Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Appendices & Glossary - Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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LIST OF TEXAS ENDEMICS<br />
OCCURRING IN EAST TEXAS<br />
APPENDIX ELEVEN<br />
Except where noted, endemic information is from W. Carr (2002b), No Place But <strong>Texas</strong>: An Annotated<br />
List <strong>of</strong> Plant Taxa Endemic to the Lone Star State (Unpublished February 2002 draft), The Nature Conservancy<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />
This list contains 163 <strong>Texas</strong> endemics and 26 East <strong>Texas</strong> endemics. Additional information about the<br />
following endemics can be found with the species descriptions in the taxonomic treatments.<br />
T Indicates taxa endemic to East <strong>Texas</strong><br />
MONOCOTS<br />
Agavaceae AGAVE FAMILY<br />
Hesperaloe engelmannii Krauskopf, possibly<br />
endemic to <strong>Texas</strong> (see Turner & Turner 2002)<br />
T Yucca cernua E. Keith, based on Keith (2003)<br />
Yucca constricta Buckley, endemic to <strong>Texas</strong><br />
(Kartesz 1999) or nearly so (recently reported<br />
for ne Mexico—Hess & Robbins 2002)<br />
Yucca necopina Shinners<br />
Yucca pallida McKelvey<br />
Yucca rupicola Scheele<br />
Alliaceae ONION FAMILY<br />
Allium canadense L. var. ecristatum (M.E. Jones)<br />
Ownbey<br />
Allium elmendorfii M.E. Jones ex Ownbey<br />
Allium runyonii Ownbey<br />
Amaryllidaceae AMARYLLIS FAMILY<br />
Cooperia traubii Hayw.<br />
T Crinum americanum L. var. traubii (Moldenke)<br />
L.S. Hannibal, (Holmes 2002)<br />
Zephyranthes pulchella J.G. Sm.<br />
Commelinaceae SPIDERWORT FAMILY<br />
Allium canadense L. var. ecristatum (M.E. Jones)<br />
Ownbey<br />
Tinantia anomala (Torr.) C.B. Clarke, endemic to<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> or nearly so (1 record from Durango,<br />
Mexico—R. Faden, pers. comm.)<br />
Tradescantia edwardsiana Tharp<br />
Tradescantia gigantea Rose, probably endemic<br />
to <strong>Texas</strong>—Faden (2000b) mapped the species<br />
as occurring in Louisiana, but noted<br />
that “Plants <strong>of</strong> Tradescantia gigantea growing<br />
around Ruston, Louisiana, may have originated<br />
from cultivated plants.”<br />
Tradescantia humilis Rose<br />
Tradescantia subacaulis Bush<br />
Cyperaceae SEDGE FAMILY<br />
Carex edwardsiana E.L. Bridges & Orzell<br />
Eleocharis reverchonii Sevenson, based on<br />
Smith et al. (2002)<br />
Rhynchospora indianolensis Small, based on<br />
Kartesz (1999) and Kral (2002c)<br />
Juncaceae RUSH FAMILY<br />
Juncus texanus (Engelm.) Coville, endemic to<br />
<strong>Texas</strong> (Brooks & Clements 2000) or nearly so<br />
(possibly present in adjacent Oklahoma—<br />
Kartesz 1999; Carr 2002b)<br />
Juncus validus Coville var. fascinatus M.C.<br />
Johnst., based on Kartesz (1999), Brooks &<br />
Clements (2000), and Carr (2002c)<br />
Nolinaceae BEAR-GRASS FAMILY<br />
Nolina lindheimeriana (Scheele) S. Watson<br />
Orchidaceae ORCHID FAMILY<br />
T Spiranthes parksii Correll<br />
Poaceae GRASS FAMILY<br />
Bromus texensis (Shear) Hitchc.<br />
Chloris texensis Nash<br />
Dichanthelium nodatum (Hitchc. & Chase)<br />
Gould [Panicum nodatum Hitchc. & Chase]<br />
Digitaria texana Hitchc. [including Digitaria<br />
runyonii Hitchc.], endemic to <strong>Texas</strong> (Carr 2002b,<br />
2002c) or possibly also in FL (Wipff 2003f )<br />
Muhlenbergia involuta Swallen<br />
Tridens buckleyanus (L.H. Dewey) Nash [Triodia<br />
buckleyana (L.H. Dewey) Vasey ex Hitchc.]<br />
Tridens congestus (L.H. Dewey) Nash [Triodia<br />
congesta L.H. Dewey]
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