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Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(2)

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas, volume 1, number 2  (issn 1934-5259)
Publication date: 12 Dec 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Table of Contents

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Systematics

Revision of Lobelia sect. Galeatella (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)
Thomas G. Lammers—789

A new species and two new combinations in Potentilla sect. Niveae (Rosaceae)
David F. Murray and Reidar Elven—811

A new species of Alocasia (Araceae: Colocasieae) from Panay Island, Philippines
Melanie P. Medecilo, George C. Yao, and Domingo A. Madulid—815

Folia taxonomica 2. New species of Passiflora subgenus Passiflora (Passifloraceae) from the Guianas
Christian Feuillet—819

Contributions to the genus Festuca (Poaceae: Poeae) in Mexico and a key to the Central American species
Stephen J. Darbyshire—827

Aphanelytrum peruvianum (Poaceae: Poinae): a new species from Peru
Isidoro Sánchez Vega, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, and Simon Lægaard—841

A new species of Chusquea sect. Verticillatae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) from Ecuador
Lynn G. Clark, Christopher D. Tyrrell, Jimmy K. Triplett, and Amanda E. Fisher—847

Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXX: tres nuevas especies andinas de Mandevilla (Apocynoideae: Mesechiteae)
J. Francisco Morales—853

Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XXXI: el complejo de Mandevilla hirsuta y cuatro nuevas especies
J. Francisco Morales—859

Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia (Nyctaginaceae); a new combination and varietal status for the widespread southwestern North American B. intermedia
Richard Spellenberg—871

Infraspecific taxonomy and nomenclature of Eleocharis acutangula (Cyperaceae)
David J. Rosen, Stephan L. Hatch, and Richard Carter—875

Fourteen new combinations in Sedum (Crassulaceae)
Hideaki Ohba—889

A new gypsophilous species of Erigeron (Asteraceae: Astereae) from northeastern Mexico
Guy L. Nesom—891

Folia taxonomica 3. Passiflora davidii (Passifloraceae), a new species in subgenus Passiflora and a key to the sections of supersection Stipulata
Christian Feuillet—895

Four new combinations in Mosiera (Myrtaceae) from the Caribbean
Andrew Salywon—899

New combinations in Philadelphus (Philadelphaceae)
James Henrickson—901

Five new varieties of Agapetes (Ericaceae) from India
D. Banik and M. Sanjappa—903

Phylogenetic analyses of the genus Baptistonia (Orchidaceae: Oncidiinae) sensu lato based on morphological characters
Guy R. Chiron—913

Muhlenbergiinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae): from northeastern México
Paul M. Peterson, Jesus Valdés-Reyna, and Yolanda Herrera Arrieta—933

A second species of Cyclopogon s.s. (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae)
Eric A. Christenson—1001

Lectotypification of Maxillaria heteroclita (Orchidaceae)
Eric A. Christenson—1003

Miscellaneous typifications, new combinations and one new variety in North American Crataegus (Rosaceae)
J.B. Phipps—1005

Kruschke names in North American Crataegus (Rosaceae)
J.B. Phipps—1011

New combinations in Dudleya (Crassulaceae) and Ribes (Grossulariaceae)
Nancy R. Morin—1015

New combinations in Limnanthes (Limnanthaceae)
Nancy R. Morin—1017

New combinations in Micranthes (a segregate of Saxifraga, Saxifragaceae) in North America
Luc Brouillet and Richard Gornall—1019

New combinations and new synonymies in the genus Spermacoce (Rubiaceae) for the Flora of Goiás and Tocantins (Brazil) and the Flora of the Guianas
Piero G. Delprete—1023

Hawthorns (Crataegus: Rosaceae) of the Cypress Hills, Alberta and Saskatchewan
J.B. Phipps and R.J. O’Kennon—1031

Thomas Walter Typification Project, IV: neotypes and epitypes for 43 Walter names, of genera A through C
Daniel B. Ward—1091

Anatomy and Morphology

Cotyledon areoles in the Fabaceae subtribe Clitoriinae
James A. Lackey—1101 

Floristics, Ecology, and Conservation

Rediscovery of Eleocharis kleinii (Cyperaceae), an overlooked species from the highlands of South Brazil
R. Trevisan, D.J. Rosen, and I.I. Boldrini—1119

Distribution of Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana
Guy L. Nesom—1125

Flow diagrams for plant succession in the Middle Tennessee cedar glades
J.M. Baskin, E. Quarterman, and C.C. Baskin—1131

Observation on vegetation changes in Cajun Prairie, a coastal prairie flora in southwest Louisiana
Charles Allen and Sara Thames—1141

Phytogeography of the Big Thicket, East Texas
Michael H. MacRoberts and Barbara R. MacRoberts—1149

A floristic survey of National Park Service areas of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (including Fort Caroline National Memorial), Duval County, Florida
Wendy B. Zomlefer, David E. Giannasi, and Walter S. Judd—1157

The vascular flora of the Chunky River (Mississippi)
Lucas C. Majure—1179

New plant discoveries for Sonoran Islands, Gulf of California, Mexico
Benjamin T. Wilder, Richard S. Felger, Humberto Romero-Morales, and Adrián Quijada-Mascareñas—1203

Checklist of the vascular plants of Washington County, Pennsylvania
Cynthia M. Morton and Loree Speedy—1229

Saxifraga texana (Saxifragaceae) new to Louisiana
Christopher S. Reid, Patricia L. Faulkner, Barbara R. MacRoberts, and Michael H. MacRoberts—1251

Vicia lathyroides (Fabaceae): new to the flora of Texas
Sonnia Hill, Ruth Loper, Jason R. Singhurst, and Walter C. Holmes—1253

Notes on the flora of Texas with additions and other significant records. III
Larry E. Brown, Eric L. Keith, David J. Rosen, and Joe Liggio—1255

Notes on Texas orchids (Orchidaceae)
Paul Martin Brown—1265

Galium anglicum (Rubiaceae) new for Texas and notes on the taxonomy of the G. parisiense/divaricatum complex
Barney L. Lipscomb and Guy L. Nesom—1269

In Memoriam

James Hinton (1915–2006)
George S. Hinton and Billie L. Turner—1277

Book reviews and notices

826, 846, 852, 858, 870, 902, 932, 1018, 1148, 1156, 1338, 1250
Thomas G. Lammers. 2007. World Checklist and Bibliography of Campanulaceae.
Rick Darke. 2007. The Encyclopedia of Grasses For Livable Landscapes.
Sylvan Ramsey Kaufman and Wallace Kaufman. 2007. Invasive Plants: Guide to Identification and the Impacts and Control of Common North American Species.
Oscar F. Clarke, Danielle Svehla, Greg Ballmer, and Arlee Montalvo. 2007. Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs: With References to World Botany.
Paul Martin Brown (text) and Stan Folsom (Artwork). 2008. Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Texas.
Arthur M. Shapiro. 2007. Field Guide to the Butterflies of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions.
Gerhard Gottsberger and Ilse Silberbauer-Gottsberger. 2006. Life in the Cerrado: a South American Tropical Seasonal Vegetation Vol 1. Origin and Structure, Dynamics and Plant Use.
Willow Zuchowski. 2007. Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora.
Richard P. Wunderlin and Bruce F. Hansen. 2003. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (ed. 2).
C. Ritchie Bell and Bryan J. Taylor. 1982. Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants (3rd printing, 1998).
Ann Fowler Rhoads and Timothy A. Block (illustrations by A. Anisko). 2007. The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual (ed. 2).
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, and Hong Deyuan (eds.). 2007. Flora of China, Vol. 13. Clusiaceae through Araliaceae.
Walter S. Judd, Christopher S. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Peter F. Stevens, and Michael J. Donoghue. 2007. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach (ed. 3).
Tod F. Stuessy, Veronika Mayer, and Elvira Hörandl (eds). 2003. Deep Morphology: Toward a Renaissance of Morphology in Plant Systematics.
Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, and Claudio M. Ghersa. 2007. Ecology of Weeds and Invasive Plants: Relationship to Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (ed. 3).
Stephen G. Pallardy. 2008. Physiology of Woody Plants (ed. 3).
Gary Lyons. 2007. Desert Plants: A Curator’s Introduction to the Huntington Botanical Gardens.
Philippa Nikulinsky and Stephen D Hopper. 2005 [reprinted 2007]. Soul of the Desert.
Michael G. Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf, and Allan A. Schoenherr (eds.). 2007. Terrestrial Vegetation of California. Third Edition.
Joan Easton Lentz, Don DesJardin (Prtincipal Photographer), and Peter Gaede (Illustrator). 2006. Introduction to Birds of the Southern California Coast.
Arthur R. Kruckeberg. 2006. Introduction to California Soils and Plants: Serpentine, Vernal Pools, and Other Geobotanical Wonders.
Jill Nokes, with Pat Jasper, Betty Sue Flowers (Foreword), and Krista Whitson (Principal photography). 2007. Yard Art and Handmade Places: Extraordinary Expressions of home.
Kieth E. Severson and Carolyn Hull Sieg. 2006. The Nature of Eastern North Dakota: Pre-1880 Historical Ecology.
Christine Finnie (ed.). 2006. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 28: Plant Proteomics.
Sabeeha Merchant, Winslow R. Briggs, and Vicki L. Chandler (eds). 2007. Annual Review of Plant Biology: Volume 58, 2007.
Neal K. Van Alfren, George Bruening, and William O. Dawson (eds). 2007. Annual Review of Phytopathology: Volume 45, 2007.
Scott Ogden. 2007. Garden Bulbs for the South. Second Edition.
Sue Olsen. 2007. Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns.

Announcements

2007 Delzie Demaree Travel Award Recipients—1281
The 2008 Applications for the Delzie Demaree Travel Award—1281

Index to new names and new combinations in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(2), 2007

Agapetes acuminata var. tipiensis Banik & Sanjappa, var. nov.—903
Agapetes flava var. nagensis Banik & Sanjappa, var. nov.—905
Agapetes megacarpa var. lohitensis Banik & Sanjappa, var. nov.—905
Agapetes odontocera var. mizoramensis Banik & Sanjappa, var. nov.—908
Agapetes salicifolia var. glanduliflora Banik & Sanjappa, var. nov.—910
Alocasia nycteris Medecilo, Yao & Madulid, sp. nov.—817
Aphanelytrum peruvianum Sánchez Vega, P.M. Peterson, Soreng & Lægaard, sp. nov.—842
Boerhavia triquetra S. Wats. var. intermedia (M.E. Jones) Spellenb., comb. nov.—874
Chusquea annagardneriae L.G. Clark, C.D. Tyrrell, Triplett & A.E. Fisher, sp. nov.—847
Crataegus aquacervensis J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1061
Crataegus brazoria var. viburnifolia (Sarg.) J.B. Phipps, comb. nov.—1007
Crataegus chrysocarpa var. blanchardii (Sarg.) J.B. Phipps, comb. et stat. nov.—1009
Crataegus chrysocarpa var. praecox (Sarg.) J.B. Phipps, comb. et stat. nov.—1009
Crataegus chrysocarpa var. vigintistamina J.B. Phipps, var. nov.—1008
Crataegus coccinea var. pringlei (Sarg.) J.A. Macklin & J.B. Phipps, comb. et stat. nov.—1005
Crataegus cupressocollina J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1056
Crataegus series Cupressocollinae J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, ser. nov.—1056
Crataegus series Montaninsulae J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, ser. nov.—1065
Crataegus pruinosa var. dissona (Sarg.) J.B. Phipps, comb. et stat. nov.—1007
Crataegus purpurella J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1066
Crataegus reverchonii var. mohrii (Beadle) J.B. Phipps, comb. et stat. nov.—1006
Crataegus rivuloadamensis J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1065
Crataegus rivulopugnensis J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1070
Crataegus rubribracteolata J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1073
Crataegus sheila-phippsiae var. saskatchewanensis J.B. Phipps & O’Kennon, var. nov.—1079
Crataegus ursopedensis J.B.Phipps & O’Kennon, sp. nov.—1081
Crataegus viridis var. velutina (Sarg.) J.B. Phipps, comb. et stat. nov.—1009
Cyclopogon secundum Christenson, sp. nov.—1001
Dudleya abramsii subsp. costifolia (Bartel & Shevock) Moran, comb. nov.—1015
Dudleya abramsii subsp. setchellii (Jeps.) Moran, comb. nov.—1015
Eleocharis acutangula
subsp. breviseta D.J. Rosen, subsp. nov.—885
Eleocharis acutangula subsp. neotropica D.J. Rosen, subsp. nov.—886
Erigeron heleniae Nesom, sp. nov.—891
Festuca ×gonzalez-ledesmae S.J. Darbyshire, nothosp. nov.—832
Festuca longiligula S.J. Darbyshire, sp. nov.—827
Festuca ×miscella S.J. Darbyshire, nothosp. nov.—835
Limnanthes alba subsp. gracilis (Howell) Morin, comb. et stat. nov.—1017
Limnanthes alba subsp. parishii (Jeps.) Morin, comb. et stat. nov.—1017
Limnanthes douglasii subsp. striata (Jeps.) Morin, comb. et stat. nov.—1017
Lobelia gloria-montis subsp. longibracteata (Rock) Lammers, stat. nov.—806
Lobelia ×kauaiensis (A. Gray) A. Heller, stat. nov.—801
Lobelia koolauensis (Hosaka & Fosberg) Lammers, comb. et stat. nov.—803
Lobelia wahiawa Lammers, sp. nov.—802
Mandevilla aequatorialis J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—853
Mandevilla frigida J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—855
Mandevilla horrida J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—863
Mandevilla inexperata J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—865
Mandevilla lojana J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—855
Mandevilla megabracteata J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—866
Mandevilla similaris J.F. Morales, sp. nov.—867
Micranthes bryophora (A. Gray) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes calycina (Sternb.) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes ferruginea (Graham) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes foliolosa (R. Br.) Gornall, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes gormanii (Suksd.) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes idahoensis (Piper) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes mexicana (Engl. & Irmsch.) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1020
Micranthes nelsoniana var. aestivalis (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. et stat. nov.—1020
Micranthes nelsoniana var. carlottae (Calder & Savile) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. et stat. nov.—1020
Micranthes nelsoniana var. cascadensis (Calder & Savile) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. et stat. nov.—1020
Micranthes nelsoniana var. insularis (Hultén) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. et stat. nov.—1020
Micranthes nelsoniana var. pacifica (Hultén) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. et stat. nov.—1020
Micranthes nudicaulis (D. Don) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. nov.—1021
Micranthes petiolaris (Raf.) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1021
Micranthes razshivinii (P. Yu. Zhmylev) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1021
Micranthes tempestiva (Elvander & Denton) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1021
Micranthes tischii (Skelly) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1021
Micranthes tolmiei (Torrey & A. Gray) Brouillet & Gornall, comb. nov.—1022
Micranthes unalaschcensis (Sternb.) Gornall & H. Ohba, comb. nov.—1022
Mosiera androsiana (Urban) Salywon, comb. nov.—899
Mosiera cuspidata (Alain) Salywon, comb. nov.—899
Mosiera gracilipes (Alain) Salywon, comb. nov.—899
Mosiera xerophytica (Britton) Salywon, comb. nov.—900
Passiflora arta Feuillet, sp. nov.—819
Passiflora compar Feuillet, sp. nov.—821
Passiflora davidii Feuillet, sp. nov.—896
Philadelphus microphyllus var. argyrocalyx (Wooton) Henrickson, comb. & stat. nov.—901
Philadelphus microphyllus var. madrensis (Hemsley) Henrickson, comb. & stat. nov.—901
Philadelphus microphyllus var. stramineus (Rydb.) Henrickson, comb. & stat. nov.—901
Potentilla arenosa subsp. chamissonis (Hultén) Elven & D.F. Murray, comb. nov.—813
Potentilla holmgrenii D.F. Murray & Elven, sp. nov.—811
Potentilla hyparctica Malte subsp. elatior (Abrom.) Elven & D.F. Murray, comb. nov.—813
Ribes oxyacanthoides var. cognatum (Greene) Morin, comb. et stat. nov.—1015
Sedum lanceolatum var. subalpinum (Fröd.) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—890
Sedum laxum var. eastwoodiae (Britton) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum laxum var. flavidum (Denton) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum laxum var. heckneri (M. Peck) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum laxum var. latifolium (R.T. Clausen) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—890
Sedum obtusatum var. boreale (R.T. Clausen) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum obtusatum var. paradisum (Denton) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum obtusatum var. retusum (Rose) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum oreganum var. tenue (R.T. Clausen) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—890
Sedum radiatum var. ciliosum (Howell) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum radiatum var. depauperatum (R.T. Clausen) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum stenopetalum var. monanthum (Suksd.) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—890
Sedum wrightii var. densiflorum (R.T. Clausen) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Sedum wrightii var. priscum (R.T. Clausen) H. Ohba, comb. & stat. nov.—889
Spermacoce burchellii (E.L. Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete, comb. nov.—1025
Spermacoce crispata (K. Schum.) Delprete, comb. nov.—1025
Spermacoce delicatula (E.L. Cabral) Delprete, comb. nov.—1025
Spermacoce dimorpha (J.H. Kirkbr.) Delprete, comb. nov.—1025
Spermacoce incognita (E.L. Cabral) Delprete, comb. nov.—1025
Spermacoce irwiniana (E.L. Cabral), Delprete, comb. nov.—1025
Spermacoce multiflora (DC.) Delprete, comb. nov.—1026
Spermacoce paraensis (E.L. Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete, comb. nov.—1027
Spermacoce pulchristipula (Bremek.) Delprete, comb. nov.—1027
Spermacoce semiamplexicale (E.L. Cabral) Delprete, comb. nov.—1028
Spermacoce spicata (Miq.) Delprete, comb. nov.—1028
Spermacoce tocantinsiana (E.L. Cabral & Bacigalupo) Delprete, comb. nov.—1028