American Journal of Botany - 97(9), 2010

Volume 97, Issue 9; September 2010

Anatomy and Morphology

Gesine Pufal, Ken G. Ryan, and Phil Garnock-Jones
Hygrochastic capsule dehiscence in New Zealand alpine Veronica (Plantaginaceae)

Ecology

Alex Fajardo and Eliot J. B. McIntire
Merged trees in second-growth, fire-origin forests in Patagonia, Chile: positive spatial association patterns and their ecological implications

Allison M. Lambert, Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, and David W. Inouye
Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (glacier lily; Liliaceae)

Sharmila Pathikonda, Alan Meerow, He Zhenxiang, and Susan Mopper
Salinity tolerance and genetic variability in freshwater and brackish Iris hexagona colonies

Evolution and Phylogeny

Hardeep S. Rai and Sean W. Graham
Utility of a large, multigene plastid data set in inferring higher-order relationships in ferns and relatives (monilophytes)

Joshua M. Brokaw and Larry Hufford
Origins and introgression of polyploid species in Mentzelia section Trachyphytum (Loasaceae)

Mycology

Terry W. Henkel, Matthew E. Smith, and M. Catherine Aime
Guyanagaster, a new wood-decaying sequestrate fungal genus related to Armillaria (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycota)

Physiology and Biochemistry

Linda E. Graham, Eunsoo Kim, Patricia Arancibia-Avila, James M. Graham, and Lee W. Wilcox
Evolutionary and ecophysiological significance of sugar utilization by the peat moss Sphagnum compactum (Sphagnaceae) and the common charophycean associates Cylindrocystis brebissonii and Mougeotia sp. (Zygnemataceae)

Population Biology

Cristina F. Aragón, Marcos Méndez, and Adrián Escudero
Linkages among life-history components through time: Carryover effects on the demography of a short-lived polycarpic plant

Reproductive Biology

Derek R. Artz, Cristian A. Villagra, and Robert A. Raguso
Spatiotemporal variation in the reproductive ecology of two parapatric subspecies of Oenothera cespitosa (Onagraceae)

Systematics and Phytogeography

A. Jonathan Shaw, Cymon J. Cox, William R. Buck, Nicolas Devos, Alex M. Buchanan, Lynette Cave, Rodney Seppelt, Blanka Shaw, Juan Larraín, Richard Andrus, Johann Greilhuber, and Eva M. Temsch
Newly resolved relationships in an early land plant lineage: Bryophyta class Sphagnopsida (peat mosses)

Paul M. Peterson, Konstantin Romaschenko, and Gabriel Johnson
A phylogeny and classification of the Muhlenbergiinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae) based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences

Virginia Valcárcel and Pablo Vargas
Quantitative morphology and species delimitation under the general lineage concept: Optimization for Hedera (Araliaceae)

Brief Communication

Darah L. Newell and Ashley B. Morris
Clonal structure of wild populations and origins of horticultural stocks of Illicium parviflorum (Illiciaceae)

Billie A. Gould, Blanca León, Aron M. Buffen, and Lonnie G. Thompson
Evidence of a high-Andean, mid-Holocene plant community: An ancient DNA analysis of glacially preserved remains

Errata

Erratum

AJB Primer Notes & Protocols in the Plant Sciences

Gustavo M. Mori, Maria I. Zucchi, Iracilda Sampaio, and Anete P. Souza
Microsatellites for the mangrove tree Avicennia germinans (Acanthaceae): Tools for hybridization and mating system studies

Chen Chen, Yi-Hui Liu, Cheng-Xing Fu, and Ying-Xiong Qiu
New microsatellite markers for the rare plant Cercidiphyllum japonicum and their utility for Cercidiphyllum magnificum

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