Inventory of the flora of Big Bend National Park Brewster County ...

Chisos Mts. (coll. no. 3169), but the record is questioned or not accepted (Correll
& Johnston, 1970; Clausen, 1975).
CROSSOSOMATACEAE (Crossosoma Family)
Glossopetalon spinescens Gray var. spinescens Spiny Greasbush
[Forsellesia spinescens (Gray) Greene]
[Wells, 1965; Lundell, 1969; Powell, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Dead Horse Mts. and Panther Canyon (Powell, 1998)]
CUCURBITACEAE (Gourd Family)
Ibervillea tenuisecta (Gray) Small Slimlobe Globeberry
[Sperry, 1938]
[Brewster Co.: Gano Spring area and Green Gulch (Sperry, 1938)]
Sicyos sp.
[Sperry, 1938, as Sicyos angulatus L.]
[Brewster Co.: Chisos Mts. (Sperry, 1938)]
CUSCUTACEAE (Dodder Family)
Cuscuta indecora Choisy Pretty Dodder
[Sperry, 1938]
[Brewster Co.: Chisos Mts. (Sperry, 1938)]
EBENACEAE (Ebony or Persimmon Family)
Diospyros texana Scheele Texas Persimmon
[Sperry, 1938; Powell, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: common in the S part, Big Bend Park “ (Powell, 1998); Chisos
Mts. as far N as Persimmon Gap (Sperry, 1938); along Rio Grande, BBNP, 29 DEG
22’30”N, 102 DEG 51’W, 1800 ft., 09 Nov 1988, Hodgson 5346 (UTEP, DES); Lost
Mine Trail, BBNP, 26 Jun 1978, Freeman, s.n. (UTEP)]
ERICACEAE (Heath Family)
Arbutus xalapensis Kunth Texas Madeone; Naked Indian
[Sperry, 1938; Jones & Jones, 1993; Powell, 1998]
[Brewster Co.: Pinnacle’s trail towards Boot Springs (Jones & Jones, 1993); most canyons
of Chisos Mts., Gano Spring, Pinnacle Mts. and near Santa Elene Canyon (Sperry, 1938);
Basin at Saddle above Green Gulch, BBNP, 15 Jul 1981, Freeman s.n. (UTEP)]
EUPHORBIACEAE (Spurge Family)
Acalypha lindheimeri Muell.-Arg.
[Sperry, 1938Johnston & Warnock, 1962, mapped]
[Brewster Co.: Willow Creek Canyon, Oak Creek Canyon and Green Gulch (Sperry,
1938)]
Acalypha monostachya Cav.
[Acalypha hederacea Torr.]
[Sperry, 1938; Johnston & Warnock, 1962, mapped]
[Brewster Co.: Muskhog Spring and near Boquillas Canyon (Sperry, 1998)]
Acalypha neomexicana Muell.-Arg.
[Sperry, 1938; Johnston & Warnock, 1962, mapped]
[Brewster Co.: Chisos Mts. (Sperry, 1938)]