stansellii K.L. Chambers, sp. nov.—415
Hypericum densiflorum var. interior (Small) Sorrie & Weakley, comb. et stat. nov.—444
Leptochloa maritima (E.P. Bicknell) LeBlond & Sorrie, comb. nov.—451
Limnanthes pumila ssp. grandiflora (Arroyo) S.C. Meyers & K.L. Chambers, comb. nov.—622
Lithospermum decipiens (J.R. Allison) Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes, comb. nov.—442
Lithospermum occidentale (Mack.) Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes, comb. nov.—442
Lithospermum parviflorum Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes, nom. nov.—442
Lithospermum subsetosum (Mack. & Bush) Weakley, Witsell & D. Estes, comb. nov.—442
Lomatium pastoralis D.H.Wagner ex M.E. Darrach & D.H. Wagner, sp. nov.—428
Mandevilla nacarema J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—531
Mandevilla pubescens (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) J.F. Morales, comb. nov.—533
Mandevilla puyumato J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—534
Meliosma cresstolina J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—546
Meliosma laxiflora J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—548
Meliosma oligantha J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—550
Monopyle multiflora Keene & J.L. Clark, sp. nov.—514
Monopyle uniflora J.L. Clark & Keene, sp. nov.—517
Muscadinia popenoei (J.L. Fennell) Weakley & Gandhi, comb. nov.—453
Muscadinia rotundifolia var. munsoniana (J.H. Simpson ex Planch.) Weakley & Gandhi, comb. et stat. nov.—452
Muscadinia rotundifolia var. pygmaea (McFarlin ex D.B. Ward) Weakley & Gandhi, comb. nov.—452
Nabalus autumnalis (Walter) Weakley, comb. nov.—439
Nabalus carrii (Singhurst, O’Kennon & W.C. Holmes) Weakley, comb. nov.—441
Nabalus trifoliolatus var. nanus (Bigelow) Weakley, comb. nov.—441
Packera ×memmingeri (Britton ex Small) Weakley [anonymus × millefolium], comb. nov.—441
Pentagonia australis C.M. Taylor & Janovec, sp. nov.—507
Persea avita K.L. Chambers, Poinar, & A.E. Brown, sp. nov.—458
Phaseolus hygrophilus Debouck, sp. nov.—469
Phlox vermejoensis B. Legler, sp. nov.—397
Salvia carrilloi Véliz & Quedensley, sp. nov.—471
Silene hookeri ssp. serpentinicola (T.W. Nelson & J.P. Nelson) K.L. Chambers & S.C. Meyers, comb. nov.—621
Spigelia alabamensis (K. Gould) K.G. Mathews & Weakley, comb. et stat. nov.—444
Stachys appalachiana D.B. Poindexter & J.B. Nelson, sp. nov.—405
Stegnogramma burksiorum (J.E. Watkins & D.R. Farrar) Weakley, comb. nov.—451
Trichilia antiqua K.L. Chambers, Poinar, & A.E. Brown, sp. nov.—464
Trichilia glaesaria K.L. Chambers, Poinar, & A.E. Brown, sp. nov.—464
Trillium albidum ssp. parviflorum (Soukup) K.L. Chambers & S.C. Meyers, comb. nov.—620
Viburnum alabamense (McAtee) Sorrie, comb. et stat. nov.—438
Viola pinetorum var. grisea (Jepson) R.J. Little, comb. nov.—633