THE KNOWN GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE VERBENACEAE AND AVICENNIACEAE: SUPPLEMENT 4

Abstract

OVER 3800 additional herbarium specimens of Verbenaceae and Avicenniaceae have been examined by the writer since the preparation of the last supplement to his listing of the known geographic distribution of the 2980 valid members of these two plant families based on an examination of 75,000 specimens.2 This additional material has come from the herbaria of the New York Botanical Garden, Trinidad and Tobago Botanical Garden, United States National Museum, Instituto Ciencias Naturales at Bogota, Butler University, Duke University, West Virginia University, Arnold Arboretum, Carnegie Museum, Kansas State College, Colorado State College, Pomona College, Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station, and numerous individual collectors, including Dr. H. Hapeman at Minden, Nebraska. It has yielded the following 53 new country or island records, 34 state or province records, and 141 county records. One new species and one new combination are proposed. NEW YORK: Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene -Onondaga County. Verbena hastata L.-Erie County. Verbena urticifolia L.-Suffolk County. PENNSYLVANIA: Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene-Butler County. Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton-Washington County. X Verbena Engelmannii Moldenke-Crawford and Delaware Counties. Verbena hastata L.-Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Tioga, Union, and Venango Counties. Verbena hastata f. rosea Cheney-Huntingdon County. Verbena simplex Lehm.-Bedford, Erie, and Fulton Counties. Verbena stricta Vent.-Allegheny, Erie, and Westmoreland Counties. Verbena urticifolia L.-Beaver, Bedford, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Lawrence, Pike, and Westmoreland Counties. Verbena urticifolia var. leiocarpa Perry & Fernald-Clearfield, Greene, Lawrence, Northampton, Washington, Wayne, and Westmoreland Counties. MARYLAND: Phyla lanceolata (Michx.) Greene -Washington County. WEST VIRGINIA: Verbena hastata L.-Cabell, Kanawha, and Raleigh Counties. Verbena simplex Lehm.-Kanawha County. Verbena urticifolia L.Marion County. Verbena urticifolia var. leiocarpa Perry & Fernald-Barbour and RandolphWCounties.