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Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, volume 3, number 2  (issn 1934-5259)
Publication date: 25 Nov 2009
Copyright (c) 2009 Botanical Research Institute of Texas

 

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::  SYSTEMATICS  ::  BOTANICAL HISTORY  ::  FLORISTICS, ECOLOGY, & CONSERVATION  ::  IN MEMORIAM  ::

::  BOOK REVIEWS & NOTICES  ::  INDEX TO NEW NAMES & NEW COMBINATIONS  ::  INDEX to VOLUME 3  ::


SYSTEMATICS

Xyris spathifolia (Xyridaceae), a new xyrid from the Ketona Dolomite-Limestone glades of Alabama
Robert Kral and J. Mincy Moffett, Jr.—469


Eriogonum cedrorum (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new species from northwestern California
James L. Reveal and Roger Raiche—479


A new narrowly endemic species of Dirca (Thymelaeaceae) from Kansas and Arkansas, with a phylogenetic overview and taxonomic synopsis of the genus
Aaron J. Floden, Mark H. Mayfield, and Carolyn J. Ferguson—485


Two new combinations in Tryphane (Alsinaceae)
W.A. Weber and R.C. Wittmann—501


Two new species of Solanum from Ecuador and new combinations in Solanum section Pachyphylla (Solanaceae)
Stephen R. Stern and Lynn Bohs—503


Three new species of Solanum section Herpystichum (Solanaceae) from Ecuador
Eric J. Tepe and Lynn Bohs—511


Stenaria sanchezii (Rubiaceae), a new and endangered species from Sonora, Mexico
David H. Lorence—521


Muhlenbergia tarahumara (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae: Muhlenbergiinae), a new species from Chihuahua, Mexico
Paul M. Peterson and J. Travis Columbus—527


Una nueva especie y novedades nomenclaturales en el género Meliosma (Sabiaceae)
J. Francisco Morales—535


Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXVII: monografía del género Rhabdadenia (Apocynoideae: Echiteae)
J. Francisco Morales—541


Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXVIII: tres nuevas especies de Mandevilla (Apocynoideae: Mesechiteae) para Colombia y Venezuela
J. Francisco Morales—565


Studies of neotropical Compositae–II. A new combination in Chromolaena (Eupatorieae)
John F. Pruski—573


Folia taxonomica 13. Passiflora curva (Passifloraceae), a new species from French Guiana in subgenus Passiflora supersection Coccinea
Christian Feuillet—577


Folia taxonomica 14. Notes on Passiflora supersection Coccinea (Passifloraceae) from the Guiana Shield
Christian Feuillet and John Vanderplank—581


Folia taxonomica 15. Five new species of Paradrymonia subgenus Paradrymonia (Gesneriaceae: Episcieae) from the Venezuelan Guayana
Christian Feuillet—583


Folia taxonomica 16. Dilkea (Passifloraceae) 1. Epkia, a new subgenus and five new species from western Amazonia and the Guianas
Christian Feuillet—593


A new species of Schefflera (Araliaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes
L.J. Dorr and Basil Stergios—605


New species of Eugenia (Myrtaceae) from Ecuador
Maria Lúcia Kawasaki and Bruce K. Holst—609


Revision of Bauhinia subgenus Phanera  section Schnella (Cercideae: Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae)
Richard P. Wunderlin and Richard M. Eilers—619


Revision of Bauhinia subgenus Bauhinia section Pauletia series Ariaria (Cercideae: Caesalpinioideae: Fabaceae)
Richard P. Wunderlin—629


Eriogonum villosissimum (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae), a new species endemic to Acker Rock, Oregon
James L. Reveal, Dana York, and Richard Helliwell—639


Nomenclatural innovations in Phlox (Polemoniaceae), with updated circumscription of P. caespitosa, P. douglasii, P. missoulensis, and P. richardsonii
James H. Locklear—645


Validation of the name Symplocos pentandra (Symplocaceae)
João Luiz M. Aranha Filho, Peter W. Fritsch, Frank Almeda, and Angela B. Martins—659


Clarifications concerning the nomenclature and taxonomy of Oxypolis ternata (Apiaceae)
Mary Ann E. Feist—661


Neotypification of Artemisia carruthii (Asteraceae: Anthemideae)
Caleb A. Morse and James L. Reveal—667


A phylogeny of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences
Gregory A. Wahlert, V. Thomas Parker, and Michael C. Vasey—673


The reinstatement of Beautempsia (Capparaceae) and a key to the genera of neotropical Capparaceae with variously stellate or peltate indumenta
Xavier Cornejo and Hugh H. Iltis—683


Revisión de las especies sudamericanas del género Schwartzia (Marcgraviaceae: complejo Norantea)
Diego Giraldo-Cañas—691


Again: taxonomy of yellow-flowered caulescent Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) in eastern North America
Guy L. Nesom—727


Clarification of the typification of Michaux names in eastern North American Vitis (Vitaceae)
Connie Fisk and Alexander Krings—739


Additional morphological measurements of Arceuthobium siskiyouense and A. monticola (Viscaceae)
Robert L. Mathiasen and Carolyn M. Daugherty—741


Additional observations about Phaseolus rotundatus (Fabaceae), an endemic bean species from western Mexico
Jesús Salcedo C., Rogelio Lépiz I., Nora Castañeda A., César Ocampo N., and Daniel G. Debouck—751


BOTANICAL HISTORY

Discovery of a Lewis and Clark grass collection, Poa secunda (Poaceae) sensu lato, at the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Jacques Cayouette, James L. Reveal, and Gary E. Moulton—763


FLORISTICS, ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION

Pinus pinceana (Pinaceae), nuevo registro para el estado de Nuevo León, México
Susana Favela Lara, Carlos G. Velazco Macías y Glafiro J. Alanís Flores—771


Diversidad y distribución de las gramíneas (Poaceae) en el estado de Zacatecas
Yolanda Herrera Arrieta y Armando Cortés Ortiz—775


Lipocarpha micrantha (Cyperaceae), nueva cita para la flora de Argentina: micromorfología del fruto
Priscila R. Van de Velde y M. Gabriela López—793


Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield 1. An update to the Angiosperms
Christian Feuillet—799


Notes on the taxonomic history, rediscovery and conservation status of two endangered species of Ceropegia (Asclepiadaceae) from Sikkim Himalaya
D.C. Nautiyal, S.K. Sharma, and M.K. Pandit—815


Notes on the taxonomic history of two rare species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Sikkim Himalaya and their conservation
D.C. Nautiyal, S.K. Sharma, and M.K. Pandit—823


Status assessment of Eleocharis wolfii (Cyperaceae) in the United States
Paul M. McKenzie, C. Theo Witsell, Loy R. Phillippe, Christopher S. Reid, Michael A. Homoya, Steven B. Rolfsmeier, and Caleb A. Morse—831

 

Salvinia minima and S. oblongifolia (Salviniaceae) new to California, with notes on the S. auriculata complex
Richard E. Riefner, Jr. and Alan R. Smith—855


Sagina caespitosa (Alsinaceae) in Colorado, U.S.A.
A.E. Porsild†, W.A. Weber, and R.C. Wittmann—867


Erigeron bellioides (Asteraceae), new to Florida and the continental United States
Randy L. Mears—869


A floristic inventory of Marco Island (Collier County), Florida
G.J. Wilder and B.J. Roche—873


Thymelaea passerina (Thymelaeaceae) in South Dakota
Grace Kostel—901


Annotated list of Maryland grasses (Poaceae)
Edward E. Terrell and Paul M. Peterson—905


Floristic studies in north central New Mexico, U.S.A. The Tusas Mountains and the Jemez Mountains
Brian Reif, Jill Larson, Brian F. Jacobs, B.E. Nelson, and Ronald L. Hartman—921


Berberis repens (Berberidaceae) new again to the flora of Pennsylvania
Jerry G. Chmielewski—963


Bouteloua curtipendula var. tenuis (Poaceae: Cynodonteae), new to Texas and the United States and a key to B. curtipendula varieties
Stephan L. Hatch, Maria Andrea Tomas, and Steven R. Archer—965


Polygala cymosa (Polygalaceae) new to Texas
Michelle Pollard, Jason R. Singhurst, and Walter C. Holmes—969


Assessment of invasiveness and ecological impact in non-native plants of Texas
Guy L. Nesom—971


Additional family acronyms for vascular plants based on APG III
Neil Snow—993

 

IN MEMORIAM

Bruce Dale Parfitt, 7 November 1952-3 September 2009
Neil A. Harriman—995


Howard L. Clark, 1941–2009
Barney L. Lipscomb—996


Book Reviews and Notices

By page~

484, 500, 520, 526, 572, 638, 644, 690, 726, 750, 770, 872, 900, 904, 920, 962992

By Author and Title~

* VIEW * Judy Barrett. What Can I Do With My Herbs? How to Grow, Use & Enjoy These Versatile Plants

* VIEW * John Tyler Bonner. The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds

* VIEW * C.T. Bryson and M.S. DeFelice (eds.). Weeds of the South

* VIEW * Gina Donovan, Stephen D. Lange, and Adrian F. Van Dellen. Neches River User Guide

* VIEW * Jim Endersby. Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science

* VIEW * Lawrence E. Estaville and Richard A. Earl. Texas Water Atlas

* VIEW * Margaret B. Gargiullo. A Guide to Native Plants of the New York City Region

* VIEW * Tatyana A. Lobova, Cullen K. Geiselman, and Scott A. Mori. Seed Dispersal by Bats in the Neotropics

* VIEW * Jane Manaster. Pecans: The Story in a Nutshell

* VIEW * Richard A. Minnich. California's Fading Wildflowers: Lost Legacy and Biological Invasions

* VIEW * Lytton John Musselman. Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh: Plants of the Bible and the Quran

* VIEW * Jerry A. Powell and Paul A. Opler. Moths of Western North America

* VIEW * Paul E. Rothrock. Sedges of Indiana and the Adjacent States: The Non-Carex Species

* VIEW * Stephen Shennan (eds.). Pattern and Process in Cultural Evolution

* VIEW * G. Ledyard Stebbins, V.C. Hollowell, V.B. Smocovitis, and E.P. Duggan (eds.). The Ladyslipper and I

* VIEW * Neal K. Van Alfen, George Bruening, and Jan E. Leach (eds.). Annual Review of Phytopathology, Volume 47

* VIEW * Kevin Williams. Seed to Elegance: Kentia Palms of Norfolk Island

* VIEW * F.O. Zuloaga, O. Morrone, and M.J. Belgrano (eds.). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur: Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay – Volumen 1, 2, and 3


Index to new names and new combinations in J.Bot.Res.Inst.Texas 3(2), 2009

Xyris spathifolia Kral & Moffett, sp. nov.—472

Eriogonum cedrorum Reveal & Raiche, sp. nov.—479

Dirca decipiens A. Floden, sp. nov.—494

Tryphane rubella (Wahlenb.) A. & D. Löve ex W.A. Weber., comb. nov.—501

Tryphane rubella subsp. propinqua (Richardson) A. & D. Love ex W.A. Weber, comb. nov.—502

Solanum manabiense S. Stern, sp. nov.—504

Solanum zumbense Bohs, sp. nov.—506

Solanum circinatum subsp. ramosum (Bohs) Bohs, comb. nov.—509

Solanum diversifolium subsp. chloranthum (Rusby) Bohs, comb. nov.—509

Solanum endopogon subsp. guianense (Bohs) Bohs, comb. nov.—509

Solanum huilense Bohs, nom. nov.—509

Stenaria sanchezii Lorence, sp. nov.—522

Muhlenbergia tarahumara P.M. Peterson & Columbus, sp. nov.—528

Meliosma isthmensis J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—537

Mandevilla albifolia J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—565

Mandevilla caquetana J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—567

Mandevilla sancta-martae J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—569

Chromolaena clematitis (DC.) Pruski, comb. nov.—573

Passiflora curva Feuillet, sp. nov.—577

Paradrymonia glandulosa Feuillet, sp. nov.—583

Paradrymonia hamata Feuillet, sp. nov.—585

Paradrymonia lutea Feuillet, sp. nov.—585

Paradrymonia tepui Feuillet, sp. nov.—588

Paradrymonia yatua Feuillet, sp. nov.—588

Dilkea subg. Epkia Feuillet, subg. nov.—594

Dilkea cuneata Feuillet, sp. nov.—595

Dilkea lecta Feuillet, sp. nov.—597

Dilkea ovalis Feuillet, sp. nov.—599

Dilkea tillettii Feuillet, sp. nov.—599

Dilkea vanessae Feuillet, sp. nov.602

Schefflera vanderwerffii Dorr & Stergios, sp. nov.—605

Eugenia aequatoriensis M.L. Kawasaki & B.K. Holst, sp. nov.—609

Eugenia castaneiflora M.L. Kawasaki & B.K. Holst, sp. nov.—611

Eugenia crassimarginata M.L. Kawasaki & B.K. Holst, sp. nov.—611

Eugenia longisepala M.L. Kawasaki & B.K. Holst, sp. nov.—614

Eugenia pusilliflora M.L. Kawasaki & B.K. Holst, sp. nov.—616

Bauhinia lilacina Wunderlin & Eilers, sp. nov.—621

Bauhinia trichosepela (L.P. Queiroz) Wunderlin & Eilers, comb. nov.—627

Bauhinia esmeraldasensis Wunderlin, sp. nov.—631

Eriogonum villosissimum Reveal & D.A. York, sp. nov.—639

Phlox austromontana subsp. jonesii (Wherry) Locklear, comb. et stat. nov.—645

Phlox austromontana subsp. lutescens (S.L. Welsh) Locklear, comb. et stat. nov.—646

Phlox condensata subsp. covillei (E.E. Nelson) Locklear, comb. et stat. nov.—646

Phlox pilosa subsp. longipilosa (Waterf.) Locklear, comb. et stat. nov.—647

Phlox richardsonii subsp. borealis (Wherry) Locklear, comb. nov.—647

Phlox subulata subsp. setacea (L.) Locklear, comb. et stat. nov.—649

Phlox villosissima subsp. latisepala (Wherry) Locklear, comb. nov.—649

Symplocos pentandra (Mattos) Occhioni ex Aranha, comb. et stat. nov.—660

Appunia longipedunculata (Steyerm.) Delprete, comb. nov.—809

Appunia peduncularis (Kunth) Delprete, comb. nov.—809