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Another floristic treatment that was statewide in scope was Frank Gould’s (1975b) The Grasses of Texas. That work covered 523 species of Poaceae and is still considered the standard for the study of Texas grasses. Gould’s contributions are discussed further in the section on Texas A&M University. Another family that has received thorough coverage state-wide and beyond is the Cactaceae. Lyman Benson’s work (1982) and books (1970, 1984a) by Del Weniger (1923–- 1999) provide detailed information about cacti in the state. Weniger, who spent much of his career at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, is also well known for his Explorers’ Texas: The Lands and Waters, published in 1984. At present there are a few long-term state-wide flora projects ongoing in Texas. These include a revision of the Manual being undertaken by David E. Lemke of Texas State University-San Marcos and the various projects of the Flora of Texas Consortium (FTC), conceived by the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), with founding members includ- HISTORY OF BOTANY IN TEXAS/INTRODUCTION 241 FIG. 144/ MARSHALL CONRING JOHNSTON (1930–). PHOTO FROM DUST JACKET OF MANUAL OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF TEXAS (CORRELL & JOHNSTON 1970). ing BRIT, Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University-San Marcos), Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas at Austin. The goal of the FTC’s Flora of Texas project is to create an electronic database of information about the more than 5,000 taxa of native and naturalized vascular plants of Texas, to make these data accessible via the internet, and to use the information to support botanical studies, including the production of floras. Extensive online information can be accessed at the Flora of Texas Consortium’s homepage (http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/ftc/ftchome.htm). An outgrowth of the original FTC project is the Digital Flora of Texas, whose products, including images, prototype web-based keys, bibliographic references, and various checklists, may be found at http://www.texasflora.org. Stephan Hatch (2002) of Texas A&M University is also preparing a state-wide revision of Gould’s (1975b) The Grasses of Texas. The publication in 1969 of the two Texas volumes in the Wildflowers of the United States series by Harold William Rickett was also a major contribution. Approximately 2,700 species were covered in a total of 553 pages (including descriptions and extensive color photographs). At the time of publication, it was the most thorough and detailed work on the Texas flora ever published. Another slightly different state-wide effort is the Useful Wild Plants (UWP) Project headed by Scooter Cheatham. This is one of the most extensive botanical projects ever undertaken in the state, and more than two decades of work have already been devoted to the effort. The first goal of the project is “to complete and publish a comprehensive twelve volume encyclopedia that describes over 4,000 Texas plants, discusses in detail their past, present, and future value, and provides color photographs and distribution maps for each species” (Useful Wild Plants 2001). Two volumes (Cheatham & Johnston 1995, 2000) have already been published, with others nearly ready for printing or partially finished. When completed, this landmark multi-volume work, titled The Useful Wild Plants of Texas, the Southeastern and Southwestern United States, the Southern Plains, and Northern Mexico, will be the definitive economic botany study of the southern half of the United States and northern Mexico. Information about the project can be obtained online at http://www.usefulwildplants.org.
242 INTRODUCTION/HISTORY OF BOTANY IN TEXAS On a more local scale, the Illustrated Texas Floras Project, a collaboration between BRIT and the Austin College Center for Environmental Studies, is attempting to produce illustrated floras for various parts of the state. This volume is the second in that series. Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs et al. 1999), which covered approximately 46% of the species in Texas, was the first fully illustrated flora for any region of Texas or adjacent states. The current Illustrated Flora of East Texas project, when completed, will give detailed coverage of approximately two-thirds of the state’s plants. Floras are also available for some other regions of the state, including South Central Texas (Reeves & Bain 1947), the Big Bend (McDougall & Sperry 1951), North Central Texas (Shinners 1958; Mahler 1984, 1988), the Texas Coastal Bend (Jones et al. 1961; Jones 1975, 1977, 1982), Central Texas (Reeves 1972, 1977), the Edwards Plateau (Stanford 1976), southernmost Texas (Richardson 1990), Brazos and surrounding counties (Reed 1997), and the Rio Grande Delta (Richardson 1995). More specialized works (e.g., treatments of trees and shrubs, grasses, or ferns) are available for some regions of the state (e.g., Austin and the Hill Country (Lynch 1981); East Texas (Nixon 1985, 2000); Lower Rio Grande Valley (Lonard 1993); Trans-Pecos (Powell 1988, 1994, 1998; Yarborough & Powell 2002)). MODERN CENTERS OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH IN TEXAS (1900 TO THE PRESENT) While there has been important botanical work at numerous institutions and locations throughout the state, there are three centers where sustained botanical research, spanning many decades and involving numerous botanists, has been carried out. In addition, the three largest herbaria in the state, located in these centers, reflect this ongoing activity. These centers are North Central Texas, the University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University. Each will be discussed separately, with the understanding that there has been overlap and cooperation. A final section will discuss other important contributions to Texas botany. B
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