Anatomy and Morphology:

The mode of origin of root buds and root sprouts in the clonal tree Sassafras albidum (Lauraceae)

MJ Bosela and FW Ewers
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1466. [Abstract] [PDF]

Brief Communication:

Carbon exchange between Polysiphonia lanosa (Rhodophyceae) and its brown algal host

SL Ciciotte and RJ Thomas
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1614. [Abstract] [PDF]

Parental effects on seed mass: seed coat but not embryo/endosperm effects

EP Lacey, S Smith, and AL Case
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1617. [Abstract] [PDF]

Development and Morphogenesis:

Class II tassel seed mutations provide evidence for multiple types of inflorescence meristems in maize (Poaceae)

EE Irish
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1502. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ecology and Population Biology:

Patterns of genotypic variation and phenotypic plasticity of light response in two tropical Piper (Piperaceae) species

AB Nicotra, RL Chazdon, and CD Schlichting
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1542. [Abstract] [PDF]

Population structure, genetic diversity, and clone formation in Quercus chrysolepis (Fagaceae)

AM Montalvo, SG Conard, MT Conkle, and PD Hodgskiss
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1553. [Abstract] [PDF]

Impact of the flower smut Ustilago cynodontis (Ustilaginaceae) on the performance of the clonal grass Cynodon dactylon (Gramineae)

G Garcia-Guzman and JJ Burdon
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1565. [Abstract] [PDF]

Stomatal density responses of temperate woodland plants over the past seven decades of CO2 increase: a comparison of Salisbury (1927) with contemporary data

DJ Beerling and CK Kelly
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1572. [Abstract] [PDF]

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Allozyme frequencies in New Jersey and North Carolina populations of Atlantic white-cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides (Cupressaceae)

JE Kuser, TR Meagher, DL Sheely, and A White
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1536. [Abstract] [PDF]

Morphology and Evolution:

Morphological variation of henequen (Agave fourcroydes, Agavaceae) germplasm and its wild ancestor (A. angustifolia) under uniform growth conditions: diversity and domestication

P Colunga-Garciamarin and F May-Pat
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1449. [Abstract] [PDF]

Physiology and Development:

The effect of the external medium on the gravity-induced polarity of cytoplasmic streaming in Chara corallina (Characeae)

MP Staves, R Wayne, and AC Leopold
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1516. [Abstract] [PDF]

The effect of the external medium on the gravitropic curvature of rice (Oryza sativa, Poaceae) roots

MP Staves, R Wayne, and AC Leopold
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1522. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cytochalasin D does not inhibit gravitropism in roots

MP Staves, R Wayne, and AC Leopold
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1530. [Abstract] [PDF]

Reproductive Biology:

Pedilanthus diazlunanus (Euphorbiaceae): pollination by hymenopterans in a bird-pollinated genus

E Sahagun-Godinez and JA Lomeli-Sencion
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1584. [Abstract] [PDF]

Male sterility, protogyny, and pollen-pistil interference in Plantago maritima (Plantaginaceae), a wind-pollinated, self-incompatible perennial

P Dinnetz
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1588. [Abstract] [PDF]

Structure and Development:

Analysis of form and function in North American columnar cacti (tribe Pachycereeae)

DO Cornejo and BB Simpson
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1482. [Abstract] [PDF]

Systematics and Phytogeography:

Molecular evidence for a Mediterranean origin of the Macaronesian endemic genus Argyranthemum (Asteraceae)

J Francisco-Ortega, A Santos-Guerra, A Hines, and RK Jansen
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 1595. [Abstract] [PDF]

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