Volume 91, Number 5, May 2004
Structure and Development
A floral ontogenetic study on the sister group relationship between the genus
Samolus (Primulaceae) and the Theophrastaceae
PIETER L. CARIS AND ERIK F. SMETS 627
The development of the superior in Tetraplasandra (Araliaceae)
ANNEMARIE COSTELLO AND TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY 644
Population Biology
The potential for genetic assimilation of a native dandelion species, Taraxacum
Ceratophorum (Asteraceae), by the exotic congener T. officinale 656
Reproductive Biology
Correlation between distyly and ploidy level in Damnacanthus (Rubiaceae)
AKIYO NAIKI AND HIDETOSHI NAGAMASU 664
Self-pollination in island and mainland populations of the introduced
Hummingbird-pollinated plant, Nicotiana glauca (Solanaceae)
SHEILA K. SCHUELLER 672
Ecology
Analysis of fern spore banks from the soil of three vegetation types in the central
region of Mexico
MARIA DEL ROSARIO, RAMIREZ-TREJO, BLANCA PEREZ-GARCIA AND
ALMA OROZCO-SEGOVIA 682
Seedling recruitment and survival of an endangered limestone endemic in its natural
habitat and experimental reintroduction sites
JOYCE MASCHINSKI, JOANNE E. BAGGS, AND CHRISTOPHER F. SACCHI 689
Drought tolerance associated with vertical stratification of two co-occurring epiphytic
bromeliads in a tropical dry forest
ERIC A. GRAHAM AND JOSE LUIS ANDRADE 699
Systematics
Molecular and cytological examination of Calopogon (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae):
Circumscription, phylogeny, polyploidy and possible hybrid speciation
DOUGLAS H. GOLDMAN, ROBERT K. JANSEN, CASSIO VAN DEN BERG,
ILIA J. LEITCH, MICHAEL F. FAY AND MARK W. CHASE 707
Phylogenetic relationships among Strobilanthes s.l. (Acanthaceae): evidence from
ITS nrDNA, trnL-FcpDNA and morphology
ELIZABETH C. MOYLAN, JONATHAN R. BENNETT, MARK A. CARINE
RICHARD G. OLMSTEAD AND ROBERT W. SCOTLAND 724
Reticulate evolution in kiwifruit (Actinidia, Actinidaceae) identified by comparing
their maternal and paternal phylogenies
JOELLE CHAT, BLANCA JAUREGUI, REMY J. PETIT AND SOPHIE NADOT 736
Phylogenetic inferences in the dung-moss family Splachnaceae from analyses of
cpDNA sequence data and implications for the evolution of entomophily
BERNARD GOFFINET, A. JONATHAN SHAW AND CYMON J. COX 748
Complex origins of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, Moraceae): implications for
Human migrations in Oceania
NYREE J. C. ZEREGA, DIANE RAGONE AND TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY 760
On the origin of the fig: phylogenetic relationships of Moraceae from ndhF sequences
SHANNON L. DATWYLER AND GEORGE D. WEIBLEN 767