AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Volume 91, Number 11, November 2004


Brief Communication

        H.-Ch. Spatz and A. Emanns
        The mechanical role of the endodermis in Equisetum plant stems                                               1936

        W. Scott Armbruster and Denise Gobeille Rogers
        Does pollen competition reduce the cost of inbreeding?                                                            1939

Development and Morphogenesis

        Val Raghavan
        Role of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) in somatic embryogenesis on cultured
        zygotic embryos of Arabidopsis: cell expansion, cell cycling, and morphogenesis
        during continuous exposure of embryos to 2,4-D                                                                     1743

Genetics and Molecular Biology

        Maria V. Cattell and Stephen A. Karl
        Genetics and morphology in a Borrichia frutescens and B. arborescens (Asteraceae)
        hybrid zone                                                                                                                     1757

Paleobotany

        Robyn J. Burnham and Nina L. Carranco
        Miocene winged fruits of Loxopterygium (Anacardiaceae) from the Ecuadorian Andes                     1767

Population Biology

        Guy Colling, Claude Reckinger, and Diethart Matthies
        Effects of pollen quantity and quality on reproduction and offspring vigor in the
        rare plant Scorzonera humilis (Asteraceae)                                                                            1774

        Eric J. Baack
        Cytotype segregation on regional and microgeographic scales in snow buttercups
        (Ranunculus adoneus: Ranunculaceae)                                                                                 1783

        Steven R. Larson, Thomas A. Jones, and Kevin B. Jensen
        Population structure in Pseudoroegneria spicata (Poaceae: Triticeae) modeled by
        Bayesian clustering of AFLP genotypes                                                                                 1789

        Kevin S. Burgess and Brian C. Husband
        Maternal and paternal contributions to the fitness of hybrids between red and
        white mulberry (Morus, Moraceae)                                                                                       1802

Reproductive Biology

        Amy E. Boyd
        Breeding system of Macromeria viridiflora (Boraginaceae) and geographic
        variation in pollinator assemblages                                                                                       1809

        Makoto Kato and Atsushi Kawakita
        Plant-pollinator interactions in New Caledonia influenced by introduced honey bees                       1814

        Matthew H. Collier and Steven H. Rogstad
        Clonal variation in floral stage timing in the common dandelion Taraxacum
        officinale (Asteraceae)                                                                                                      1828

Systematics

        Pia Järvinen, Anna Palmé, Luis Orlando Morales, Mika Lännenpää, Markku Keinänen,
        Tuomas Sopanen, and Martin Lascoux
        Phylogenetic relationships of Betula species (Betulaceae) based on nuclear ADH
        and chloroplast matK sequences                                                                                          1834

        Martin F. Wojciechowski, Matt Lavin, and Michael J. Sanderson
        A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid matK gene
        resolves many well-supported subclades within the family                                                        1846

        David A. Baum, Stacey DeWitt Smith, Alan Yen, William S. Alverson, Reto Nyffeler,
        Barbara A. Whitlock, and Rebecca L. Oldham
        Phylogenetic relationships of Malvatheca (Bombacoideae and Malvoideae;
        Malvaceae sensu lato) as inferred from plastid DNA sequences                                                  1863

        Damon P. Little, Andrea E. Schwarzbach, Robert P. Adams, and Chang-Fu Hsieh
        The circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Callitropsis and the newly
        described genus Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae)                                                                      1872

        Kenneth J. Wurdack, Petra Hoffmann, Rosabelle Samuel, Anette de Bruijn,
        Michelle van der Bank, and Mark W. Chase
        Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanthoideae pro parte,
        Euphorbiaceae sensu lato) using plastid RBCL DNA sequences                                                   1882

        Yuguo Wang, Peter W. Fritsch, Suhua Shi, Frank Almeda, Boni C. Cruz, and
        Lawrence M. Kelly
        Phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) inferred
        from DNA sequence data                                                                                                    1901

Systematics and Phytogeography

        M. Patrick Griffith
        The origins of an important cactus crop, Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae): new
        molecular evidence                                                                                                           1915

        Fenny Dane and Ping Lang
        Sequence variation at cpDNA regions of watermelon and related wild species: implications
        for the evolution of Citrullus haplotypes                                                                                1922

        Aaron M. Ellison, Hannah L. Buckley, Thomas E. Miller, and Nicholas J. Gotelli
        Morphological variation in Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae): geographic,
        environmental, and taxonomic correlates                                                                               1930