Abstracts received so far:

1. ALLY, DILARA* AND KERMIT RITLAND. - Marker-estimated heritabilities and spatial patterns of relatedness in a natural forest stand of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana). [Poster]
2. ANDERSON, SHARON J. - Taxonomy of Zoysia (Poaceae): morphological and molecular variation. [Poster]
3. BAGHAI-RIDING, NINA L. - A study of megafossil leaves from the Aguja Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. [Poster]
4. BOBICH, EDWARD G.* AND PARK S. NOBEL. - Vegetative reproduction as related to biomechanics and anatomy for cholla species in the Sonoran Desert. [Poster]
5. BUTHOD, AMY AND MIA MOLVRAY.* - Sectional Relationships in Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae). [Poster]
6. CHEN, CHARLES*, KERMIT RITLAND, AND SHONG HUANG. - Genetic variation and differentiation in Hypericum nagasawai, an endemic plant in Taiwan. [Poster]
7. CHOI, KYEUNG* AND KI-JOONG KIM. - Molecular phylogeny of Quercus (Fagaceae): emphasizing the phylogeny of the Asian species. [Poster]
8. DODD, ATHENA* AND KEITH KAROLY. - Separating the effects of gene flow and population history: a phylogeographic study of Delphinium nuttalliiusing nested clade analysis. [Poster]
9. DUBBS, WESLEY EMANUEL* AND HOWARD GRIMES. - Characterization of a specialized cell layer in the soybean pod wall and its potential role in wound response . [Poster]
10. ESPELAND, ERIN K. - Population differentiation in Eschscholzia californica on three soil types. [Poster]
11. HAYNES, LORI*, MELANIE ONGCHIN, CHARLES RUSSELL, AND RICHARD A. NIESENBAUM. - When chemistry determines ecology: The relationship between leaf chemistry and herbivory in Lindera benzoin. [Poster]
12. HILS, MATTHEW H.*, MICHAEL ZANIS, MICHELLE MCMAHON, AND DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS. - Phylogeny and diversification of ovary position in Miconieae, Merianieae, and Blakeeae (Melastomataceae). [Poster]
13. JOBSON, RICHARD W, VICTOR A ALBERT*, KENNETH M CAMERON, AND JULIA PLAYFORD. - Phylogeny of the carnivorous plant family Lentibulariaceae inferred from rps16 and trnL-F sequence data. [Poster]
14. KARTHIKEYAN, A.V.P.* AND K.V. KRISHNAMURTHY. - Leader branch angles, tension wood differentiation and crown geometry in Eucalyptus tereticornis. [Poster]
15. KIPP, ERICA. - Botany global issue map and Web site. [Poster]
16. LEE, HAE-LIM* AND KI-JOONG KIM. - Intergeneric relationships of Oleaceae based on cpDNA noncoding sequences and nuclear ITS sequences. [Poster]
17. LEWIS, L.A.*, J. JOHANSEN, V. FLECHTNER, AND L. ST. CLAIR. - Biotic Crust Project: Survey of the algae, lichens, and mosses of microbiotic crusts of selected arid and semi-arid sites in Western North America. [Poster]
18. LINDQVIST, CHARLOTTE, TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY, AND VICTOR A. ALBERT.* - A North American closest relative for the Hawaiian endemic mints (Lamiaceae): implications for pollination syndrome and fruit evolution. [Poster]
19. LITTLE, DAMON P. AND DAVID S. BARRINGTON.* - Major evolutionary events in the origin and diversification of the fern genus Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae). [Poster]
20. LOTT, JOHN N. A.* AND M. MARCIA WEST. - Elements present in mineral nutrient reserves in seeds of Arabidopsis. [Poster]
21. MERWIN, MARK C. - Epiphyte community composition and species diversity in primary and secondary montane cloud forest, Costa Rica. [Poster]
22. MURAKAMI, NORIAKI*, YOKO YATABE, TAKESHI SUZUKI, AND NORIO SAHASHI. - High level of intraspecific variation of rbcL sequences and molecular systematics of the Old World Ophioglossaceae . [Poster]
23. NICKRENT, DANIEL L. AND VALERY MALECOT.* - Phylogenetic relationships of Santalales based on rbcL and 18S with special reference to Olacaceae. [Poster]
24. O'CONNELL, LISA M.* AND KERMIT RITLAND. - Early inbreeding depression and the mating system of western redcedar. [Poster]
25. PIMIENTA, EULOGIO*, ALEJANDRO MUņOZ, AND MARTIN HUERTA. - Adaptations to aridity of pitayo (Stenocereus queretaroensis, Cactaceae). [Poster]
26. SHERWOOD, ANNA M.*, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, AND DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS. - ITS polymorphism in Allotetraploid Tragopogon (Asteraceae). [Poster]
27. SOROS, CONNIE L.*, DONALD H. LES, MICHAEL L. MOODY, AND USHER POSLUSZNY. - Phylogenetic relationships in the Hydrocharitaceae. [Poster]
28. TATE, JENNIFER A.* AND BERYL B. SIMPSON. - Towards a phylogeny of the genus Tarasa (Malvaceae): Evolution in the high Andes. [Poster]
29. TOMLINSON1, P. BARRY*, RUSSELL E. SPANGLER1, AND GORD LEMON2. - Development of the shoot vascular system in the rattan palm Calamus. [Poster]
30. VANDERPOOL, STARIA S.* AND LINH V. HOANG. - Genetic variation among populations of Solidago riddellii. [Poster]