BIOLOGY OF THE RIO GRANDE BORDER REGION:
A BIBLIOGRAPHY






B. Botany
      2. Non-Woody Plants 

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186. Bennett BC. 1985. Notes on the Bromeliaceae of Big Bend National Park. J. Bromeliad Soc. 35(1):24-5, 31.

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189. Breckenridge FG, Miller JM. 1982. Pollination biology, distribution, and chemotaxonomy of the Echinocereus enneacanthus complex (Cactaceae). Syst. Bot. 7:365-78.

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200. Eickmeier WG. 1988. Physiological effects of transplantation of the desiccation-tolerant pteridophyte Selaginella lepidophylla in Big Bend National Park. Southwest. Nat. 33(3):287-94.

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204. Gould FW. 1975. The grasses of Texas. College Station (TX): Texas A&M University Press. 653 p.

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207. Heil KD. 1984. Recovery plan for the Davis' green pitaya Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelm. var. davisii (Houghton) L. Benson. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 34 p.

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210. Heil KD, Brack S. 1989. Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Neolloydia mariposensis) recovery plan. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2. 47 p.

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215. Hodgson WJ. 1992. Investigations into the distribution and status of Agave glomeruliflora (Engelm.) Berger in Big Bend National Park. In: Investigator's annual report. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

216. Jones RW, Cate JR, Burke HR. 1989. Phenology and ecology of wild cotton (Malvales: Malvaceae) and the boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Tamaulipas, Mexico. J. Econ. Entomol. 82(6):1626-32.

217. Jones SD, Jones GD. 1993. A new species of Carex (Cyperaceae: Triquetrae) from the Chisos Mountains, Texas, and a key to species of section Triquetrae. SIDA Contrib. Bot. 15(3):509-18.

218. Keeney T. 1987. Texas snowbells (Styrax texana) recovery plan. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 53 p.

219. Keeney T. 1987. Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus tobuschii) recovery plan. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 40 p. Available from: Fish and Wildlife Reference Service; MIN nr 808780239.

220. Kennedy K. 1994. Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus) recovery plan. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2. 78 p. Available from: Fish and Wildlife Reference Service; MIN nr 809480078.

221. Kennedy K, Poole JM. 1993. Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisoensis var. chisoensis) recovery plan. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 60 p.

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223. Kuban JF. 1983. Pollination biology of Agave havardiana Trel. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

224. Kuban JF, Jr. 1989. The pollination biology of two populations of Big Bend century plant, Agave havardiana Trel.: a multiple pollinator syndrome with floral specialization for large vertebrate pollinators [dissertation]. [Syracuse (NY)]: Syracuse University. 187 p.

225. Kurz DR. 1979. Cacti of Big Bend National Park, Texas [MA thesis]. Carbondale (IL): Southern Illinois University. 182 p.

226. Lackey J. 1976. Locoweed (Astragalus) in Big Bend poisoning of cattle. Cattleman 63(4):62.

227. Leuck EE II. 1980. Biosystematic studies in the Echinocereus viridiflorus complex. Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma. 115 p. Available from: University Microfilms International.

228. Lonard RI. 1993. Guide to grasses of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Edinburg (TX): University of Texas-Pan American Press. 240 p.

229. Lott EJ. 1979. Variation and interrelationships of Aquilegia populations of Trans-Pecos Texas [MSc thesis]. Alpine (TX): Sul Ross State University. 137 p.

230. Magill RE. 1975. The mosses of Big Bend National Park: a phytogeographic study [dissertation]. College Station (TX): Texas A&M University. 153 p.

231. Magill RE. 1976. Mosses of Big Bend National Park. Bryologist 79(3):269-95.

232. Mayfield MH. 1993. New combinations in Chamaesyce A. Gray (Euphorbiaceae) from Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert. Phytologia 75(2):178-83.

233. Mohlenbrock MW. 1982. Hechtia scariosa--a Chihuahuan Desert bromeliad: description, kinship, Texas. J. Bromeliad Soc. 32(4):156-8.

234. Moore WO. 1962. The Echinocereus enneacanthus-dubius-stramineus complex (Cactaceae). Brittonia 19:77-94.

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236. Nesom GL. 1992. A new species of Castilleja Scrophulariaceae from southcentral Texas with comments on other Texas taxa. Phytologia 72(3):209-30.

237. Nesom GL. 1992. A new species of Nama from the Cuatro Cienegas area of Coahuila Mexico. Phytologia 73(1):61-3.

238. O'Neil EW III. 1971. An ecological investigation of the giant dagger (Yucca carnerosana) in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas [MSc thesis]. Alpine (TX): Sul Ross State University. 85 p.

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242. Poole JM. 1988. Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii Correll) recovery plan. Albuquerque (NM): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 49 p. Available from: Fish and Wildlife Reference Service; MIN nr 809080077.

243. Poole JM. 1989. Status report on Festuca ligulata. Austin (TX): Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Natural Heritage Program. 32 p.

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249. Powell AM. 1970. Natural intersectional hybridization in Perityle (Compositae). Brittonia 22:3-10.

250. Powell AM. 1972. A new species of Argemone (Papaveraceae) from Mexico. Southwest. Nat. 17:106-7.

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254. Powell AM. 1976. New gypsophilic species in Pseudoclappia and Sartwellia (Asteraceae) from West Texas and eastern Chihuahua. SIDA Contrib. Bot. 6:317-20.

255. Powell AM. 1976. A new species of Perityle (Asteraceae) from Coahuila, Mexico. SIDA Contrib. Bot. 6:311-2.

256. Powell AM. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 65:590-636.

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259. Powell AM. 1995. Second generation experimental hybridizations in the Echinocereus x lloydii complex (Cactaceae), and further documentation of dioecy in E. coccineus. Plant Syst. Evol. 196:63-74.

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