American Journal of Botany - 99 (4), 2012

Contents:


        Heidi J. Renninger and Nathan Phillips
    “Secondary stem lengthening” in the palm Iriartea deltoidea (Arecaceae) provides an efficient and novel method for height growth in a tree form
   
        M. Graça Sajo, Natalia Pabón-Mora, Jomar Jardim, Dennis W. Stevenson, and Paula J. Rudall
    Homologies of the flower and inflorescence in the early-divergent grass Anomochloa (Poaceae)
    
        Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Albina Khasanova, and Jeremy J. James
    Trait convergence and plasticity among native and invasive species in resource-poor environments
   
        Kelly L. Haymes and Gordon A. Fox
    Variation among individuals in cone production in Pinus palustris (Pinaceae)
   
        Anne-Kristel Bittebiere, Nolwenn Renaud, Bernard Clément, and Cendrine Mony
    Morphological response to competition for light in the clonal Trifolium repens (Fabaceae)
   
        Patrick J. McIntyre
    Polyploidy associated with altered and broader ecological niches in the Claytonia perfoliata (Portulacaceae) species complex
  
        William J. D. Iles, Paula J. Rudall, Dmitry D. Sokoloff, Margarita V. Remizowa, Terry D. Macfarlane, Maria D. Logacheva, and Sean W. Graham
    Molecular phylogenetics of Hydatellaceae (Nymphaeales): Sexual-system homoplasy and a new sectional classification
   
        Magni Olsen Kyrkjeeide, Kristian Hassel, Kjell I. Flatberg, and Hans K. Stenoien
    The rare peat moss Sphagnum wulfianum (Sphagnaceae) did not survive the last glacial period in northern European refugia
  
        Madhav Pandey and Om P. Rajora
    Genetic diversity and differentiation of core vs. peripheral populations of eastern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae)
   
        Tanya E. Cheeke, Todd N. Rosenstiel, and Mitchell B. Cruzan
    Evidence of reduced arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization in multiple lines of Bt maize
   
        Gar W. Rothwell, Gene Mapes, Ruth A. Stockey, and Jason Hilton
    The seed cone Eathiestrobus gen. nov.: Fossil evidence for a Jurassic origin of Pinaceae
  
        Daniel Ballesteros, Elena Estrelles, Christina Walters, and Ana M. Ibars
    Effects of temperature and desiccation on ex situ conservation of nongreen fern spores
   
        Emily B. Sessa, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, and Thomas J. Givnish
    Phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae)
   
        Zoe A. Panchen, Richard B. Primack, Tomasz Aniśko, and Robert E. Lyons
    Herbarium specimens, photographs, and field observations show Philadelphia area plants are responding to climate change
    
        Daniel J. Gates and John D. Nason
    Flowering asynchrony and mating system effects on reproductive assurance and mutualism persistence in fragmented fig–fig wasp populations
   
        Farrokh Ghahremaninejad, Zohreh Khalili, Ali Asghar Maassoumi, Hossein Mirzaie-Nodoushan, and Mehrshid Riahi
    Leaf epidermal features of Salix species (Salicaceae) and their systematic significance
  
        Robert Karl, Christiane Kiefer, Stephan W. Ansell, and Marcus A. Koch
    Systematics and evolution of arctic-alpine Arabis alpina (Brassicaceae) and its closest relatives in the eastern Mediterranean
  
        Tracey C. Jones, T. G. A. Green, Ian D. Hogg, and Richard J. Wilkins
    Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in the lichen Buellia frigida (Physciaceae), an Antarctic endemic
   
        Xudong He, Yu Wang, Fagen Li, Qijie Weng, Mei Li, Li-an Xu, Jisen Shi, and Siming Gan
    Development of 198 novel EST-derived microsatellites in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae)
  
        Sheng-Chun Xu, Ya-Ming Gong, Wei-Hua Mao, Qi-Zan Hu, Gu-Wen Zhang, Wan Fu, and Qiang-Qiang Xian
    Development and characterization of 41 novel EST-SSR markers for Pisum sativum (Leguminosae)
  
        Juliana Massimino Feres, Mariza Monteiro, Maria I. Zucchi, José B. Pinheiro, Moacyr A. Mestriner, and Ana Lilia Alzate-Marin
    Development of microsatellite markers for Anadenanthera colubrina (Leguminosae), a neotropical tree species
   
        Chin-Shang Ho, Chaur-Tzuhn Chen, Ya-Zhu Ko, Xue-Jun Ge, Kuo-Hsiang Hung, Tsai-Wen Hsu, and Yu-Chung Chiang
    Isolation and characterization of 15 microsatellite loci in four endangered Amentotaxus species (Taxaceae)
   
        Tina Wöhrmann, Natascha Wagner, Florian Krapp, Bruno Huettel, and Kurt Weising
    Development of microsatellite markers in Fosterella rusbyi (Bromeliaceae) using 454 pyrosequencing
   
        Jessica M. Tew, Stacey L. Lance, Kenneth L. Jones, and Shannon D. Fehlberg
    Microsatellite development for an endangered riparian inhabitant, Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. recurva (Apiaceae)
  
        Li Wang, Min Wu, Zhi Wen, Qiu-Ping Xia, Hai-Fei Yan, and Zhi-Yong Luo
    Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the endangered tree Diplopanax stachyanthus (Araliaceae)
  
        Carlos B. M. Cerqueira-Silva, Elisa S. L. Santos, Alisson M. Souza, Gustavo M. Mori, Eder J. Oliveira, Ronan X. Correa, and Anete P. Souza
    Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the wild South American Passiflora cincinnata (Passifloraceae)
   
        Priscilla M. Zamberlan, Michele S. da Silva, Aline M. C. Ramos-Fregonezi, Sandro L. Bonatto, and Loreta B. Freitas
    Microsatellites in Aureliana fasciculata var. fasciculata (Solanaceae), a shrub that inhabits the Atlantic Rainforest
   
        Soaharin’ny Ony Raoseta Rakotondralambo, Alexandra Lussert, Ronan Rivallan, Pascal Danthu, Jean-Louis Noyer, and Franc-Christophe Baurens
    Microsatellite markers isolated from the wild medicinal plant Centella asiatica (Apiaceae) from an enriched genomic library
   
        Wei-Wei Ma, Sheng-Nan Zhai, Yong-Hua Zhang, and Ying-Xiong Qiu
    Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for Emmenopterys henryi (Rubiaceae), a rare tree from China
   

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