The New Mexico Botanist, Issue No. 2
January 2, 1996
A List of Master's These and Ph.D. Dissertations from NMSU and UNM Relating to Floristics and Taxonomy
by David Bleakly,
3813 Monroe NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110
At least 43 theses and dissertations from New Mexico State University and University of
New Mexico relating to floristics and taxonomy have been written since graduate programs
began at these institutions. Many other studies dealing with vegetation, ethnobotany,
reproduction, evolution, remediation, ecology, and related topics have been completed, but
are not listed here. The criteria for inclusion in this list are relatively narrow. The
studies must be 1) a flora of a discrete area (e.g., Columbus 1988), or 2) concerned with
comparisons within or between groups of plants (e.g., Loomis 1983, Nisbet 1942), or 3)
related to rare plants within the state (e.g., Burks 1994). The purposes of this list are
to bring to light some of these useful and possibly unknown documents and to contribute to
a future bibliography of New Mexico floristics. Copies of the theses or dissertations are
found in the libraries of the respective institutions.
New Mexico State University
Burks, Kelly Adele. 1994. The effects of population size and density on the pollination
biology of a threatened thistle (Cirsium vinaceum). MS Thesis.
Columbus, J. Travis. 1988. Flora of Cooke’s Range, southwestern New Mexico. MS
Thesis. [Luna County]
Fox, William E. 1993. A field guide to selected New Mexico locoweeds and milkvetches. MS
Thesis. [19 species of toxic Astragalus and Oxytropis]
Leiva, Carlos M. 1985. A morphological comparison between Eriogonum polycladon, E. densum,
and E. palmerianum, and geographic variation in E. polycladon as related to E. densum. MS
Thesis.<BR>
Loomis, Lynn E. 1983. Some taxonomic and ecological relationships of New Mexico perennial
snakeweeds. MS Thesis. [Gutierrezia microcephala and G. sarothrae]
Mahrt, Matthew Glenn. 1993. Multivariate analysis of geographic variation in Cymopheris
(Nyctaginaceae). MS Thesis.
Metcalfe, Orrin Baylor. nd [abt 1904]. The flora of the Mesilla Valley (New Mexico).
Senior Thesis.
Munson, Diana Hubert. 1963. A comparative morphology of specimens of Tagetes erecta,
Tagetes patula, Tagetes lemmoni, Dyssodia acerosa, Dyssodia pentachaeta, and Pectis
papposa from the southwest United States. MS Thesis.
Niles, Wesley E. 1961. A winter key to the trees and shrubs of the Chiricahua Mountains
and adjacent areas of southwestern Arizona. MS Thesis.
Roalson, Eric H. 1995. A floristic inventory of the upper main Diamond Creek drainage
area. MS Thesis. [Black Range, Gila National Forest, Sierra County]
Rodriguez-Tijerina, Sergio R. 1992. Taxonomy of the Mirabilis californica Gray complex
(Nyctaginaceae). MS Thesis.
Soreng, Robert J. 1980. A biosystematical comparison of Poa occidentalis Vasey and Poa
tracyi Vasey. MS Thesis
Standley, Paul Carpenter. [abt 1905]. A statistical study of Echinocereus polyacanthus
Engelm. and its nearest allies as represented by plants growing near the Agricultural
Station. Senior Thesis.
Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1909. Original papers on botanical subjects. Portion of MS
Thesis?
Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1909. The Allioniaceae of the United States with notes on
Mexican species. MS Thesis. [Not found in NMSU library]
Thompson, Jaime. 1991. An investigation of the biology of Cirsium vinaceum. MS Thesis.
Trent, Jonathon S. 1985. A study of morphological variability in divaricate Aristida of
the southwestern United States. MS Thesis.
Wilson, James M. 1974. The comparative anatomy of the anthocarp in eight species of the
Nyctaginaceae. MS Thesis.
University of New Mexico
Albrecht, Stephan L. 1971. Biochemical relationships in Astragalus and Oxytropis
(Fabaceae). MS Thesis.
Barnard, Carolyn Marie. 1983. A vegetative key to the grasses of New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Bedker, Ervin Joseph. 1966. A study of the flora of the Manzano Mountains. MA Thesis.
[Torrance and Bernalillo Counties]
Bleakly, David Lewis. 1994. flora and vegetation of El Malpais National Monument area, New
Mexico. MS Thesis. [Cibola County]
Bobisud, Helen M. 1967. A study of the genus Phacelia in New Mexico. MS Thesis.
DeBruin, Ellen A. 1988. Vascular plants and lichens on lava and sandstone substrates in
Cibola County, New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Fletcher, Reggie A. 1978. A floristic assessment of the Datil Mountains. MS Thesis.
Garcia, John D. 1970. A study of the genus Potentilla in New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Krehoff, Raymond C. 1971. A monographic study of the genus Aristida in New Mexico. MS
Thesis.
Mackay, Harold A. 1970. A comparative floristic study of the Rio Hondo Canyon-Lake
Fork-Wheeler Peak locale, New Mexico and the Huerfano River-Blanco Peak locale, Colorado.
Ph.D. Dissertation.
Manthey, G. Thomas. 1977. A floristic analysis of the Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge and Ladron
Mountains. MS Thesis.
Marshall, Walter W. 1958. A distributional and taxonomic study of Ratibida columnifera
var. columnifera, Ratibida columnifera var. pulcherrima, and their hybrids in New Mexico.
MS Thesis.
Mexal, John G. 1971. Investigations of biochemical relationships in New Mexico Ribes
(Saxifragaceae). MS Thesis.
Nisbet, Gladys Turner. 1942. A study of the genus Penstemon in New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Olsen, Mary Carol. 1965. A systematic study of the genus Castilleja in New Mexico. MS
Thesis.
Osborn, Neal L. 1962. The flora of Mount Taylor. MS Thesis.
Osborn, Neal L. 1966. A comparative floristic study of Mount Taylor and Redondo Peak, New
Mexico. Ph.D. Dissertation.
Riffle, Nancy L. 1973. The flora of Mount Sedgwick and vicinity. MS Thesis. [Zuni Mts,
Cibola and McKinley Counties]
Robertson, Charles W. 1968. A study of the flora of the Cochiti and Bland Canyons of the
Jemez Mountains. MS Thesis.
Rominger, James McDonald. 1955. Contributions to the Gramineae of Bernalillo County, New
Mexico. MS Thesis.
Simms, Horace R. 1962. A floristic study of the Basidiomycetes of the Sandia Mountains,
New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Tatschl, Annehara K. 1966. A floristic study of the San Pedro parks wild area, Rio Arriba
County, New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Torres, Andrew Marion. 1958. A cytotaxonomic study of New Mexico Thelesperma. MS Thesis.
Von Loh, James Duwayne. 1977. A flora of the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge, Dona Ana
County, New Mexico. MS Thesis.
Wagner, Warren L. 1977. Floristic affinities of Animas Mountains, southwestern New Mexico.
MS Thesis.
Herbaria of New Mexico
by Carolyn Dodson
[reprinted from Madrono 37(4):311-313. 1990. Used with permission.]
One of the last states to be explored botanically, New Mexico’s first
plant specimens were collected in the 1830s (McKelvey, Botanical exploration of the
Trans-Mississippi West, 1955). Poorly explored areas still exist in the state.
Moreover, the present size of herbarium collections in New Mexico is markedly smaller than
that of neighboring states, in spite of the great diversity in topography and the complex
floristic composition of the state. The combined number of specimens in the two largest
collections in New Mexico is 158,000, compared with 425,000 specimens in the largest two
collections in Arizona, 485,000 in Colorado and 1,272,000 in Texas (Holmgren et al., Index
herbariorum part I: The herbaria of the world. 7th ed. 1981). The paucity of study
specimens increases the probability that small local collections may well contain forms
not found in the larger collections. This directory is compiled to inform students of New
Mexico botany of the smaller, local collections available in the state.
Data for this list were collected from questionnaires mailed to 60 institutions including
colleges and universities, national parks and monuments, national wildlife refuges,
selected museums, and BLM district offices. Telephone calls were made to non-responders
and a few herbaria were visited. From the results, 20 collections were judged appropriate
for listing. Collections of less than 200 specimens, and those without data for specimens
are not included. Six of the collections have Index Herbariorum standard acronyms; most of
the rest probably will never be accessible in the Index. The data for the 20 collections
are current as of December 1989. Although I am reasonably certain that this list is
complete, I would appreciate hearing of other herbaria for inclusion in an updated list.
The largest collection, at the University of New Mexico, has 100,000 specimens. Next in
size is New Mexico State University with 58,000 specimens. Eleven hold between 1000 and
15,000; seven contain less than 1000 specimens.
In 1888 the first herbarium in the state was established, at the State University of New
Mexico at Las Cruces. It was the only collection in New Mexico until the 1920s, when the
University of New Mexico, Cibola National Forest, and Carlsbad National Park set up
herbaria.
Abbreviations used are: No. = number of specimens in the collection; Spec. =
specializations of the collections; Imp. coll. = important collections and collectors;
Cur. res. = current research at the herbarium.
Alamogordo
White Sands National Monument — P.O. Box 458, Alamogordo, 88310.
(505)479-6124. Curator: John A Mangimeli. No.: 200. Spec.: Vascular plants of the White
Sands National Monument.
Albuquerque
Bureau of Land Management — 435 Montano NE, Albuquerque, 87101.
(505)761-4504. Curator: Dwain W. Vincent. No.: 570. Spec.: Compositae, Cactaceae,
Leguminosae. Imp. coll.: Sclerocactus mesaverdae, Pediocactus knowltonii, Sclerocactus
whipplei, Pediocactus (Toumeya) papyracantha. Cur. res.: Range of Abronia bigelovii on the
Todilto Formation, clearances for proposed gypsum mining.
Cibola National Forest Herbarium — 10308 Candelaria NE, Albuquerque, 87112.
(505)275-5207. Curator: Fritz Winter. No.: 300. Spec.: Flora of the Cibola National
Forest.
Forest Service Herbarium, Southwestern Region — USDA Forest Service, 517 Gold Avenue
SW, Albuquerque, 87102. (505)842-3228. Curator: Renee Galeano-Popp. No.: 10,000. Spec.:
Flora of Arizona and New Mexico. Imp. coll.: Threatened and endangered species. Cur. res.:
Status of rare species.
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Herbarium (ALBU) — 2205 Columbia
SE, Albuquerque, 87106. (505)766-2384. Curator: Deborah Hays. No.: 1368. Imp. coll.:
Mountain grasslands collection, collected by Janet Williams, 1984.
University of New Mexico Herbarium and Museum of Botany (UNM) — Museum of
Southwestern Biology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 87131.
(505)277-5330. Curator: Timothy Lowrey. No.: 100,000. Spec.: New Mexico and surrounding
areas. Imp. coll.: Cacti - E.F. Castetter; Prince Pearce. Grasses - E.F. Castetter; W.C.
Martin; R. Fletcher; L.D. Potter; W. Springfield. General collections - E.F. Castetter; H.
Dittmer; L.D. Potter; W.C. Martin; R. Fletcher; P. Knight; C.R. Hutchins; Aven Nelson;
Dunn and Lint; Los Medanos (WIPP). Cur. res.: Floristics of New Mexico; Ethnobotany;
Biochemical Taxonomy; Distribution.
Carlsbad
Carlsbad Caverns National Park Herbarium — National Park Service, Drawer T, Carlsbad, 88220. (505)885-8884. Curator: John E. Roth. No.: 700. Spec.: Guadalupe Mountains, including the large numbers of endemics located there. Imp. coll.: Prasil, 1952; Hewitt-McClelland, 1956; McCrary, 1952; Spangle, 1960. Cur. res.: Floritics list and coverage of species found within the Park’s legal boundaries.
Farmington
San Juan College Herbarium (NMSJ) — 4601 College Blvd., Farmington, 87401. (505)326-3311 ext 358. Curator: Kenneth D. Heil. No.: 12,000. Spec.: Four Corner Region, Baja Calif., Big Bend Region, TX, SE Utah; Colorado alpine. Imp. coll.: Astragalus, Atriplex, Cactaceae. Cur. res.: Cactaceae, Eriogonum, Gilia.
Las Cruces
Bureau of Land Management Herbarium — 1800 Marquess, Las Cruces,
88005. (505)525-8228. Curator: Laird McIntosh. No.: 500. Spec.: Poaceae, Astragalus,
Asteraceae. Imp. coll.: McIntosh, Sivinski, Spellenberg.
New Mexico State University Herbarium (NMC) — Biology Department, New Mexico State
University, Las Cruces, 88003. (505)646-3121. Curator: Richard Spellenberg. No.: 58,000.
Spec.: New Mexico and northern Mexico. Imp. coll.: Wooton, Standley, Spellenberg. Cur.
res.: Floristics of New Mexico and northern Mexico, systematics of Nyctaginaceae,
Astragalus, Poaceae, Quercus.
Range Science Herbarium (NMCR) — Knox Hall, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces,
88003. (505)646-1042. Curator: Kelly W. Allred. No.: 15,000. Spec.: Grasses of New Mexico,
teaching specimens. Cur. res.: Grasses of New Mexico.
Las Vegas
New Mexico Highlands University Herbarium — Division of Science and Math, Las Vegas, 87701. (505)425-7511 ext 264. Curator: Maureen Romine. No.: 1000. Spec.: Southwestern plants. Imp. coll.: Lora M. Shields. Cur. res.: Plants of northeastern N.M.
Los Alamos
Bandelier National Monument Herbarium — Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos, 87544. (505)672-3861. Curator: Ken Stephens. No.: 2200. Spec.: Reference collection and vouchers to document the plant life of Bandelier. Imp. coll.: Clark (1941), Brian F. Jacobs (1986-88). Cur. res.: Plant inventory (1986-88).
Portales
Natural History Museum Herbarium — Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, 88130. (505)562-2723. Curator: A.L. Gennaro. No.: 6000. Spec.: New Mexican Llano Estacado. Imp. coll.: David Yos, Mary Sublette, Jack Secor. Cur. res.: Llano Estacado.
Santa Fe
New Mexico Natural History Institute Herbarium — St. John’s College, Santa Fe, 87501-4599. (505)982-3691. Curator: Roger S. Peterson. No.: 4500. Spec.: New Mexico, esp. Santa Fe, San Juan and Chaves counties; alpine tundra; Astragalus of AZ, NV, CA. Cur. res.: Ecological field projects involving NM alpine tundra, and Bitter Lake and Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuges.
Silver City
Department of Natural Science Herbarium (SNM) — Western New Mexico
university, Silver City, 88061. (505)538-6423. Curator: Terry Heiner. No.: 6000. Spec.:
Southwestern NM.
Gila National Forest Herbarium — USDA Forest Service, Silver City, 88061.
(505)388-8201. Curator: John Baldwin. No.: 700. Spec.: Local common species of grasses,
forbs, and shrubs of southwestern NM, used primarily as a reference for plant
identification.
Socorro
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge Herbarium — Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1246, Socorro, 87801. (505)835-1828. Curator: John Taylor. No.:
500. Spec.: Plants collected from the Refuge. Cur. res.: Plant frequency and density;
centers around alkaline areas.
Bureau of Land Management, Socorro, Herbarium — 198 Neel Ave., Socorro, 87801.
(505)835-0412. Curator: Wes Anderson. No.: 1848. Spec.: Plants of Socorro and Catron
Counties. Cur. res.: Threatened and endangered plant inventories, in cooperation with The
Nature Conservancy, on Amsonia and Erigeron rhizomatus.
New Plant Distribution Records
New records for New Mexico are documented by the county of occurrence and the
disposition of a specimen (herbarium acronym).
— From Tom Todsen (2000 Rose Lane, Las Cruces, NM 88005
Diodia teres Walt. var. setifera Fern. (Rubiaceae):
Hidalgo County (NMC)
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh (Liliaceae): Rio Arriba County
(NMC)
— From Jack Carter (P.O. Box 1244, Silver City, NM 88062) and Charles Huff (P.O. Box
1595, Silver City, NM 88062)
Abutilon incanum (Link) Sweet subsp. pringlei (Hochr.) Felger & Lowe
(Malvaceae): Luna County (SNM,UNM).
— From Robert Dorn (P.O. Box 1471, Cheyenne, WY 82003)
Salix arizonica Dorn (Salicaceae): Taos County (Dorn Personal Herbarium).
Salix brachycarpa Nutt (Salicaceae).: Taos County (Dorn Personal Herbarium).
— Allred & Valdes-R. (1995; see literature reports)
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. perplexa Allred & Valdes-R.
(Gramineae): several NM counties (NMC,NMCR).
— Heil & Porter (1994; see literature reports):
Sclerocactus cloveriae Heil & Porter subsp. brackii Heil &
Porter (Cactaceae): San Juan County (SJNM).
— Hess & Sivinski (1995; see literature reports)
Zygadenus mogollonensis Hess & Sivinski (Liliaceae): Catron County (NMC,UNM).
— Nesom (1995; see literature reports):
Chaptalia texana Greene (Asteraceae): Dona Ana County (MO,NY,US).
— Enquist & Crozier (1995; see literature reports)
Anemone tuberosa Rydb. var. texana Enquist & Crozier: Eddy County
(TEX-LL).
Literature Reports
Taxonomy and Floristics
Allred, K.W. & J. Valdes-R. 1995. Novelties and
notes in North American Aristida (Gramineae). Novon 5:209-222. [Aristida schiedeana var.
orcuttiana, Aristida purpurea var. perplexa, Aristida purpurea forma brownii.]
[Anderson, D.]. 1995. Floral checklist for White Sands Missile Range,
New Mexico. White Sands Missile Range, Environmental Services Division. [This is a draft,
unpublished checklist.]
Baden, C. & R. von Bothmer. 1994. A taxonomic revision of Hordeum
sect. Critesion. Nord. J. Bot. 14(2):117-136. [Recognition of Hordeum jubatum subsp.
intermedium.]
Baldini, R.M. 1995. Revision of the genus Phalaris L. (Gramineae).
Webbia 49(2):265-329.
Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman, & D.F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and Common
Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Brown, D.E. (ed.). 1982 (1994). Biotic communities: Southwestern United
States and northwestern Mexico. and Bown, D.E. & C.H. Lowe. 1982 (1994). Biotic
communities of the Southwest: A supplementary map to Biotic communities. [A welcome
reprinting of the classic 1982 work.]
Crisp, M.D. & J.J. Doyle (eds). 1995. Advances in legume
systematics. Pt. 7. Phylogeny. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK. ISBN
0-947643-79-6]
Dorn, R.D. 1995. A taxonomic study of Salix section Cordatae subsection
Luteae (Salicaceae). Brittonia 47:160-174.
Dressler, R.L. 1993. Phylogeny and classification of the orchid family.
Dioscorides Press, Portland, Oregon. [Redefinition of Habenaria and Platanthera.]
Enquist, M. & B. Crozier. 1995. Anemone tuberosa (Ranunculaceae)
from Texas. Phytologia 78(6):428-445. [var. texana in Eddy County.]
Fosberg, F.R. 1931. The cacti of the Pyramid Peak region, Dona Ana
County, New Mexico. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. Bull. 30:67-73.
Goodman, G.J. & C.A. Lawson. 1995. Retracing Major Stephen H.
Long’s 1820 Expedition. University of Oklahoma Press, 366 p. [An invaluable guide to
this important scientific expedition to the west, from which over 100 new species of
plants were named; the party spent 10 days in New Mexico; includes copious notes on the
plants.]
Hayward, B.J., T.C. Heiner, & B.F. Miller. 1978?. Resource
Inventory of the Alamo Hueco-Big Hatchet-Sierra Rica Mountain Complex. BLM.
Heil, K.D. & J.M. Porter. 1994. Sclerocactus (Cactaceae): A
revision. Haseltonia 2:20-46.
Hind, D.J.N., C. Jeffrey, & G.V. Pope (eds.). 1995. Advances in
Compositae systematics. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK. ISBN
0-947643-73-7.
Holmgren, N.H. 1994. Redefinition of Dodecatheon dentatum (Primulaceae)
and rationale for use of varietal rank. [Reduction of Dodecatheon ellisiae to a variety of
D. dentatum.]
Ivey, R.D. 1995. Flowering Plants of New Mexico. 3rd Edition. Published
by the author, 9311 Headingly Ct., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111. [An exceptional portfolio of
line drawings of New Mexico plants; very nearly a “portable herbarium.”]
Levine, C. 1995. A guide to wildflowers in winter: Herbaceous plants of
northeasten North America. Yale University Press, Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520. ISBN
0-300-06207-9. [Though a long ways from New Mexico, there should be numerous useful pages
here.]
Mahrt, M. & J.R. Bacon. 1991. Inventory of listed species; Joint
Task Force Six Operations; Luna, Dona Ana, and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico. U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque, and Joint Task Force Six, Fort Bliss.
McClaran, M.P. & T.R. Van Devender (eds.). 1995. The Desert
Grassland. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. ISBN 0-8165-1580-8. [Chapters on growth
forms, history, landscape evolution, fire, invertebrates, vertebrates, human influence,
& vegetation.]
McDonald, J.A. 1995. Revision of Ipomoea section Leptocallis
(Convolvulaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 6:97-122.
Nesom, G.L. 1995. Revision of Chaptalia (Asteraceae: Mutisieae) form
North America and continental Central America. Phytologia 78:153-188. [Chaptalia texana
Greene]
Pavlick, L. 1995. Bromus L. of North America. Royal British Columbia
Museum.
Peterson, P.M., R.D. Webster, & J. Valdes-Reyna. 1995. Subtribal
classification of the New World Eragrostideae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). Sida
16(3):529-544.
Peterson, R. 1993. Plants of San Andres Canyon, Otero County, New
Mexico. Distributed by the author (New Mexico Natural History Institute, 1750 Camino
Corrales, Santa Fe, NM 87505).
Reeder, C.G. & J.R. Reeder. 1995. The resurrection of a species:
Muhlenbergia straminea (Gramineae). Phytologia 78(6):417-427. [Muhlenbergia straminea A.S.
Hitchc. replaces M. virescens (Kunth) Trinius in NM.]
Schuyler, A.E. 1974. Typification and application of the names Scirpus
americanus Pers., S. olneyi Gray, and S. pungens Vahl. Rhodora 76(805):51-52. [Establishes
synonymy of S. olneyi with S. americanus.]
Sivinski, R. 1995. A botanical inventory of Pecos National Historical
Park, New Mexico. National Park Service, Southwest Regional Office, Box 728, Santa Fe, NM
87504. [Includes information on plant communities, endangered plants, management, and a
species list.]
Smith, S.G. 1995. New combinations in North American Schoenoplectus,
Bolboschoenus, Isolepis, and Trichophorum (Cyperaceae). Novon 5:97-102. [Correct names for
taxa segregated from Scirpus sensu lato.]
Snow, N. & G. Davidse. 1993. Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth is
the correct name for Leptochloa filiformis (Poaceae). Taxon 42(2):413-417.
Warnock, M.J. 1995. A taxonomic conspectus of North American
Delphinium. Phytologia 78:73-101.
Weber, W.A. & R.C. Wittmann. 1992. Catalog of the Colorado Flora: A
Biodiversity Baseline. University Press of Colorado. [Includes names, synonyms, &
bibliography of vascular plants, mosses, hepatics, & lichens of Colorado.]
Welsh, S.L. 1995. North American types of Oxytropis DC. (Leguminosae)
at the Natural History Museum and Royal Botanic Garden, England, with nomenclatural
comments and a new variety. Great Basin Naturalist 55(3):271-281.
Welsh, S.L. & C. Crompton. 1995. Names and types in perennial
Atriplex Linnaeus (Chenopodiaceae) in North America selectively exclusive of Mexico. Great
Basin Naturalist 55(4):322-334.
Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants
Dunmire, W.W. 1991. T & E and sensitive plant
survey, Ladron Mountain ACEC, Socorro Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management. BLM and
Nature Conservancy.
Dunmire, W.W. 1991. T & E and sensitive plant survey, San Pedro
ACEC, Socorro Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management. BLM and Nature Conservancy.
Dunmire, W.W. 1991. T & E sensitive plant survey, Sawtooth ACEC,
Socorro Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management. BLM and Nature Conservancy.
Dunmire, W.W. 1991. T & E sensitive plant survey, Horse Mountain
ACEC, Socorro Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management. BLM and Nature Conservancy.
Sivinski, R. 1994. Status report on Astragalus kerrii. U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 2105 Osuna NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113.
Spellenberg, R. 1979. A report on the survey for threatened and
endangered plant species in Guadalupe Canyon and vicinity, Hidalgo Co., N.M. Heritage
Program, New Mexico Department of Natural Resources. [Sophora formosa, Vauquelinia
pauciflora]
Todsen, T.K. 1980. A report on the survey for rare plant species at the
Bioresearch Ranch, central Peloncillo Mountains, Hidalgo County, New Mexico. New Mexico
State Heritage Program, Department of Natural Resources. [Report of Cheilanthes pringlei]
Torell, L.A. & J.P. Townsend. 1995. The economic impact of
protecting the Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus knowltonii) under the Endangered Species Act.
New Mexico State University, Agr. Exp. Sta. RITF Rep. 40.
Miscellaneous, Agriculture, Ecology
Alderson, J. & W.C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in
the United States. U.S.D.A. & CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Burke, H.R. & P.A. Fryxell. 1995. Naturalists and their travels in
Mexico: Annotated bibliography and roster of natural history collectors. Contr. Univ.
Mich. Herb. 20:37-128. [Though not dealing specifically with New Mexico, of great interest
to southwestern naturalists.]
Clement, D. 1995. Why is taxonomy utilitarian? J. Ethnobiol.
15(1):1-44. [Discusses relation between taxonomic structure and uses of plants.]
Constance, L. 1995. Homage to Willis Linn Jepson. Madrono 42:96-102.
Cowardin, L.M. & F.C. Golet. 1995. US Fish and Wildlife Service
1979 wetland classification: A review. Vegetatio 118:139-152. [A review of the
classification process, not of the wetlands themselves.]
Dodson, C. 1993. Botanists of the Mexican-United States boundary
survey. Huntia 9(1):89-96.
Dunmire, W.W. & G.D. Tierney. 1995. Wild Plants of the Pueblo
Province. [Available from William Dunmire, 12 Camino a las Estrellas, Placitas, NM 87043
for $29.95 (cloth) or $19.95 (paper) plus $3.50 shipping.]
Grover, H.D. & H.B. Musick. 1990. Shrubland encroachment in
southern New Mexico, U.S.A.: An analysis of desertificatin processes in the American
southwest. Climate Change 17:305-330. [A nice review.]
Heiser, C.B. 1995. Edgar Anderson, botanist and curator of useful
plants. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 82:54-60. [An enchanting reminiscence of a wonderful
botanist.]
The Nature Conservancy. 1993. A bibliography of references to the
historical status of the flora and fauna of the southwest. The Nature Conservancy, New
Mexico Field Office, Santa Fe.
Nilsson, K.B. 1994. A Wild Flower by Any Other Name. Sketches of
Pioneer Naturalists Who Named Our Western Plants. Yosemite Association, P.O. Box 545,
Yosemite National Park, CA 95389. ISBN 0-939666-76-6. [Includes portraits of botanists and
the plants named in their honor.]
Journals, Newsletters, Etc.
Aridus. Bulletin of the Desert Legume Program of the
Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum and the University of Arizona. P.O. Box 3607,
College Station, Tucson, Arizona 85722.
Compositae Newsletter. [Bertil Nordenstam, Dept. of Phanerogamic
Botany, Box 50007, S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Subscription gratis.]
Cyperaceae Newsletter. [P. Goetghebeur & D.A. Simpson, eds, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, England. Subscription $8 (cash only).]
Journal of the Southwest 37(2). 1995. [This entire issue is devoted to
the Explorations on the Rio Mayo, in Sonora, Mexico, centered around the early work of
Howard Scott Gentry. A must for Gentryophiles.]
The Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
London: HMSO. [Reports of taxonomic literature of the world, organized by family, region,
and discipline.]
The Mesquite Grill. Newsletter of the Southwest Environmental Center,
1494A South Solano Drive, Las Cruces, NM 88001.
Orion Magazine. Myrin Institute, 136 E. 64th St., New York, NY 10021.
[Exceptionally fine nature writing on a variety of topics.]
The Plant Press. Newsletter from the Dept. of Botany, 166 NHB,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.