Volume 91, Number 2, February 2004
Inflorescence development in a new teosinte: Zea nicaraguensis (Poaceae)
ALAN R. ORR AND MARSHALL D. SUNDBERG 165
De nova
vaiation in life-history traits and responses to growth conditions of
resynthesized polyploid
Brassica napus (Brassicaceae)
MERIC SCHRANZ AND THOMAS C. OSBORN 174
Identification of a novel gene, HaABRC5, from Helianthus annus (Asteraceae) that is upregulated
in response to drought , salinity, and abscisic acid
XIANAN LIU AND WM. VANCE BAIRD 184
Seed production from the mixed mating system of Chesapeake Bay (USA) eelgrass (Zostera marina;
Zosteraceae)
JENNIFER M. RHODE AND J. EMMETT DUFFY 192
The reproductive biology of Sophora femandeziana (Leguminosae), a vulnerable endemic species from
Isla Robinson Crusoe
GABRIEL BERNARDELLO, RAMIRO AGUILAR AND GREGORY J. ANDERSON 198
Breeding system evolution in Tarasa (Malvaceae) and selection for reduced pollen grain size in the
polyploid species
JENNIFER A. TATE AND BERYL B. SIMPSON 207
Phosphatized multicellular alage in the Neproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China, and the early
evolution of florideophyte red algae
SHUHAI XIAO, ANDREW H. KNOLL, XUNLAI YUAN AND CURT M.PUESCHEL 214
Adaptive radiation of photosynthetic physiology in the Hawailan lobeliads: light regimes, static light
responses, and whole-plant compensation points
THOMAS J. GIVNISH, REBECCA A. MONTGOMERY AND GUILLERMO GOLDSTEIN 228
Phylogeny and biogeography of Caltha (Ranunculaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA
sequences
ERIC SCHUETTPELZ AND SARA B.HOOT 247
Molecular evidence for biocontinetal hybridogenous genomic constitution in Lepidium sensu stricto
(Brassicaceae) species from Australia and New Zealand
KLAUS MUMMENHOFF, PETER LINDER, NIKOLAI FRIESEN, JOHN L. BOWMAN,
JI-YOUNG LEE AND ANDREAS FRANZKE 254
Elatinaceae are sister to Malpighiaceae; Peridiscaceae belong to Saxifragales
CHARLES C. DAVIS AND MARK W. CHASE 262
Phylogenetics and biogeography of the neotropical fern genera Jamesonia and Erisorus (Pteridaceae)
PATRICIA SANCHEZ-BARACALDO 274
Alleopathic inhibition of germination by Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)
DANIEL PRATI AND OLIVER BOSSDORF 285
The floral biology of Curcumorpha longiflora (Zingiberaceae): A ginger with two-day flowers
JIANG-YUN GAO, LING ZHANG, XIAO-BAO DENG, PAN-YU REN, JE-JUN KONG
AND QING-JUN LI 289
A view of non-analog worlds
ROBERT A. GASTALDO 294