ANNALS OF THE
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN1
Volume 93, Number 1, May, 2006
Species Reconsidered: Consequences for Biodiversity and
Evolution, the 50th Annual
Systematics Symposium of the Missouri Botanical Garden Species Reconsidered:
Consequences for Biodiversity and Evolution. Introduction-
P. Mick Richardson
1
Linnaeus's Biology Was Not Essentialist
Mary P. Wimor
2
Problems with Species: Patterns and Processes of Species
Fonnation in Salamanders
David B, Wake
8
Adaptation, Speciation, and Convergence: A Hierarehical
Analysis of Adapti1ie Radiation in Caribbean Anolis Lizards
Jonathan B. Losos, Richard E. Glor; Jason J. Kolbe & Kirsten Nicholson
24
Hybrid Speciation in Wild Sunflowers
Loren H, Rieseberg
34
Adaptive Radiation and Evolution of Breeding Systems in
Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae), an Endemic Hawaiian Genus
Ann K Sakai, Stephen G. Weller, Warren L Wagner, Molly Nepokroeff & Theresa M,
Culley
49
Contrasting Patterns and Processes of Evolutionary Change in
the Tarweed-Silversword Lineage: Revisiting Clausen, Keck, and Hiesey's Findings
Bruce G. Baldwin
64
Species Before Speciation Is Complete
Peter R. Grant & B. Rosemary Grant
94
Polyphyly in Guettarda L. (Rubiaceae, Guettardeae) Based on
nrDNA ITS Sequence Data
Frederic Achille, nmothy J, Motley, Porter P. Lowry II & Joel Jeremie
103
ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI
BOTANICAL GARDEN2
Volume 93, Number 2, June, 2006
Late Cretaceous Terrestrial Vertebrates from Madagascar, Implications for
Latin American Biogeography.
David W. Krause, Patrick M. O.Connor, Kristina Curry Rogers, Scott D. Sampson,
Gregory A. Buckley and Raymond R. Rogers
178
Evolution and Geography, The Biogeographic History of South American Land
Mammals.
Rosendo Pascual
209
Paleogeography of the Antilles and Origin of West Indian Terrestrial
Vertebrates.
S. Blair Hedges
231
The Great American Biotic Interchange, Patterns and Processes.
S. David Webb
245
Late Quaternary Environments of the Northern Deserts and Central
Transvolcanic Belt of Mexico. Sarah E. Metcalfe
258
Quaternary Environmental History and Agricultural Impact on Vegetation in
Central America.
Dolores R. Piperno
274
The Palaeobotanical Record of Colombia, Implications for Biogeography and
Biodiversity.
Henry Hooghiemstra , Vincent M. Wijninga and Antoine M. Cleef
297
Paleobotanical Evidence and Molecular Data in Reconstructing the
Historical Phytogeography of Rhizophoraceae.
Alan Graham
325
Modern Processes and Historical Factors in the Origin of the African
Element in Latin America.
Alan Graham
335
Dispersal-Vicariance Analyses in the Tribe Sinningieae (Gesneriaceae), A
Clue to Understanding Biogeographical History of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Mathieu Perret, Alain Chautems and Rodolphe Spichiger
340
Science with a Social Conscience: Digging for Dinosaurs and Helping
Children in the Land that Time Forgot.
David W. Krause
359
ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI
BOTANICAL GARDEN3
Volume 93, Number 3, October, 2006
A Taxonomic Revision of Caribbean Adiantopsis (Pteridaceae).
Michael S. Barker and R. James Hickey
371
Support for an Expanded Solms laubachia (Brassicaceae), Evidence
from Sequences of Chloroplast and Nuclear Genes.
Ji Pei Yue, Hang Sun, Ihsan A. Al Shehbaz and Jian Hua Li
402
Revision del Genero Acaena (Rosaceae) en Chile.
Alicia Marticorena,
412
Scale dependent Classification of Xeric Limestone Prairies, Annual or
Perennial Grasslands.
Patrick J. Lawless, Jerry M. Baskin and Carol C. Baskin
455
Pollination Biology in a Tropical High Altitude Grassland in Brazil,
Interactions at the Community Level.
Leandro Freitas and Marlies Sazima
465
Embryology, Karyology, and Modes of Reproduction in the North American
Genus Boechera (Brassicaceae), A Compilation of Seven Decades of
Research.
Christoph Dobes, Marcus Koch and Timothy F. Sharbel
517
ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI
BOTANICAL GARDEN4
Volume 93, Number 4, December, 2006
A Systematic Study of the Old World Genus Fockea (Apocynaceae to
Asclepiadoideae).
P. V. Bruyns and C. Klak
535
Is Mandevilla (Apocynaceae, Mesechiteae) Monophyletic, Evidence
from Five Plastid DNA Loci and Morphology.
Andre O. Simoes, Mary E. Endress, Timotheus van der Niet, Luiza S. Kinoshita and
Elena Conti
565
Revision de las Especies de Axonopus (Poaceae, Panicoideae,
Paniceae), Serie Suffulti.
Ana Maria Cialdella, Osvaldo Morrone y Fernando O. Zuloaga
592
Chromosome Reports in South American Nicotianeae (Solanaceae), with
Particular Reference to Nierembergia.
M. Cristina Acosta, Adriana del V. Ordonez, Andrea A. Cocucci and Eduardo A.
Moscone
634
Chromosome Studies in American Panicoideae (Poaceae).
Osvaldo Morrone, Alejandro Escobar and Fernando O. Zuloaga
647
Checklist for authors
658