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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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SYSTEMATICS

Agalinis flexicaulis sp. nov. (Orobanchaceae: Lamiales), a new species from northeast Florida
John F. Hays1

A new Lomatium (Apiaceae) from the Ochoco Mountains of central Oregon
Richard Helliwell7

Potentilla uliginosa (Rosaceae: Rosoideae), a new presumed extinct species from Sonoma County, California
Barry C. Johnston and Barbara Ertter13

Two new taxa of Scutellaria section Resinosa (Lamiaceae) from northern Arizona
S.L. Rhodes and T.J. Ayers19

Salvia coriana sp. nov. (Lamiaceae), a new species from a cloud forest in western Guatemala
Taylor Sultan Quedensley and Mario E. Véliz Pérez27

A new species of Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) from disturbed paramos in south Ecuador
Pamela Puppo33

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. Peterson37

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 Barringer51

Folia taxonomica 17. Dilkea (Passifloraceae) 2. Conspectus of the species of the Guianas with three new species
Christian Feuillet55

Miliusa wayanadica (Annonaceae), a new species from Western Ghats, India
M.K. Ratheesh Narayanan, P. Sujanapal, N. Anil Kumar, N. Sasidharan, and M. Sivadasan63

Stylidium darwinii (Stylidiaceae), a new trigger plant from Western Ghats of Karnataka, India
Sachin A. Punekar and P. Lakshminarasimhan69

Studies in Capparaceae XXVII: six new taxa and a new combination in Quadrella
Xavier Cornejo and Hugh H. Iltis75

Studies in Capparaceae XXVIII: The Quadrella cynophallophora complex
Hugh H. Iltis and Xavier Cornejo93

Studies in the Capparaceae XXIX: synopsis of Quadrella, a Mesoamerican and West Indian genus
Hugh H. Iltis and Xavier Cornejo117

Ten new Myrtaceae from eastern and northeastern Brazil
Marcos Sobral133

Revision of Lobelia sect. Speirema (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)
Thomas G. Lammers159

Revision of Lobelia sect. Plagiobotrys (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)
Thomas G. Lammers169

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. Cabral181

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. Cabral193

A new varietal combination, typification, and nomenclatural comments in the Nyctaginaceae for the Intermountain flora
Richard Spellenberg207

New names and combinations in the flora of Colorado. XIII
W.A. Weber and R.C. Wittmann213

Validation of Exochordeae (Rosaceae)
James L. Reveal215

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. Gandhi219

Neotypification of Hechtia podantha (Bromeliaceae)
Adolfo Espejo-Serna, Nancy Martínez-Correa, and Ana Rosa López-Ferrari221

Four nomenclatural changes in Viola (Violaceae)
R. John Little and Landon E. McKinney225

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 Christenson227

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. Perkins245

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 Bailey261

Occurrence of anisophylly and anisoclady within the Amaranthaceae
Donald B. Pratt and Lynn G. Clark271

Observations on Buckleya (Thesiaceae) in China
David E. Boufford, Chengxin Fu, Qiu-Yun (Jenny) Xiang, and Yunpeng Zhao281

Comments on a revision of Celtis subgenus Mertensia (Celtidaceae) and the recognition of Celtis pallida
James Henrickson287

Croton bigbendensis Turner (Euphorbiaceae) revisited
James Henrickson295

Thomas Walter’s species of Melanthium (Liliaceae)
Daniel B. Ward303

Acronyms for recently proposed angiosperm families
Daniel L. Nickrent309

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. Iltis311

 

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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 Salas313

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 Barfield317

The ferns and lycophytes of a montane tropical forest in southern Bahia, Brazil
Fernando B. Matos, André M. Amorim, and Paulo H. Labiak333

Carex oklahomensis (Cyperaceae) new to Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana, and additional records for Mississippi
Charles T. Bryson and Paul E. Rothrock347

Plants new to Florida
Richard P. Wunderlin, Bruce F. Hansen, Alan R. Franck, Keith A. Bradley, and John M. Kunzer349

Vascular flora and edaphic characteristics of saline prairies in Louisiana
Christopher S. Reid, Patricia L. Faulkner, Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, and Marc Bordelon357

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. Leininger381

Vascular flora of the Old Mulkey Meeting House State Historic Site, Monroe County, Kentucky
Ralph L. Thompson and Ronald L. Jones391

Plant communities of selected embayments along the mid- to mid-upper Ohio River floodplain
Joseph S. Ely and Dan K. Evans411

Checklist of the vascular plants of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Cynthia M. Morton and Loree Speedy435

New vascular plant records for South Dakota
Gary E. Larson467

Penstemon oklahomensis (Scrophulariaceae) in Texas
Jeffrey N. Mink, Jason R. Singhurst, and Walter C. Holmes471

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 Jones473

The vascular plants of Mowotony Prairie: a small remnant coastal grassland in Brazoria County, Texas
D.J. Rosen489

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. Holmes497

Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Fort Hood, Texas
Laura L. Hansen523

First report of Persicaria hispida (Polygonaceae) from North America north of Mexico (Texas)
Daniel E. Atha and William Carr559

 

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