{"title":"Herbarium: The Quest to Preserve and Classify the World’s Plants","authors":"Ashley Bordelon","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1274","url":null,"abstract":"There may be no better way to learn about the history of botany and herbaria than through the lens of the former director of the second-largest herbarium in the world, Dr. Barbara M. Thiers. Thiers was no stranger to plant presses and herbarium cabinets when she became director, as she was the daughter of the herbariumcurator and founder of the Harry D. Thiers Herbarium at San Francisco State University. In Herbarium, Thiers expertly delivers centuries of botanical history from various geographies around the world.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47057703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Daines, Annika Anzjon, Madeline Gay, Luke Headings, Jaci Huckabee, Mary Marine, Tessa Poolman, Sydney Scoggins, Rachel Styers, Isabelle Villafañe, N. Snow
{"title":"Numerous distributional novelties collected by students for Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, U.S.A.","authors":"Michael Daines, Annika Anzjon, Madeline Gay, Luke Headings, Jaci Huckabee, Mary Marine, Tessa Poolman, Sydney Scoggins, Rachel Styers, Isabelle Villafañe, N. Snow","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1265","url":null,"abstract":"Thirteen distributional records from Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas are reported for seven native and five non-native plant species, many based on course-related collections by students. These include state records for three taxa: Cyperus brevifolioides and Paspalum dilatatum for Kansas, and Sphaeralcea parvifolia for Idaho. We also report ten county records, including significant range extensions for Dinebra panicoides. We also report what we believe to be pseudovivipary in Setaria pumila.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43610042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taxonomic status of Astrophytum mirum (Cactaceae)","authors":"R. R. Montanucci","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1258","url":null,"abstract":"Astrophytum mirum Halda & Panarotto has a stem morphology that agrees with that of an anomalous growth form of Astrophytum myriostigma subsp. tulense discovered in culture. The flower of A. mirum is indistinguishable from the flower of subsp. tulense. The type locality of A. mirum, now restricted to Mamaleón, Tamaulipas, is situated in the habitat of subsp. tulense. Alleged differences in seed size and root morphology between the two taxa are not confirmed as no examples were preserved with the type material. The conclusion is drawn that Astrophytum mirum Halda & Panarotto is a junior synonym of Astrophytum myriostigma subsp. tulense Kayser.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49057934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marlene Marimon, M. Oatham, Francisco Jiménez-Rodríguez, Eugenio Santiago‐Valentín, J. Francisco‐Ortega
{"title":"The 1932 expedition of David Fairchild to the Caribbean on board Utowana: Botanizing in Beata, Saona, Trinidad, Tobago, and Tortola islands","authors":"Marlene Marimon, M. Oatham, Francisco Jiménez-Rodríguez, Eugenio Santiago‐Valentín, J. Francisco‐Ortega","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1263","url":null,"abstract":"Research conducted in the Archive and Library of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the U.S. National Archives, and the U.S. National Herbarium allowed us to reconstruct field work performed by David Fairchild (1869–1954) in the islands of Beata, Saona, Tobago, Tortola, and Trinidad in 1932. This was part of a larger expedition to the Caribbean Islands, Suriname and Guyana by the United States Department of Agriculture between December 1931 and April 1932. During the collection endeavor to these five islands, 261 photographs were taken, 82 herbarium collections (75 species) were made, and 185 germplasm accessions (148 species) were added to the USDA germplasm repositories. In total, plant material for 185 species (224 collections) was collected. A major highlight of the trip were the herbarium collections that led to the description of the Beata endemic genus Armouria (Malvaceae). However, more recent taxonomic studies place this genus within the tropical genus Thespesia (~13 species). Thirteen distinguished naturalists or high ranking government officers were met in Trinidad (12) and Tortola (1). Collections of cotton (6 accessions) and palms (25 accessions) were relevant to the expedition objectives; however no samples of Sea-Island Cotton were obtained, despite this being a major germplasm objective. Exploring the Botanic Garden of Trinidad was another main highlight of the trip. Documents, photos, and research results are made available online at: www.archive.org. The project is framed within an undergraduate research program on botanical history that is being performed in partnership with botanists from national and foreign institutions. Part of the collected material was introduced into the Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos, Cuba shortly after the expedition ended.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49072312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on the nomenclature of Lithospermum (Boraginaceae)","authors":"J. Cohen","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1256","url":null,"abstract":"Two taxonomic and nomenclatural issues in Lithospermum are addressed. The new combination L. thurberi based on Onosmodium thurberi is made, and L. macromeria (Macromeria viridiflora) is included as a heterotypic synonym. Lithospermum bejariense and Onosmodium bejariense are treated here as two distinct taxonomic entities.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44502302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 46","authors":"Barney L. Lipscomb","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1278","url":null,"abstract":"The Annual Review of Environment and Resources, in publication since 1976, provides authoritative reviews of significant topics within environmental science and engineering, including ecology and conservation science, water and energy resources, atmosphere, oceans, climate change, agriculture and living resources, and human dimensions of resource use and global change. Volume 46 (2021) has 25 papers.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41493867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rediscovery of Crataegus pisifera (Rosaceae: Maleae)","authors":"Arthur V. Gilman, Arthur Haines","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1255","url":null,"abstract":"Field searches in 2021 resulted in rediscovery of the pea-fruited hawthorn, Crataegus pisifera Sarg. (C. succulenta var. pisifera (Sarg.) Kruschke), a Vermont endemic known with confidence only from the type collections made in 1901. Collections made throughout the 2021 growing season from the type locality and from new populations nearby confirm its continued presence on the Vermont landscape. Additional morphological characterization is presented and deviations from the original description are discussed. Mature fruits in late October measured 7.2–11.2 mm in diameter, averaging 9.2 mm, larger than the immature fruits described in the literature. Thus, fruit diameter fails to separate C. pisifera from closely related C. succulenta varieties. We present a key, the first range map, and the first published illustrations of this long-lost species; we also include a second-step lectotypification that clarifies which of two available herbarium sheets is the one to be regarded as the lectotype.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44258262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains","authors":"Ana Niño","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1275","url":null,"abstract":"In a book that synthesizes archaeological, botanical, ecological, and traditional knowledge, C. Thomas Shay’s Under Prairie Skies runs readers through the history of the North American Great Plains, the land’s plants, and its people.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42996867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two new species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) from Mexico and Venezuela","authors":"G. C. Tucker","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1259","url":null,"abstract":"Based on study of herbarium specimens, Cyperus rosattii is described as a new species from Venezuela. Known from a single collection from the Orinoco lowlands, it appears to be most similar to Cyperus swartzii and C. aggregatus. Similarly, Cyperus gonzaleziae is described as a new species from eastern Mexico (coastal region of Veracruz); it appears to be most similar to C. pallidicolor and C. regiomontanus.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41396101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Index to Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Volume 16, 2022","authors":"Barney L. Lipscomb","doi":"10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v16.i2.1281","url":null,"abstract":"Index to Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Volume 16, 2022, includes titles, authors, botanical names and subject index, and new names and new combinations.","PeriodicalId":17307,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42040981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}