Plant Species Biology - 27 (1), 2012

Contents:

EDITORIAL


Plant Species Biology—Run on the main street (pages 1–2)

MASASHI OHARA


INVITED ARTICLE


Heterostyly and the possibility of its breakdown by polyploidization (pages 3–29)

AKIYO NAIKI


ORIGINAL ARTICLES


Development and plasticity of endangered shrub Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) seedlings under contrasting light regimes (pages 30–45)

BRIAN ROY LOCKHART, EMILE S. GARDINER, THERAN STAUTZ and THEODOR D. LEININGER


Effects of stolon severing on the expansion of Alternanthera philoxeroides from terrestrial to contaminated aquatic habitats (pages 46–52)

WEI GUO and ZHENG-HUA HU


Positive effects of native shrubs on three specially protected cacti species in Durango, México (pages 53–58)

GISELA MURO-PÉREZ, ENRIQUE JURADO, JOEL FLORES, JAIME SÁNCHEZ-SALAS, JAIME GARCÍA-PÉREZ and EDUARDO ESTRADA


Patterns of leaf asymmetry changes in Plantago major L. (ssp. major) natural populations exposed to different environmental conditions (pages 59–68)

MIROSLAVA VELIČKOVIĆ and TATJANA SAVIĆ


Clonal growth of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) (Asteraceae) and its relationship to volatile communication (pages 69–76)

SATOMI ISHIZAKI, KAORI SHIOJIRI, RICHARD KARBAN and MASASHI OHARA


Influence of pollinator grooming on pollen-mediated gene dispersal in Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae) (pages 77–85)

KARSTEN G. HOLMQUIST, RANDALL J. MITCHELL and JEFFREY D. KARRON


Biotic versus abiotic pollination in Oeceoclades maculata (Lindl.) Lindl. (Orchidaceae) (pages 86–95)

JOAO M.R.B.V. AGUIAR, LUDMILA M. PANSARIN, JAMES D. ACKERMAN and EMERSON R. PANSARIN


Pollination biology of Lilium japonicum var. abeanum and var. japonicum: evidence of adaptation to the different availability of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators (pages 96–105)

SHIZUKA YOKOTA and TETSUKAZU YAHARA


NOTES AND COMMENTS


Decoupling of reproduction and growth: an unusual pattern in the life cycle of the Mediterranean geophyte Narcissus serotinus (pages 106–109)

ISABEL MARQUES and DAVID DRAPER

Microclimate and production of peat moss Sphagnum palustre L. in the warm-temperate zone (pages 110–118)

EIJI FUKUTA, AKIKO SASAKI and TAKAYUKI NAKATSUBO


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