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List of Abstracts received so far:

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ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER A., JERRY M. BASKIN, AND CAROL C. BASKIN.* - Seed dormancy in the Appalachian endemic Aristolochia macrophylla Lam. (Aristolochiaceae). [E]
AHLENSLAGER, KATHLEEN E. - Conservation of rare plants on public lands. [O-symposium]
ALBACH, DIRK C.* AND MARK W. CHASE. - Phylogeny of Veroniceae based on ITS-sequence-analysis - A comparison with morphology, biochemistry, and chromosome number. [S]
ALEXANDER, JASON A.*, AARON LISTON, AND STEVE POPOVICH. - The conservation genetics of Astragalus oniciformis. [S]
ALICE, LAWRENCE A.* AND DUSTIN K. CONOVER. - Systematics of Rubus (Rosoideae; Rosaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast trnK intron DNA sequences. [S]
ALICE, LAWRENCE A.*, GERASSIMO G. BORNEO, AND KHIDIR W. HILU. - Systematics of Chloris (Chloridoideae; Poaceae) and related genera: evidence from nuclear ITS and chloroplast matK sequences. [S]
ALLAN, GERARD J.*, ELIZABETH A. ZIMMER, AND WARREN W. WAGNER. - Biogeographic relationships between western North American and Mediterranean floras: insights from molecular phylogenetic studies of tribe Loteae (Faboideae: Fabaceae). [S]
ALLEN, GERALDINE A.*, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, AND PAMELA S. SOLTIS. - Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution of Erythronium (Liliaceae). [S]
ALLPHIN, LOREEN*, TATE TISCHNER, KEVIN CHASE †, JIM ORF ‡, FRED ADLER †, AND KARL G. LARK †. - Genetics of seed abortion and reproductive traits in soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., I. [G]
ALOKAM, SUNEETHA*, CHENDANDA C CHINNAPPA, AND DAVID M REID. - Red/Far red light-mediated shade avoidance stem elongation response and anthocyanin accumulation in alpine and prairie ecotypes of Stellaria longipes . [P]
ANDERSON, GREGORY J. - Professional societies and promotion of the biological sciences: Will this be the "Century of Biology?". [S-symposium]
ANDREASEN, KATARINA* AND BRUCE G. BALDWIN. - Phylogeny, unequal evolutionary rates, and biogeography in the western North American genus Sidalcea (Malvaceae). [S]
ANTOINE, MARIE E.* AND WILLIAM E. WINNER. - Analysis of nitrogen, carbon, and water use by Lobaria oregana, a cephalodiate lichen at the Wind River Canopy Crane site. [L] [Poster]
ARRIAGA, MIRTA O.* AND MARY E. BARKWORTH. - Leaf anatomy in Nassella and other South American Stipoid Grasses. [D] [Poster]
ASMUSSEN, CONNY B.*, MARK W. CHASE, AND MICHAEL ZANIS. - Nuclear 26S rDNA and systematics of monocotyledons. [S]
AXSMITH, BRIAN J.*, MICHAEL KRINGS, AND THOMAS N. TAYLOR. - A filmy fern from the Upper Triassic of North Carolina. [F]
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BAILEY, C. DONOVAN* AND JEFF J. DOYLE. - SPECIES BOUNDARIES IN SPHAEROCARDAMUM (BRASSICACEAE): INTEGRATING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES. [S]
BAILEY†, C. DONOVAN*, ROBERT A. PRICE‡, AND JEFF J. DOYLE†. - MONOPHYLY OF THE HALIMOLOBINE BRASSICACEAE. [S]
BAINBRIDGE, TROY*, KEVIN CURRAN, SARAH SHAW, AND DARLENE SOUTHWORTH. - Antibodies to Brassica sperm recognize diverse cell types and gametes. [D] [Poster]
BAIRD, GARY I. - A phylogenetic assessment of Chrysothamnus Nutt. (Asteraceae, Astereae). [S] [Poster]
BALDWIN, BRUCE G.* AND BRIDGET L. WESSA. - Molecular phylogenetic evidence for major lineages of helenioid Heliantheae (Compositae). [S]
BANASIAK, ALICJA, S.* AND BEATA ZAGóRSKA-MAREK. - Torreya case indicates autonomy of shoot apical meristem generating phyllotaxy. [D]
BARBER, JANET C.*, JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA, KATHRYN TURNER, AND ROBERT K. JANSEN. - Origin of Macaronesian Sideritis L. (Lamiaceae) inferred from sequences of two non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA. [S]
BARBER1, JANET C.*, JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA2, ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA3, AND ROBERT K. JANSEN1. - Evolution of Sideritis L. (Lamiaceae) in Macaronesia based on an analysis of chloroplast and nuclear datasets. [S]
BARKMAN, TODD J., JOEL R. MCNEAL, GORDON CHENERY, AND CLAUDE W. DEPAMPHILIS.* - Evolutionary genomic analyses converge on basal angiosperm phylogeny. [S]
BARKMAN, TODD J., JOEL R. MCNEAL, NELSON D. YOUNG, AND CLAUDE W. DEPAMPHILIS.* - Multiple origins of parasitism within angiosperms. [S]
BARKSDALE, LISA. - Utilization of amateurs in the development of the Stonerose Museum fossil collection. [F] [Poster]
BARKWORTH, MARY E.*, KATHLEEN M. CAPELS, AND LINDA A. VOROBIK,. - The Manual of Grasses for North America: Progress Report. [S] [Poster]
BASKIN, CAROL C. - New Frontiers in Botany. [Z-symposium]
BASKIN, CAROL C.*, PER MILBERG, LARS ANDERSSON, AND JERRY M. BASKIN. - Germination studies on three dwarf shrubs (Vaccinium, Ericaceae) of Northern Hemisphere coniferous forests. [E]
BASKIN, JERRY M.* AND CAROL C. BASKIN. - Seed dormancy in relation to endocarp anatomy in Anacardiaceae. [E]
BATES, PAUL L.*, JAMES R. ESTES, AND LINDA E. WATSON. - Phylogenetic relationships in the Artemisia ludoviciana complex (Anthemidae/Asteraceae). [S]
BAYER, RANDALL J.*, DAVID G. GREBER, AND NEIL H. BAGNALL. - A phylogenetic reconstruction of Australian Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae) based on four chloroplast and nuclear sequences. [S]
BEARDSLEY, PAUL M.* AND RICHARD G. OLMSTEAD. - A phylogenetic analysis of the genus Mimulus and tribe Mimulueae (Lamiales). [S]
BEILSTEIN, MARK* AND IHSAN AL-SHEHBAZ. - Toward a Phylogeny of the Brassicaceae (Cruciferae). [S]
BELL, CHARLES D.* AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Dipsacales phylogeny based on chloroplast DNA sequences. [S] [Poster]
BELL, NEIL E.* AND ANGELA E. NEWTON. - Preliminary studies of characters associated with pleurocarpy in the Rhizogoniaceae (Bryales). [L]
BELL1, TIMOTHY J.*, MARLIN BOWLES2, JENNY MCBRIDE2, AND KAYRI HAVENS3. - Viability analysis of a restored population of the federal threatened Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in Illinois. [E] [Poster]
BENNETT, JAMES P. - Algal layer thickness in Parmelia sulcata as an environmental indicator. [L]
BERGGREN1, SCOTT THOMAS*, SANGTAE LEE2, AND JUN WEN3. - Phylogenetic studies in the Amygdaloideae (Rosaceae) using ITS and ndhF sequences. [S]
BERRY, PAUL E.*, AUSTIN R. MAST, WILLIAM H. HAHN, AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - Evaluation of sectional delimitations in Fuchsia (Onagraceae) using chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequence data. [S]
BERRYMAN, SHANTI D.* AND BRUCE MCCUNE. - Differences in epiphytic lichen communities and biomass among forest stand types in the Blue River watershed of western Oregon. [L]
BERTIN, ROBERT I.* AND GREGORY M. GWISC. - Sex expression and gynomonoecy in Solidago (Asteraceae). [E] [Poster]
BIDARTONDO, MARTIN I.* AND THOMAS D. BRUNS. - Patterns of extreme specificity in the monotropoid mycorrhizal symbiosis. [E]
BISHOP, JOHN, G. AND WILLIAM F. FAGAN.* - Severe insect herbivory concentrated in low density regions of lupines colonizing Mount St. Helens. [E]
BLARER, ALBERT*, DAN NICKRENT, HANS BäNZIGER, PETER K. ENDRESS, AND YIN-LONG QIU. - Phylogentic relationsships among genera of the parasitic familiy Rafflesiaceae s.l. based on nuclear ITS and SSU rDNA, mitochondrial LSU and SSU rDNA, atp1, and matR sequences. [S] [Poster]
BLATTNER, FRANK R. - Phylogenetic analysis of Hordeumbased on intron sequences of nuclear phospholipase D. [S]
BLATTNER, FRANK R.*, DIRK FISCHER, NIKOLAI FRIESEN, SVEN POLLNER, AND KONRAD BACHMANN. - Molecular markers in Allium,range of application and taxonomic consequences. [S] [Poster]
BOGLER, DAVID J.* AND JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA. - Phylogeny of the cycads (Cycadales) based on chloroplast DNA gene spacers and ITS rDNA sequences. [S]
BOHS, LYNN. - Slicing up the Solanums: major lineages and morphological synapomorphies. [S]
BONINE, MARY L.*, LLOYD R STARK, D. NICHOLAS MCLETCHIE, AND BRENT D. MISHLER. - Spatial Distribution of Desert Bryophyte Populations. [L] [Poster]
BORGARDT, SANDRA J.*, KEVIN C. NIXON, AND WILLIAM L. CREPET. - A Turonian inflorescence bearing perigynous flowers of a lower rosid affinity. [F]
BORSCH1, THOMAS*, KHIDIR W. HILU2, VOLKER WILDE3, CHRISTOPH NEINHUIS1, AND WILHELM BARTHLOTT1. - Phylogenetic analysis of noncoding chloroplast DNA sequences reveals Amborella as basalmost angiosperm. [S]
BOTHWELL, BRYAN, CHERYL L. LOVELESS, RAYMOND R. BARD, AND MICHAEL D. SNOW.* - Monoterpene levels in Douglas-fir needles in relation to needle midge infestation. [P] [Poster]
BOYD, AMY E. - Geographic variation in morphology and pollinator taxa in Macromeria viridiflora. [S]
BOYD, STEVE. - Vascular flora of the Liebre Mountains, Western Transverse Ranges, California. [S] [Poster]
BRATT, CHARIS C.* AND DANIEL LAHR. - A comparison of the lichens on deciduous and non-deciduous oaks. [L]
BRAY JR., JAMES R. - The genus Fossombronia Raddi in North America, north of Mexico. [L]
BROWN, PATRICK J.* AND DAVID A. DALTON. - Nitrogen fixation, photosynthesis, and growth by Lobaria oregana in an old-growth forest canopy. [L] [Poster]
BRUNET, JOHANNE* AND AARON LISTON. - Breeding system evolution in the genus Thalictrum (meadow rue) Ranunculaceae. [E]
BUCKLEY, DONALD* AND DAVID KRAMER. - Using Educational Technology to Foster Learning Centered Pedagogies. [T-symposium]
BUCKLEY, DONALD. - The "Coverage Dilemma": Can we make room for learning-centered and inquiry-oriented pedagogies with educational technology? [T-symposium]
BUECHLER, WALTER K. - Estimating polyploidy levels from cell size in Salix leaves. [F] [Poster]
BUSCHBOM, JUTTA* AND FRANçOIS LUTZONI. - A molecular phylogenetic study of the genus Porpidia (Porpidiaceae, Ascomycota). [L] [Poster]
BUSS, CRAIG C., THOMAS G. LAMMERS*, AND ROBERT R. WISE. - Systematic implications of seed coat morphology in Cyanea and allied genera of Lobelioideae (Campanulaceae). [S]
BUTTERWORTH, CHARLES A. AND ROBERT S. WALLACE.* - Phylogenetic studies of the Cactus genus Mammillaria Haw. using chloroplast DNA sequence data. [S]
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CAMERON, KENNETH M.* AND CHENGXIN FU. - Untangling the catbriers: phylogenetic studies in Smilacaceae. [S]
CAMPBELL, LISA M.*, DENNIS WM. STEVENSON, AND GUSTAVO A. ROMERO-GONZáLEZ. - Anatomical features of Aratitiyopea (Xyridaceae). [D]
CANTINO, PHILIP D.* AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Objectives and progress of the PhyloCode project. [S]
CAO, TONG*, SHUILIANG GUO, AND CHIEN GAO. - Comparison of bryoflora and geograpical elements between Racomitrium and Grimmia in China. [L] [Poster]
CAO, TONG*, SHUILIANG GUO, AND WEI SHA. - Distribution of Ptychomitrium muelleri (Mitt.) Jaeg. with its synonyms. [L] [Poster]
CARGILL, D. CHRISTINE. - A taxonomic revision of the genus Fossombronia, suborder Fossombroniineae in Africa. [L]
CARLQUIST, S. AND EDWARD L. SCHNEIDER.* - Anatomical studies of Amborella. [D]
CARTER, CHRISTY TUCKER* AND IRWIN A. UNGAR. - Germination response of Spergularia marina to seasonal changes in temperature and light. [E] [Poster]
CAYOUETTE1, JACQUES*, PAUL M. PETERSON2, BRUCE COULMAN3, AND YASAS FERDINANDEZ3. - Morphological, cytological, and molecular characterization of the Bromus ciliatus complex (Poaceae: Bromeae). [S]
CESKA, ADOLF* AND OLDRISKA CESKA. - Isoetes minima A.A. Eaton (Isoetaceae) - an overlooked terrestrial quillwort of the Pacific Northwest. [O]
CHANDERBALI, ANDRE*, HENK VAN DER WERFF, AND SUSANNE S. RENNER. - Historical biogeography of neotropical Lauraceae. [S] [Poster]
CHANDLER, GREGORY T.*, RANDALL J. BAYER, AND MICHAEL D. CRISP. - Molecular revision of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae), using the matK 5' intron, external transcribed spacer and psbA-trnH intergenic spacer. [S]
CHARI, JEANNIE AND PAUL WILSON.* - Factors limiting hybridization between Penstemon spectabilis and Penstemon centranthifolius. [S] [Poster]
CHASE, MARK W., VINCENT SAVOLAINEN*, KEI TAKAHASHI, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, AND PAMELA S. SOLTIS. - Large-scale phylogeny of flowering plants 1: simple tree-building methods work better. [S]
CHASSOT, PHILIPPE. - Phylogenetic position of the genus Swertia (Gentianaceae) in the subtribe Swertiinae. [S]
CHATROU, LARS, VINCENT SAVOLAINEN*, MARK W. CHASE, MARTYN POWELL, AND YIN-LONG QIU. - Large-scale phylogeny of flowering plants 2: the faster the better. [S]
CHEPLICK, GREGORY P.* AND HARRY DEMETRI. - Population ecology of the annual grass Triplasis purpurea along the south shore of Staten Island, New York. [E]
CHEPLICK, GREGORY PAUL. - Plasticity of size and architectural traits in relation to fitness in an annual weed. [E]
CHRISTIANSON, MICHAEL L.* AND STEPHEN H. DUFFY. - Salicylate-regulation of development in the moss, Funaria hygrometrica. [L]
CHUMLEY, TIMOTHY W.†*, JOSÉ L. PANERO†, STERLING C. KEELEY‡, AND ROBERT K. JANSEN†. - A phylogeny of the Ecliptinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) as inferred from internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences, and the origin of Lipochaeta. [S]
CLARKE, H. DAVID* AND VICKI FUNK. - Analyzing checklists and using collections data to investigate plant diversity: An examination of five florulas from northeastern South America. [S]
CLAUSING, GUDRUN* AND SUSANNE S. RENNER. - Phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in Melastomataceae. [S] [Poster]
CLEAVITT, NATALIE L. - Disentangling moss species limitations: the role of substrate specificity. [L]
CLEVINGER, JENNIFER A. AND ELIZABETH M. HARRIS.* - Floral primordia complexes in the Engelmanniinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). [D]
COLUMBUS, J. TRAVIS*, MICHAEL S. KINNEY, MARIA ELENA SIQUEIROS DELGADO, AND ROSA CERROS TLATILPA. - Homoplasy, polyphyly, and generic circumscription: the demise of the Boutelouinae (Gramineae: Chloridoideae). [S]
CONTI, ELENA* AND SYLVIA KELSO. - Phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in Primula L.: Results from ITS sequences. [S]
COOK, MARTHA E.* AND COLLEEN A. LAVIN. - Plasmodesmal ultrastructure in the green alga Coleochaete orbicularis (Charophyceae): implications for the evolution of plant plasmodesmata. [D] [Poster]
COONS, JANICE M.*, HENRY R. OWEN, JENNIFER L. FRANKLIN, AND JOHN E. EBINGER. - Reproductive potential of Silvery Bladderpod (Lesquerella ludoviciana). [E]
COOPER, ERIN E.* AND JEFFREY A. MYERS. - Paleoclimate of the middle Eocene John Day Gulch Flora, central Oregon. [F]
COOPER, RANESSA L.* AND DAVID D. CASS. - Leaf structure of Salix species (Salicaceae) endemic to the Lake Athabasca sand dunes of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. [D]
COSTELLO, ANNEMARIE* AND TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY. - Molecular systematics of Tetraplasandra, Munroidendron, and Reynoldsia sandwicensis (Araliaceae) and the evolution of superior ovaries in Tetraplasandra. [S]
COX, CYMON J.* AND TERRY A. J. HEDDERSON. - Molecular phylogenetic analyses of the Bryaceae (Bryales, Musci). [L]
CRANDALL-STOTLER, BARBARA. - Biology and evolution of the Fossombroniineae. [L]
CRANE, PETER R. - Paleobotany: back to the future. [Z-symposium]
CRANFILL, RAYMOND. - Has ecological specialization driven a fundamental phylogenetic split in the Polypodiales? [O]
CRANFILL, RAYMOND. - Phylogenetic utility of plastid ribosomal protein S4 (rps4) in land plants. [S]
CRAWFORD, DANIEL J.*, DONALD H. LES, ELIAS LANDOLT, REBECCA T. KIMBALL, AND JOHN D. GABEL. - A phylogenetic study of the genus Wolffiella (Lemnaceae). [S]
CROSS, AUREAL T.* AND MYUNG SUK YI. - K-T boundary hiatus, Wasatch Plateau environs, Utah, U.S.A. [F]
CROSS, HUGH B.* AND TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY. - Molecular systematics of Hawaiian Peperomia. [S] [Poster]
CYRIL, JENITH*, GARY POWELL, AND WM. VANCE BAIRD. - Cloning and characterization of fatty acid desaturase genes from bermudagrass (Cynodon spp). [G] [Poster]
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DANLEY, KIMBERLY, TIFFANY ISAKSEN, NICOLE GARDNER, PAULA RANDALL-YOHO*, AND LOREEN ALLPHIN. - Spatial distribution and sexual dimorphism in dioecious Atriplex garettii Rydb. [E] [Poster]
DATWYLER, SHANNON L.* AND ANDREA D. WOLFE. - Assessment of ISSR band homology by southern hybridization with implications for data analysis and microsatellite development. [G]
DATWYLER, SHANNON L.* AND ANDREA D. WOLFE. - Evolutionary and biogeographic relationships among the wooly-anthered Penstemons (Scrophulariaceae). [S]
DE LUNA, EFRAIN*, HIROMI TSUBOTA, DOLORES GONZALEZ, SACHIKO MAEDA, HIROYUKI AKIYAMA, TOMOTSUGU ARIKAWA, RAY TANGNEY, CYMON J. COX, ANGELA E. NEWTON, KEIKO KOSUGE, MASANOBU HIGUCHI, AND HIRONORI DEGUCHI. - An overview of phylogenetic relationships among families of pleurocarps: implications from variation in 165 rbcL sequences. [L]
DENGLER, NANCY G. - Mentoring graduate students. [D-symposium]
DENTON, AMY L.* AND BENJAMIN D. HALL. - Adaptive radiation of elepidote rhododendrons in the post-Miocene Himalaya: evidence from RNA polymerase III intron sequence data. [S]
DENTON, RENEE GENEVIEVE* AND RAYMOND D. RATLIFF. - Ecology and Management of Trifolium Bolanderi Gray. in the Central Sierra Nevada. [E] [Poster]
DEVORE, MELANIE L. - Tectonism and its impact on the biogeography of South America. [S] [Poster]
DICKINSON, TIMOTHY A.*, RODGER C. EVANS, AND CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL. - Phylogenetic relationships between Crataegus and Mespilus(Rosaceae subf. Maloideae) based on rDNA sequence variation. [S]
DIETRICH, BILL. - Science for People Who Don't Like Science: The Perspective of a Journalist and Novelist. [S-symposium]
DILCHER, DAVID L.*, ANA FLORA MANDARIM-DE-LACERDA, ALCINA M.F. BARRETO, AND MARY E.C. BERNARDES-DE-OLIVEIRA. - Selected fossils from the Santana Formation, Chapada do Araripe, Brazil. [F]
DOBSON, HEIDI E. M.* AND MANFRED AYASSE. - Does larval pollen diet influence host-flower selection in solitary bees? [E]
DONOGHUE, MICHAEL J. - Frontiers in phylogenetic biology. [Z-symposium]
DONOGHUE, MICHAEL J.*, CHARLES D. BELL, AND JIANHUA LI. - Reconciling phytogeographic patterns around the Northern Hemisphere. [S-symposium]
DONOVAN, SAM. - The Biology Student Workbench: Resources for Bioinformatics in the Classroom. [T-symposium]
DOUST, ANDREW, N.L. - Floral morphology and development in Winteraceae. [D]
DOUST, ANDREW, N.L.* AND ELIZABETH, A. KELLOGG. - Patterns of inflorescence development in Setaria (Panicoideae, Poaceae). [D]
DOWNIE, STEPHEN R. - Tribes and clades within Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae: the contribution of molecular data. [S]
DOYLE, JAMES A. - Congruence of molecular phylogenies and the Early Cretaceous angiosperm record. [F]
DR. BOYLE, TATIANA G. - On the comparative analisys of the Pacific Northwest - Northeast Floras. [S]
DUCKETT, JEFFREY G.*, ROBERTO LIGRONE, NEIL ANDREWS, AND KAREN SUE RENZAGLIA. - The enigma of pegged and smooth rhizoids in marchantialean hepatics; a functional explanation. [L]
DUFF, R. JOEL*, MARK DAVIS, AND ANGELA BOYLE. - The fate of conserved ribosomal DNA and protein coding gene clusters during the evolution of land plant mitochondrial genomes. [G]
DULBERGER, RIVKA. - Variation of stigma characters in relation to their function. [D] [Poster]
DUNN, MICHAEL T. - A new species of Pachytesta from the Upper Pennsylvanian Finis Shale of Texas. [F]
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EAKIN, DAVID A. - Preliminary results of a study of the unique peristome of the genus Macrohymenium [Sematophyllaceae] using conventional and scanning electron microscopy. [L]
EGAN, TODD P.* AND IRWIN A. UNGAR. - Similarity between seed banks and aboveground vegetation along a salinity gradient. [E]
ELISENS, WAYNE* AND TOD STUESSY. - New frontiers in plant systematics: the next 50 years. Introduction. [S]
ELISENS, WAYNE*, MIA MOLVRAY, PAUL KORES, AND CLAUDE DEPAMPHILIS. - ITS sequence variation among climbing snapdragons (Veronicaceae): implications for delimiting genera and evaluating crossing data. [S]
ELLYSON, WILLIAM J. T.* AND STEPHEN C. SILLETT. - Epiphytic Bryophytes and Llichens on Sitka Spruce Trees in an Old-growth Redwood Forest. [L]
ENDRESS, PETER K.* AND ANTON IGERSHEIM. - Floral structure of Amborella, the earliest branching extant angiosperm. [S]
ENDRESS1, MARY E.*, BENGT SENNBLAD 2, RAYMOND W. J. M. VAN DER HAM3, SIWERT NILSSON4, KURT POTGIETER5, LAURE CIVEYREL6, MARK CHASE7, JEFFREY JOSEPH7, MARTYN POWELL7, DAVID LORENCE8, ANTON IGERSHEIM9, AND VICTOR A. ALBERT10. - Arils, wings, and other sneaky things: coming to terms with the Alyxieae (Apocynaceae). [S]
ERHART, TEMAN*, MARK V. WILSON, AND AARON LISTON. - Population dynamics and conservation biology of Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Fabaceae). [E]
ERWIN, DIANE M.* AND HOWARD E. SCHORN. - FLORISTIC REVISION OF THE EOCENE THUNDER MOUNTAIN MEGAFLORA OF IDAHO. [F]
ESSIG, FREDERICK B.*, JAMES R. GAREY, AND JONATHAN M. SLOMBA. - The infrageneric classification of Clematis (Ranunculaceae). [S]
EVANS, RODGER C. AND CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL.* - A multigene tree of the Rosales. [S]
EVANS, RODGER C.* AND CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL. - The polyploid origin of a large clade: Nuclear Granule-Bound Starch Synthase (GBSSI or waxy) gene sequences support a spiraeoid ancestry of the Maloideae (Rosaceae). [S]
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FAN, CHUANZHU*, JENNY QIU-YUN XIANG, AND RICHARDSON ADJOA. - Phylogenetic Relationships of Cornus L. Inferred from Nuclear DNA Sequences. [S]
FAN, SHUGUO*, CHENGYE LIANG, AND HONGXIAN LIU. - Identification of restoring and maintaining relationship of male sterile variants of rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultured in vitro. [P]
FAN, SHUGUO*, CHENGYE LIANG, AND HONGXIAN LIU. - In vitro mutation of rice (Oryza sativa L.) from GMS to CMS. [P]
FAN, SHUGUO*, CHENGYE LIANG, AND HONGXIAN LIU. - Somaclonal male sterile mutants and their expressions in male sterile rice (Oryza sativa L.) somaclones. [P]
FARRAR, DONALD R. - Evolution and speciation in Botrychium. [O-symposium]
FARRAR, DONALD R.* AND FLORENCE S. WAGNER. - An overview of the Ophioglossaceae. [O-symposium]
FARRAR, DONALD R.* AND JAMES E. WATKINS. - Morphological differentiation through differential gene silencing in the allotetraploid derivatives of Botrychium lunaria X B. lanceolatum-a partial confirmation of the hypothesis of Werth and Windham. [O]
FARRAR, DONALD R.*, CINDY L. JOHNSON-GROH, AND WARREN D. HAUK. - Biology and conservation of the Ophioglossaceae-A tribute to Warren "Herb" Wagner: symposium abstract. [O-symposium]
FERGUSON, CAROL S.*, KATHLEEN DONHAM, AND JENNIFER BROWN. - Pollination of Clustered lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium fasciculatum (Orchidaceae). [E]
FERGUSON, CAROLYN J.1* AND BARBARA A. SCHAAL2. - Genetic relationships and variation in populations of Phlox pilosa and P. divaricata (Polemoniaceae) in the Ozarks. [S]
FERGUSON, DIANE M.* AND TAO SANG. - Testing hypotheses of hybrid speciation in peonies (Paeonia; Paeoniaceae) using the low-copy nuclear gene alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh). [S]
FESSEL, KEITH E.* AND BETH A. MIDDLETON. - Survivorship of woody plant seeds in bald cypress swamps in southern Illinois. [E]
FIELDS, PATRICK F.* AND RALPH E. TAGGART. - Neogene western North American Nelumbo, Nuphar, and Nymphaea megafossils. [F]
FINER, MATTHEW S* AND MARTIN T MORGAN. - Geitonogamy and the evolution of inflorescence design in Asclepias speciosa. [E] [Poster]
FISHBEIN, MARK*, LARRY HUFFORD, AND DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS. - Reversals to hypogyny in Saxifragales: comparative ontogenies and evolutionary correlates. [D]
FLOYD, SANDRA K.* AND WILLIAM E. FRIEDMAN. - Endosperm development in Amborella trichopoda:implications for the origin and early evolution of angiosperm reproductive biology. [D]
FORD, C. HEATHER* AND BARBARA CRANDALL-STOTLER. - A monographic study of the genus Petalophyllum Nees & Gottsche ex Lehm. [L]
FREDERICQ, SUZANNE AND JUAN M. LOPEZ-BAUTISTA.* - Phylogeny, biogeography and life history evolution in the red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales). [A]
FREID, ETHAN. - Leaf anatomy of the tribe Coccolobeae (Polygonaceae). [S]
FREID, ETHAN. - Stem and nodal anatomy of the tribe Coccolobeae (Polygonaceae). [S]
FREID, ETHAN. - Stem, node, petiole, and leaf anatomy of Coccolobeae (Polygonaceae) and its systematic implications. [S]
FREILE, DEBORAH* AND MELANIE DEVORE. - Utility of petrographic thin section analysis of fossil plant material and associated sediments in taphonomic studies: An example from the Oligocene of Texas. [F] [Poster]
FREUDENSTEIN, JOHN V.*, DIANA M. SENYO, AND MARK W. CHASE. - Phylogenetic implications and comparative utility of 26S and ITS2 sequences in Orchidaceae. [S]
FRITSCH, PETER W.* AND CYNTHIA M. MORTON. - Phylogeny of the Styracaceae based on four data sets: implications for the historical biogeography of the northern hemisphere and amphi-Pacific tropical disjunctions. [S-symposium]
FUERTES AGUILAR, JAVIER*, BELéN GUTIéRREZ LARENA, AND GONZALO NIETO FELINER. - Reticulate evolution along an altitudinal gradient in Armeria (Plumbaginaceae) inferred from ITS, cpDNA, and morphology. [S]
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GABEL, JOHN D.*, DONALD H. LES, W. ALAN CHARLTON, AND ALLEN J. COOMBES. - Phylogeny of Azara (Flacourtiaceae). [S]
GAILING, OLIVER*, FRANK R. BLATTNER, AND KONRAD BACHMANN. - Isolation of closely linked markers for the evolutionary reduction of inner microsporangia within the asteracean genus Microseris. [G] [Poster]
GEISER, LINDA H. - Establishing background ranges and mapping of lichen sulfur, nitrogen and metal concentrations in Pacific Northwest forests. [L] [Poster]
GENSEL, PATRICIA G. - Plants, fossils, and evolution: Lessons from the fossil hunters. [Z-symposium]
GERNANDT, DAVID S., AARON LISTON*, AND DANIEL PIÑERO. - Nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region polymorphism and its implications for phylogenetic inference in Pinus subsection Cembroides. [S]
GERRATH, JEAN M. - Tendril development in Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. (Polygonaceae). [D]
GIBSON, J. PHIL. - Developmental differences between ray and disc achenes in heteromorphic species of Prionopsis and Heterotheca. [D]
GIBSON, J. PHIL. - Why is that cell red? A microtechnique based approach for teaching a plant anatomy lab. [T]
GIGNAC, L. DENNIS*, LINDA A. HALSEY, AND DALE H. VITT. - Evaluating GCM outputs for 0ka BP and 6ka BP using the distribution of Sphagnum-dominated peatlands in North America. [L]
GIUSSANI, LILIANA M., J. HUGO COTA-SANCHEZ*, FERNANDO ZULOAGA, AND ELIZABETH A. KELLOGG. - A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae) using ndhF sequences. [S]
GIVNISH, THOMAS J.*, GREG BEAN, AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - Phylogeny, floral evolution, and patterns of inter-island dispersal in Clermontia (Lobeliaceae) in Hawaii based on ISSR variation. [S]
GIVNISH, THOMAS J.*, J. CHRISTOPHER PIRES, SEAN W. GRAHAM, KENDRA C. MILLAM, THOMAS B. PATTERSON, TIMOTHY M. EVANS, ERIC H. ROALSON, AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - Phylogeny of the monocotyledons based on ndhF sequence variation, with special emphasis on relationships within and among commelinoids, lilioids, and asparagoids. [S]
GIVNISH, THOMAS J.*, KENDRA C. MILLAM, AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary patterns in Bromeliaceae based on ndhF sequence variation. [S]
GLEW, KATHERINE. - Lichen Conservation: Rare lichens found in Washington state. [L]
GOFFINET, BERNARD* AND A. JONATHAN SHAW. - Dung and carcasses, the ultimate habitat within the dung-moss family (Splachnaceae)? Answers from a phylogenetic study based on cp DNA sequence data. [S]
GOFFINET, BERNARD* AND A. JONATHAN SHAW. - Phylogenetic inferences in the Orthotrichoideae based on trnL-F and rps4 (cpDNA) sequence data. [L]
GOLA, EDYTA M. - Formation of phyllotactic patterns in cactus seedlings. [D] [Poster]
GOLA, EDYTA M. - Lycopod vasculature - unique system in plants. [D]
GOULD, KATHERINE R.* AND MARK C. TEBBITT. - Morphological and molecular variation in Helianthemum dumosum (Cistaceae), a rare coastal heathland taxon, and its widespread relative, H. canadense. [S] [Poster]
GRAHAM, SEAN W*, HARDEEP RAI, PATRICK REEVES, HEATH O'BRIEN, AND RICHARD OLMSTEAD. - Inference of seed plant phylogeny from multiple chloroplast genes. [S]
GRANT, JASON R. - The genus Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae) in the interior of Alaska – Herb Wagner’s final conquest. [O]
GRANT1, JASON R.* AND LENA STRUWE2. - Morphological evolution and neotropical biogeograpy in Macrocarpaea (Gentianaceae: Helieae). [S]
GROSE, SUSAN O.* AND RICHARD G. OLMSTEAD. - Phylogenetic Analysis of Crescentieae and Tabebuia s.l. (Bignoniaceae). [S] [Poster]
GUALA, GERALD F. - Lessons from the Virtual Herbarium. [S]
GURALNICK, LONNIE J.*, MAURICE SB KU, GERALD E. EDWARDS, VINCENT R. FRANCESCHI, AND BRANDON HOCKEMA. - Induction of the CAM pathway in the C4 plant,Portulaca grandiflora. [P]
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HALL, CHRISTINA C.* AND JEFFREY C. NEKOLA. - Influence of scale-dependent environmental factors on the distribution of cliff moss species. [L] [Poster]
HALL, JOCELYN C.* AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - Solving the riddle of Californian Cuisine: phylogenetic relationships of capers and mustards. [S]
HALSE, RICHARD R.* AND KATHY MERRIFIELD. - A floristic survey of Bruno Mire in the central Cascade Range, Oregon. [E]
HANNAN, GARY L. - Phenotypic gender modification in Platystemon californicus (Papaveraceae), a wind-pollinated, self-incompatible annual. [E]
HANUS1, FRANK JOSEPH*, KEN FERSCHWEILER2, AND SHERRY KAY PITTAM3. - Present your data on the Web. [T] [Poster]
HARDY, CHRISTOPHER R.* AND DENNIS WM. STEVENSON. - The unusual androecium and pollination system in Cochliostema (Commelinaceae). [D]
HARDY, CHRISTOPHER R.*, ROBERT B. FADEN, JERROLD I. DAVIS AND DENNIS WM. STEVENSON. - A phylogenetic and developmental approach to understanding androecium evolution in the subtribe Dichorisandrinae (Commelinaceae). [S]
HAUFLER, C. H.1*, T. HILDEBRAND1, P. HAMMOND2, J. P. THERRIEN1, AND C. WALTERS1. - New insights concerning the origin of Polypodium scouleri and its ongoing hybridization with sympatric congeners. [O]
HAUK, WARREN D. - Phylogeny of the Ophioglossaceae based on molecular and morphological characters. [O-symposium]
HAWKINS, TRACY S. - A vegetation transect of the south slope of Pine Mountain, Kentucky: changes since E. Lucy Braun and chestnut blight. [E]
HAY, JORDAN O.*, MIGUEL PINEROS, LEON V. KOCHIAN, AND ROGER M. SPANSWICK. - Isolation of rice aleurone protoplasts and whole cell patch clamping. [P] [Poster]
HAYWARD, JAMES L.* AND DENNIS W. WOODLAND. - Plant diversity and ecology of Protection Island, Washington. [E] [Poster]
HERMSEN, ELIZABETH J.*, WILLIAM L. CREPET, AND KEVIN C. NIXON. - A new fossil saxifragoid from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. [F]
HERNANDEZ-CASTILLO, GENARO RODRIGO. - Use of multivariate analysis in reconstructing fossil conifers. [F]
HEYWOOD, VERNON H. - Floristics and monography - an uncertain future? [S-symposium]
HIDAYATI1, SITI, N.*, JERRY, M. BASKIN1, AND CAROL, C. BASKIN1, 2. - Dormancy-breaking and germination requirements for seeds of Symphoricarpos orbibculatus (Caprifoliaceae). [E]
HILL, JEFFREY P. - Sporophyll pinna meristem development in Ceratopteris richardii. [D]
HILL, RICHARD. - Scientists and Journalists: Worlds in Collision? [S-symposium]
HILU, KHIDIR W*, THOMAS BORSCH2, JENS ROHWER3, CHRISTOPH NEINHUIS2, TRACEY SLOTTA1, BIRGIT GEMEINHOLZER4, MICHAEL WINK4, AND LAWRENCE A. ALICE5. - Insight into the evolution of angiosperms: evidence from matK sequences. [S]
HILU, KHIDIR W.* AND LAWRENCE A. ALICE. - Addressing and raising new systematic questions in the Chloridoideae (Poaceae) with matK sequence data. [S]
HIRREL, MARC C. AND JOHN S. CHOINSKI.* - The use of investigative biology exercises in freshman labs improves the retention of biology majors in advanced courses. [T] [Poster]
HOEFFERLE, ANN M. - Impacts of aerial leaf removal on subsequent year reappearance and size of leaves of the daisy leaf moonwort (Botrychium matricariifolium) and the triangle moonwort (Botrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum). [O-symposium]
HOGGARD, GLORIA, RON HOGGARD, MIA MOLVRAY, AND PAUL KORES.* - A phylogenetic analysis of Gaura (Onagraceae) based on ITS sequence data. [S]
HOOPER, ELISABETH A.* AND POLLY HIGGINS. - A preliminary investigation into the origin of the Pale Purple Coneflower, Echinacea pallida (Asteraceae), using allozyme and ISSR markers. [S] [Poster]
HOOT, SARA B.*, W. CARL TAYLOR, AND E. WAGNER. - Species delimitation and hybrid origins in North American Isoëtes based on LEAFY intron data. [O]
HORN, JAMES W. - Phylogeny, biogeography, and patterns of morphological evolution in Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae). [S]
HORNER, HARRY T.*, ALBERT P. KAUSCH, AND BRUCE L. WAGNER. - Ascorbic acid serves as precursor for oxalate synthesis in calcium oxalate idioblasts of Yucca torreyi in liquid root culture. [D]
HOU, GUI-CHUAN* AND JEFFREY P. HILL. - Root development in sporelings of Ceratopteris richardii. [D] [Poster]
HOUSTON, HEATHER J.* AND TOM A. RANKER. - Population genetics of Sadleria cyatheoides (Blechnaceae), a Hawaiian endemic. [O]
HUANG, MINGJUAN*, JOHN V. FREUDENSTEIN, AND DANIEL J. CRAWFORD. - Phylogenetic relationships of the Caryopteris-Trichostema complex (Lamiaceae) based on ndhF sequence data. [S] [Poster]
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ICKERT-BOND, STEFANIE, M. - Micromorphological and cytological patterns among New World species of Ephedra L. (Ephedraceae). [S]
INGRAM, AMANDA L.* AND JEFF J. DOYLE. - Polyploid origin of Eragrostis tef: evidence from the waxy locus. [S]
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JALONEN, JYRKI A.* AND ILKKA VANHA-MAJAMAA. - Understorey vegetation response to alternative forest harvesting methods in southern boreal forests. [E] [Poster]
JAMESON, ANNEMARIE. - Feeding trials of Giant Swallowtail larvae on Rutaceae in south Florida. [E] [Poster]
JAMESON, ANNEMARIE. - Spatial pattern analysis of Torchwood in south Florida. [E]
JENKINS, PHILIP D. - Systematics of Browallia Linnaeus (Solanaceae, Cestroideae), inferences from morphological data. [S]
JESSUP, STEVEN LEE. - Phycobiont fidelity in Umbilicaria. [L]
JOHANNES FISHER, KIRSTEN M. - The heteroblastic series in leucobryoid mosses. [L]
JOHNSON, EMANUEL L. AND STEPHEN D. EMCHE.* - Transgenic Plants: A source for medicinal plants. [C]
JOHNSON, EMANUEL L.*, WALTER F. SCHMIDT, AND DONALD COOPER. - Flavonoids as chemotaxonomic markers for cultivated Amazonian Erythroxylum . [C]
JOHNSON, LEIGH A. - Sinister speciation: elucidating phylogeny and taxonomy in a cryptic species complex in Polemoniaceae. [S]
JOHNSON-GROH, CINDY, L., LAURA SCHOESSLER*, CHANDA RIEDEL, AND KRISSA SKOGEN. - Underground distribution and abundance of Botrychium gametophytes and juvenile sporophytes. [O-symposium]
JOHNSON-GROH, CINDY. - Population dynamics of Botrychium. [O-symposium]
JONES, DAVID A. - Plant Genetics at Rothamstead, Cambridge and the "John Innes," 1856-1960. [H-symposium]
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KANTZ, KATHERINE E.* AND SHIRLEY C. TUCKER. - Floral development of Chrysobalanus icaco L. and Licania michauxii Prance (Chrysobalanaceae): stamen number and formation of the gynobasic style. [D]
KASS, LEE B. - Barbara McClintock, *Botanist, Cytologist, Geneticist. [H-symposium]
KELCH, DEAN G.* AND RAYMOND CRANFILL. - Seed plant phylogeny: the yew-conifers and a farewell to the anthophyte hypothesis. [S]
KELCHNER, SCOT A. - Alignment and analysis of noncoding cpDNA sequences: implications of molecular evolution for phylogeny estimation. [S]
KELCHNER, SCOT A.*, RANDALL J. BAYER, ROBERT J. CHINNOCK, MICHAEL D. CRISP, AND JUDY G. WEST. - A data partition analysis of noncoding sequence evolution in Bontia and Myoporaceae. [S]
KELLOGG, ELIZABETH A. - Genetics of character evolution. [S-symposium]
KEON, DYLAN B.* AND PATRICIA S. MUIR. - Factors limiting the distribution of the sensitive lichen Usnea longissima in the Oregon Coast Range: habitat or dispersal? [L] [Poster]
KESTER, PAUL R. - Tracking the radiation and regional extinctions of the genus Cunninghamia (Taxodiaceae). [F] [Poster]
KIM, KI-JOONG*, GYE-SOOK HA, AND HAE-LIM LEE. - Introgressive hybridization between native and introduced species of Taraxacum. [S]
KIMMELMAN, BARBARA. - "Playing Catch-Up? An Institutional Interpretation of Mendel's Two Receptions, 1865-1900". [H-symposium]
KIRCHOFF, BRUCE*, SONJA CAUBLE, ELIZABETH SHELTON, AND ALLYSON PREVETTE. - The Structure of the Banana Inflorescence. [D] [Poster]
KIRCHOFF, BRUCE. - Open Space Symposium. [D-symposium]
KLAVINS, SHARON D. - Anatomically preserved gymnosperms from the Late Devonian of Ireland. [F]
KLEINMAN, KIM J. - Genetics at the Missouri Botanical Garden. [H-symposium]
KLIPS, ROBERT A. - Inbreeding depression is variable among populations of rose mallows (Hibiscus species, Malvaceae). [E]
KOPTUR, SUZANNE* AND JOHN HENRY GEIGER. - Pollination of Byrsonima lucida (Malpighiaceae) in southern Florida. [E]
KORALL, PETRA* AND PAUL KENRICK. - Phylogeny of Selaginellaceae based on the plastid gene rbcL: congruence and incongruence with morphology. [O]
KORN, ROBERT W. - Developmental leaf spots. [D]
KORPELAINEN, HELENA. - The evolutionary processes of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes differ from those of nuclear genomes. [G]
KRAYESKY, DAVID M. - A Revision of the Genus Fossombronia Raddi in north and east Asia, Oceania, the Malay Archipelago, and New Zealand. [L]
KRISTIANSEN, KIM A. - Typical orchid mycorrhiza and protocorm seedling biology found in Neuwiedia. [D]
KRON, KATHLEEN A.*, E. ANN POWELL, AND JAMES L. LUTEYN. - Molecular systematics of Macleania and Psammisia and their relationship to other members of Vaccinieae. [S]
KUZOFF, ROBERT K.*, JOHN L. BOWMAN, AND CHARLES S. GASSER. - Structural and functional diversification of the YABBY gene family across angiosperms. [D]
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LA FARGE, CATHERINE. - The Circumscription of the Dicranaceae (Bryopsida), with special emphasis on the subfamily Dicranoideae Based on cp DNA: trnL and rps4. [L]
LANDRUM, JAMES VICTOR. - Effects of hormones on wide-band tracheid expression in stems of Anacampseros (Portulacaceae). [D] [Poster]
LANDRUM, JAMES VICTOR. - Light intensity as the primary factor for wide-band tracheid initiation and develoment in stems of Anacampseros (Portulacaceae). [D] [Poster]
LARA-CABRERA, SABINA I.* AND DAVID M. SPOONER. - Morphological and microsatellite variation of Mexican diploid wild potato species. [S]
LAVIN, MATT*, MARTIN F. WOJCIECHOWSKI, MICHAEL J. SANDERSON, AND ADAM RICHMAN. - Molecular biogeography of temperate and tropical legumes in North America. [S-symposium]
LEDLEY, TAMARA SHAPIRO. - Global climate change: An Earth system perspective. [Z-symposium]
LEE, DAVID W.*, GEORGE T. TAYLOR, AND ANTHONY K. IRVINE. - Structural Fruit Color in Delarbrea michieana (Araliaceae). [D]
LEE, JOONGKU*, BRUCE G. BALDWIN, AND LESLIE D. GOTTLIEB1. - A molecular phylogenetic study of Stephanomeria and related North American genera (Compositae-Lactuceae) based on 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS sequences. [S]
LEE, NAM SOOK, YOUNGBAE SUH, SUNGHEE YEAU, AND SANGTAE LEE.* - The Morphological and genetic analyses of Korean Adonis. [S] [Poster]
LEE, SANGTAE, CHUNGHEE LEE, YOUNGBAE SUH, SUNGHEE YEAU, AND NAM SOOK LEE.* - Pollen morphology of the genus Adonis L. (Ranunculaceae) in Korea. [S] [Poster]
LEOPOLD, ESTELLA B. - How well do pollen corroborate Eocene leaf taxa?--Florissant Formation, Colorado, a case study. [F]
LES, DONALD H.*, DANIEL J. CRAWFORD, ELIAS LANDOLT, JOHN D. GABEL, AND REBECCA T. KIMBALL. - Phylogenetic relationships in Lemnaceae Dumortier, the duckweed family. [S]
LEVIN, RACHEL A.*, ROBERT A. RAGUSO, AND LUCINDA A. MCDADE. - The relationship between floral fragrance, phylogeny, and hawkmoth-pollination in Nyctaginaceae. [S]
LEWIS, CARL E.* AND JEFF J. DOYLE. - Low-copy nuclear genes for phylogenetic research in the palm family. [S]
LEWIS, LOUISE A. - Molecular diversity of green algae from biotic crust communities. [A]
LI, JIANHUA*, DAVID E. BOUFFORD, AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Phylogenetics of Buckleya (Santalaceae) based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. [S] [Poster]
LI, XIAOJIE* AND STEVEN A. FENNIMORE. - Temporal changes in germinability and light response of seeds of six common weed species. [E]
LIGRONE, ROBERTO*, KAREN SUE RENZAGLIA, NEIL ANDREWS, AND JEFFREY G DUCKETT. - Multiple evolution of water-conducting systems in bryophytes. [L]
LITTLE, DAMON P. - Phylogenetic relationship and monophyly of Cupressus and Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae): molecular and organismal evidence. [S]
LITTLE, STEFAN A.* AND RUTH A. STOCKEY. - Reconstructing aquatic angiosperms from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert : Decodon allenbyensis . [F]
LIU, XIANAN*, AHMED BAHIELDIN, EL-SAYED HASSANEIN, MOHAMED EL-DOMYATI, SHERIF EDRIS, AND WM. VANCE BAIRD. - Identification and characterization of genes from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) that are regulated by drought or osmotic stress. [G] [Poster]
LIU, ZHAO HUA*, GENE MAPES, AND GAR W. ROTHWELL. - Taxonomic diversity among Late Pennsylvanian conifers at Hamilton, Kansas. [F]
LIVSHULTZ, TATYANA. - Systematics and evolution of ant-leaves in the genus Dischidia (Asclepiadaceae). [S]
LOPEZ-BAUTISTA, JUAN M.*, DONALD KAPRAUN, DEBRA A. WATERS, AND RUSSELL L. CHAPMAN. - Nuclear DNA quantification and the life cycle in Cephaleuros parasiticus (Trentepohliales, Chlorophyta). [A] [Poster]
LOWREY, TIMOTHY K.*, CHRISTOPHER J. QUINN, RACHAEL K TAYLOR, RAYMUND CHAN, REBECCA KIMBALL, AND JAN C. DE NARDI. - Molecular, morphological and biogeographical reassessment of relationships within the Vittadinia group of Astereae (Asteraceae). [S]
LUCAS, JESSICA R.* AND KAREN S. RENZAGLIA. - Anatomy, ultrastructure and physiology of hornwort stomata: an evaluation of homology. [D] [Poster]
LUCKOW, MELISSA. - Leaf anatomy of three genera of Malagasy mimosoid legumes: adaptations to xeric habitats. [D]
LUTZ, ANDREW W.* AND ANDREA D WOLFE. - Population genetics of the endiemic species, Penstemon caryi Pennel. [S] [Poster]
LUTZONI, FRANCOIS*, PETER WAGNER, AND VALERIE REEB. - Integrating ambiguously aligned regions of DNA sequences in phylogenetic analyses without violating positional homology. [S]
LUTZONIÝ, FRANCOIS*, MARK PAGELý, AND VALERIE REEBÝ¥. - Contribution of the lichen symbiosis to the diversification of ascomycetes: A new approach to determining confidence levels for ancestral character states. [S]
M
MACMILLAN, PAUL C.* AND LINDSAY M. BETZ. - Twenty-five years of forest succession in southeastern Indiana. [E]
MAGALLóN, SUSANA A. - Extinct and extant Hamamelidoideae: phylogeny and character evolution. [S]
MAGALLóN, SUSANA A.*, MICHAEL J. SANDERSON, JAMES A. DOYLE, AND MARTIN F. WOJCIECHOWSKI. - Estimate of the age of the angiosperm crown group derived from integrated analysis of molecular and paleontological data. [S]
MALCOMBER, SIMON T.* AND ELIZABETH A. KELLOGG. - Gaertnera (Rubiaceae): a rapid radiation based on sequence data from three nuclear DNA sequence data sets. [S]
MANCHESTER, STEVEN R. - Leaves and fruits of Aesculus antiquorum (Newberry) Iljinskaya (Sapindales) from the Paleocene of North America.. [F]
MANCHESTER, STEVEN R.* AND BRUCE H. TIFFNEY. - Paleobotanical data and the phytogeographic history of holarctic angiosperm clades. [S-symposium]
MANOS, PAUL S.* AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Historical biogeography of the Northern Hemisphere symposium abstract. [S-symposium]
MANOS, PAUL S.*, ALICE M. STANFORD, AND MICHAEL J. SANDERSON. - Phylogenetic patterns of disjunct Fagales: tracking the history of north temperate and subtropical forests. [S-symposium]
MANSION, GUILHEM. - Phylogenetic position of the north and central american species of Centaurium (Gentianaceae) based on molecular data and chromosome numbers: evidence of an old-world origin. [S]
MAPES, GENE*, KEQIN SUN, MICHAEL KRINGS, GAR W. ROTHWELL, AND ROYAL H. MAPES. - The earliest occurrence of Medullosa. [F]
MAST, AUSTIN R.* AND THOMAS J. GIVNISH. - Historical biogeography of Banksia and Dryandra (Proteaceae) in Australia's Southwest Botanical Province. [S]
MATULA, COLLEEN F. - Conservation status of Botrychium in the Upper Great Lakes. [O-symposium]
MAYER, MICHAEL S.*, JON P. REBMAN1, AND LAURA M. WILLIAMS. - Confirmation and characteristics of the hybrid origin of Opuntia prolifera through RAPD analyses. [S]
MCCAULEY, ROSS A.* AND HARVEY E. BALLARD. - Systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary trends in the North American species of Froelichia (Amaranthaceae). [S]
MCCOURT, RICHARD M.*, EARLE E. SPAMER, ALFRED E. SCHUYLER, AND MEREDITH A. LANE. - Saving an American Treasure: Restoring the Herbarium of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [H]
MCCUNE, BRUCE. - Lichen transplant results pose a treetop paradox. [L]
MCDADE, LUCINDA A.*, THOMAS F. DANIEL, AND KATHERINE M. RILEY. - Phylogenetic relationships within the enigmatic tribe Justicieae (Acanthaceae). [S]
MCDANIEL, STUART F.* AND JON SHAW. - Morphological change is decoupled from molecular evolution in disjunct populations of Pyrrhobryum mnioides (Hook.) Manuel. [L]
MCLETCHIE, D. NICHOLAS. - Sex-specific life histories and population sex ratios in the dioecious liverwort Marchantia inflexa. [E]
MCMAHON, MICHELLE* AND LARRY HUFFORD. - Phylogeny of Amorpheae (Fabaceae:Papilionoideae) based on DNA sequences from the chloroplast trnK intron, including the matK gene. [S]
MCMANUS, H. A.*, E. L. TAYLOR, T. N. TAYLOR, AND L. D. BOUCHER. - An Enigmatic Axis from the Triassic of Antarctica. [F]
MCMASTER, ROBERT T. - Ecology and population biology of Ophioglossum pusillum in New England. [E]
MCNEAL, JOEL R.* AND CLAUDE W. DEPAMPHILIS. - Origin and molecular systematics of the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (dodder). [S]
MCNEILL, JOHN. - Botanical nomenclature: on the threshold of major change? [S-symposium]
MEEROW, ALAN W.* AND DEIRDRE A. SNIJMAN. - Phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae tribe Amaryllideae based on nrDNA ITS sequences. [S] [Poster]
MEHLTRETER, KLAUS*, JOSé G. GARCíA-FRANCO, AND ALEJANDRO FLORES-PALACIOS. - Microhabitat preferences of trunk epiphytes in a cloud forest of Mexico, with special reference to ferns. [O] [Poster]
MEHLTRETER, KLAUS1* AND MóNICA2 PALACIOS-RIOS. - Phenological studies on Acrostichum danaeifolium Langsd. et Fisch. (Pteridaceae, Pteridophyta) on a Caribbean mangrove site of Mexico. [O]
MEIJER, WILLEM. - Aims and prospects for the global biodiversity studies of Bryophytes, Hornworts and Lichens. [L]
MELOCHE, CHRISTOPHER G.* AND PAMELA K. DIGGLE. - Patterns of carbon allocation in Acomastylis rossii(Rosaceae) an alpine plant exhibiting extreme preformation. [D]
MERMELL, LESLY P.* AND TINA J. AYERS. - Use of nrITS sequence data for phylogenetic analysis of the Lysipomia sphagnophila (Campanulaceae) species complex. [S] [Poster]
MEYER, KARSTEN* AND SUSANNE S. RENNER. - Long distance dispersal in Melastomeae: from South America to Africa to Madagascar and SE Asia. [S] [Poster]
MEYEROWITZ, ELLIOT M. - Genes, genomes, and plant developmental biology. [Plenary session]
MIADLIKOWSKA, JOLANTA* AND FRANÇOIS LUTZONI. - Coevolution of symbiotic associations within peltigerous lichens (Peltigerineae, Ascomycota). [L]
MICHELANGELI, FABIAN A. - Ant-protection against herbivory and evolution of myrmecophytism in the genus Tococa (Melastomataceae).
MICKLE, JAMES E. - LeafLab: A research simulation to foster the students' experience in the process of science. [T-symposium]
MIKESELL, JAN E. - Correlation of overcompensation and the breaking of apical dominance in Phaseolus aureus . [D]
MILLER, DONNA H. - A review of the synoicous species of Cyclodictyon (Musci). [L] [Poster]
MILLER, DONNA H.*, HARVEY A. MILLER, SHILOH JONES,, AND PAUL SPARKMAN. - Bryophytes of the Alabama Black Belt chalklands. [L]
MILLER, J. S. - The evolution of gender dimorphism in Lycium (Solanaceae). [E]
MILLS, SUZANNE ELIZABETH*, S. ELLEN MACDONALD, AND DALE H. VITT. - Patterns of bryophyte species diversity at three scales in conifer dominated boreal forest stands. [L]
MIONE, THOMAS. - Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Costa Rica: species delimitation using morphological and ITS sequence variation. [S] [Poster]
MISHKIN, MIRAMANNI, SALLIE J HERMAN*, AND LINDA A RAUBESON. - Genetic diversity of a rare buttercup. [S] [Poster]
MITRA, MADHUMI AND JAMES E. MICKLE.* - Resolving the controversy of the Tar Heel Formation of the eastern United States. [F]
MITRA, MADHUMI. - Richer pedagogic outcomes in Marine Botany course through integration of service learning. [T]
MOLVRAY, MIA*, PAUL KORES, STEVE HOPPER, AND ANDEW BROWN. - A phylogenetic analysis of the subtribe Caladeniinae (Orchidaceae): Based on ITS sequences. [S]
MONTGOMERY, JAMES D. - Conservation Status of the Ophioglossaceae in the Northeast. [O-symposium]
MOODY, MICHAEL L* AND DONALD H LES. - Phylogenetic relationships in Myriophyllum (Haloragaceae). [S] [Poster]
MOORE, LAURA A.*, RASHMI PANT, AND STEVE BOYD. - Fruit dimorphism and dispersal in Pterostegia drymarioides. [S] [Poster]
MORRIS, JULIE A.* AND JOHN V. FREUDENSTEIN. - A systematic study of the North American Yellow Lady's Slipper orchids. [S]
MORRISON, JANET A. - Dogwood decline in the urban New York Botanical Garden Forest. [E] [Poster]
MORRISON, LAURA A.*, LISELE CREMIEUX, ROBERT S. ZEMETRA, OSCAR RIERA-LIZARAZU, AND CAROL MALLORY-SMITH. - Gene flow in the crop-weed complex of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and jointed goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica Host). [G]
MORT, MARK E.*, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, AND ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA. - Phylogenetics and evolution of Aeonium (Crassulaceae) and related genera on the Canary Islands. [S]
MUELLER, RICHARD J. - Using the plastochron index to improve student's understanding of exponential plant growth and the use of logarithms. [T]
MYERS, JEFFREY A. - Unique vegetation from the Eocene Cordilleran uplands. [F]
MüLLER1, KAI*, THOMAS BORSCH1, LAURENT LEGENDRE2, STEFAN POREMBSKI3, AND WILHELM BARTHLOTT1. - A phylogeny of Lentibulariaceae based on sequences of matK and adjacent noncoding regions. [S]
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NAGALINGUM, NATHALIE S*, ANDREW N DRINNAN, STEPHEN MCLOUGHLIN, AND RICHARD LUPIA. - Patterns of pteridophyte evolution and diversification in the Cretaceous of southern Gondwana. [F]
NEINHUIS 1, CHRISTOPH*, KHIDIR, W. HILU 2, AND THOMAS BORSCH 1. - Systematics of Aristolochiaceae: Molecular Evidence. [S]
NEWTON, ANGELA E.*, CYMON J. COX, EFRAIN DE LUNA, AND LARS HEDENAS. - Evolutionary radiation of the pleurocarpous mosses: phylogenetic analyses incorporating morphological characters with rbcL, rps4 and trnL-trnF sequence data. [L]
NICKOL, MARTIN G. - Flower morphology and floral ecology of Plumbaginaceae. [S]
NICKRENT, DANIEL L. 1*, CHRISTOPHER L. PARKINSON 2, JEFFREY D. PALMER 2, AND R. JOEL DUFF 3. - Parsimony and likelihood analyses of genes from all three subcellular genomes strongly support major land plant phylogenetic relationships. [S]
NIELD, BECKY A.* AND JEFFREY P. HILL. - Molecular genetic studies of gender expression in angiosperms: early ovule development in Nicotiana tabacum. [D] [Poster]
NIESENBAUM, RICAHRD A. - Using technology to broaden the scientific experience through project based learning. [T-symposium]
NOTIS, CHRISTINE. - Sperm longevity and swimming distance in ferns. [O]
NYFFELER, RETO* AND URS EGGLI. - Phylogenetic relationships and diversification of the columnar and globular cacti of Chile (Cactaceae - Cactoideae). [S]
O
OCHOTERENA, HELGA* AND MARK PITKIN SIMMONS. - Justification and methods for incorporating gap characters in sequence-based phylogenetic analyses. [S]
OCHOTERENA, HELGA. - Phylogeny and character evolution in Hintonia (Rubiaceae) and related taxa. [S]
OESTREICH, ANDREA*, LINDA A RAUBESON, MARY E COSNER, AND ROBERT K JANSEN. - Campanulaceae systematics based on four chloroplast DNA markers. [S] [Poster]
OLMSTEAD, RICHARD G.*, PHILIP D. CANTINO, BRENDAN LEPSCHI, AND PATRICK A. REEVES. - A molecular systematic study of the Prostantheroideae (Lamiaceae), including Chloantheae (formerly Verbenaceae). [S]
OTTO, ANGELIKA*, WILLIAM C. REMBER, AND BERND R. T. SIMONEIT. - Chemical characteristics of five fossil conifer species from the Miocene Clarkia Flora, Emerald Creek, Idaho, USA. [F]
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PARK, SEON-JOO*, ELISA KOROMPAI, JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA, AND ROBERT JANSEN. - Phylogenetic relationships of Tolpis (Asteraceae: Lactuceae) based on ndhF sequence data. [S]
PARK, SEON-JOO*, JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA, JOSE PANERO, AND ROBERT JANSEN. - Implications of chloroplast DNA variation for the evolution of the Macaronesian Endemic genus Pericallis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae). [S]
PASCARELLA, JOHN B. - Causes and consequences of reproductive isolation between two sympatric Gelsemium species. [E]
PELL, SUSAN K.* AND LOWELL URBATSCH. - Evaluation of evolutionary relationships in Anacardiaceae using matK sequence data. [S]
PEREIRA-NETTO, ADAUCTO B.*, JULIANA M. MENESTRINA, ANA MARIA A. CARNEIRO LEAO, AND MARCELO IACOMINI. - A novel lysine-rich arabinogalactan with regulatory effects on carrot (Daucus carota) cells growth and differentiation. [P] [Poster]