American Journal of Botany - 98 (6), 2011

Contents:

Claire A. Hemingway, Ashley R. Christensen, and Simon T. Malcomber
B- and C-class gene expression during corona development of the blue passionflower (Passiflora caerulea, Passifloraceae)

Kelsey L. Dunnell and Steven E. Travers
Shifts in the flowering phenology of the northern Great Plains: Patterns over 100 years

Koen De Hert, Hans Jacquemyn, Sabine Van Glabeke, Isabel Roldán-Ruiz, Katrien Vandepitte, Leen Leus, and Olivier Honnay
Patterns of hybridization between diploid and derived allotetraploid species of Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae) co-occurring in Belgium

Chris Creese, Albert Lee, and Lawren Sack
Drivers of morphological diversity and distribution in the Hawaiian fern flora: Trait associations with size, growth form, and environment

Emilie Tarroux and Annie DesRochers
Effect of natural root grafting on growth response of jack pine (Pinus banksiana; Pinaceae)

Kristin L. Mercer, Helen M. Alexander, and Allison A. Snow
Selection on seedling emergence timing and size in an annual plant, Helianthus annuus (common sunflower, Asteraceae)

Sandra Lepers-Andrzejewski, Sonja Siljak-Yakovlev, Spencer C. Brown, Maurice Wong, and Michel Dron
Diversity and dynamics of plant genome size: An example of polysomaty from a cytogenetic study of Tahitian vanilla (Vanilla ×tahitensis, Orchidaceae)

Christopher M. Steenbock, Ruth A. Stockey, Graham Beard, and Alexandru M. F. Tomescu
A new family of leafy liverworts from the middle Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Katherine A. McCulloh, Daniel M. Johnson, Frederick C. Meinzer, and Barbara Lachenbruch
An annual pattern of native embolism in upper branches of four tall conifer species

José M. Olano, Marcia Eugenio, and Adrián Escudero
Site effect is stronger than species identity in driving demographic responses of Helianthemum (Cistaceae) shrubs in gypsum environments

Nasr.H. Gomaa and F. Xavier Picó
Seed germination, seedling traits, and seed bank of the tree Moringa peregrina (Moringaceae) in a hyper-arid environment

Maria W. Pil, Maria R. T. Boeger, Valéria C. Muschner, Marcio R. Pie, Antonio Ostrensky, and Walter A. Boeger
Postglacial north–south expansion of populations of Rhizophora mangle (Rhizophoraceae) along the Brazilian coast revealed by microsatellite analysis

Laura B. Vary, Ann K. Sakai, and Stephen G. Weller
Morphological and functional sex expression in the Malagasy endemic Tina striata (Sapindaceae)

Mohamed Abdelaziz, Juan Lorite, A. Jesús Munoz-Pajares, M. Belén Herrador, Francisco Perfectti, and José M. Gómez
Using complementary techniques to distinguish cryptic species: A new Erysimum (Brassicaceae) species from North Africa

Himanshu Sharma, Rahul Kumar, Vikas Sharma, Vishal Kumar, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Paramvir Singh Ahuja, and Ram Kumar Sharma
Identification and cross-species transferability of 112 novel unigene-derived microsatellite markers in tea (Camellia sinensis)

Christine D. Bacon, Gabriel P. Johnson, Harald Meimberg, Pamela Puppo, Mark P. Simmons, and Warren L. Wagner
Development of microsatellites in the Hawaiian endemic palm Pritchardia martii (Arecaceae) and their utility in congeners

Jia-Hui Chen, Yan Zhou, and Yong-Ping Yang
Isolation and characterization of 20 new microsatellite loci in Coriaria nepalensis (Coriariaceae)

Marcos V. B. M. Siqueira, Thiago G. Marconi, Maria L. Bonatelli, Maria I. Zucchi, and Elizabeth A. Veasey
New microsatellite loci for water yam (Dioscorea alata, Dioscoreaceae) and cross-amplification for other Dioscorea species

Takanori Ohsako and Yuko Yamada
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Schoenoplectus juncoides (Cyperaceae)1

Wensheng Liu, Hui Liao, Yin Zhou, Yao Zhao, and Zhiping Song
Microsatellite primers in Stipa purpurea (Poaceae), a dominant species of the steppe on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

Lin Zhu, Xing-Mei Zheng, and Anru Lou
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite primers for an invasive weed, Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae)

Kai Jiang, Yi-Su Shi, Jian Zhang, and Na-Na Xu
Microsatellite primers for vulnerable seagrass Halophila beccarii (Hydrocharitaceae)

Yanfang Lin, Liyan Zeng, Qiwei Zhang, Yaofang Wang, and Shaoqing Tang
Development of microsatellite markers in Kmeria septentrionalis (Magnoliaceae), an endangered Chinese tree

Zhiling Dao, Yunheng Ji, Tao Liu, Keming Liu, and Heng Li
Development of ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for Fosbergia shweliensis (Rubiaceae), a potentially crisis endangered tree


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