Quercus texana Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860:444

Quercus texana Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1860:444 View in CoL . 1860 [1861]; M.J. Young, Familiar Lessons Bot. 507. 1873 (“ Q.Texana, Buckley ”). TYPE: U.S.A. Texas. Liberty Co.: 1 mi W of Romayor along Texas State Hwy 105, ca. 0.5 mi W of the Trinity River , 22 Oct 1983, K.C.Nixon & P.Phillips 4063 [NEOTYPE, designated by Dorr & Nixon (1985: 220):TEX (TEX00370442)!].

It is unclear why Tropicos (2021) considers “ Quercus texana M.J. Young ” to be a later homonym of Quercus texana Buckley , especially as the name is clearly attributed to Buckley in Young’s (1873) flora. Her statement (“Hills in the vicinity of Austin”) suggests that she (or Buckley) was, however, misapplying this name to what is known now as Q. buckleyi Nixon & Dorr. The reasons why she (or Buckley) did this are discussed at length in Dorr and Nixon (1985).

Rhamnus drummondii M.J. Young, Familiar Lessons Bot. 204. 1873 ( “ Drummondii ”). TYPE: U.S.A. Texas.Sine loc.,s.d., T. Drummond II 67 (NEOTYPE, designated here: NY [NY00415024 as image!]; POSSIBLE ISOLECTOTYPE: G [G00440908 as image!] [“67”]).

Colubrina texensis View in CoL (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6:169. 1850. Rhamnus texensis Torr. View in CoL & A.Gray,Fl. N.Amer.1(2):263.1838 (“ R.?Texensis View in CoL ”); M.J.Young, Familiar Lessons Bot.204.1873 ( “ Texensis View in CoL ”). TYPE: U.S.A. Texas. Sine loc.,s.d., T. Drummond II 67 (LECTOTYPE, designated here: NY [NY00415024 as image!]; POSSIBLE ISOLECTOTYPE: G [G00440908 as image!] [“67”]).

Rhamnus drummondii View in CoL is one of four species of Rhamnus View in CoL L. recognized by Young (1873).She lists it simply as “ R. Drummondii View in CoL . ” No author is given nor is a collection cited. Interestingly, her description comes very close to being a verbatim copy of the second paragraph of the protologue of R. texensis View in CoL published by Torrey and Gray (1838) with simply the omission of the phrase that begins this paragraph, viz. “ Texas, Drummond ! (coll. 2. no. 67).”

Rhamnus texensis View in CoL was also accepted in Young’s (1873) flora.In this instance, her description is a verbatim copy of the first paragraph of the protologue of R. texensis View in CoL published by Torrey and Gray (1838) with merely the parenthetic and speculative phrase “(flowers solitary?)” omitted (and, of course, the second paragraph suppressed in its entirety).

Johnston (1971) effectively designated a lectotype for the name Rhamnus texensis View in CoL when he stated that the holotype was a specimen at GH. However, the specimen he selected was from the third (III), not the second (II) collection of Drummond and thus does not agree with the protologue and can be superseded. Moreover, the GH specimen was acquired well after the publication of the name and cannot be considered original material. Specimens of R. texensis View in CoL from the third collection can be found in the following herbaria: BM [BM000838445 as image!] [“III, 67”], GH [GH00139465 as image!] [“III 67”], K [K000729226 as image!] [“Third collection, No 67”], P [P01818876 as image!] [“III, 67”], and US [ US 00094445]! [“III 67”].

Rhus toxicodendron var. trilobata M.J. Young, Familiar Lessons Bot. View in CoL 197. 1873 (“ Trilobate ”), nom. nud. Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1:153. 1891.

Young (1873) divided Rhus toxicodendron View in CoL L. ( = Toxicodendron View in CoL radicans) into four varieties. Three were noted explicitly and the fourth presumably was the nominate variety. No description accompanies R. toxicodendron var. trilobata View in CoL . Young (1873) simply states “Found in the northern part of Texas.” There is no indication that Young (1873) is proposing a new combination and change in status based on R. trilobata Nutt. View in CoL , which was described from the Rocky Mountains but also occurs in Texas.

Spiranthes brevifolia Chapm., Fl. South. U.S. 462. 1860; M.J. Young, Familiar Lessons Bot. 539. 1873. TYPE: U.S. A. Florida. Franklin Co.: Apalachicola, Oct – Nov, A.W. Chapman s.n. (LECTOTYPE, designated here: NY [NY00009342 as image!]; POSSIBLE ISOLECTOTYPE: NY [NY00009343 as image!]).

Spiranthes longilabris Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 476. 1840.

In her treatment of Spiranthes Rich., Young (1873) included “ S. brevifolia , n. sp. ” and provided a description. Despite the “n. sp.” it does not appear that she intended to describe this orchid species. Her treatment is almost a verbatim copy with very minor emendations of a species described earlier by Chapman (1860). Young’s description was copied so faithfully that she (or Buckley) failed to excise the “n. sp.” from Chapman’s original description! Young (or Buckley) did manage to modify the locality and phenology data to imply that the species is found in Texas (where it does occur). “Open grassy swamps in the pine barrens, Apalachicola, Florida. Oct. and Nov.” in Chapman (1860) becomes “Open grassy swamps in the pine-barrens. October and November” in Young (1873).