Anatomy and Morphology:

SEM studies on vessels in ferns. 2. Pteridium

S Carlquist and EL Schneider
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 581. [Abstract] [PDF]

Cell division patterns in the apices of subterranean axis and aerial shoot of Psilotum nudum (Psilotaceae): morphological and phylogenetic implications for the subterranean axis

Y Takiguchi, R Imaichi, and M Kato
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 588. [Abstract] [PDF]

Ecology:

Decline of photosynthetic capacity with leaf age in relation to leaf longevities for five tropical canopy tree species

K Kitajima, SS Mulkey, and SJ Wright
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 702. [Abstract] [PDF]

The effects of herbivory on neighbor interactions along a coastal marsh gradient

KL Taylor, JB Grace, and BD Marx
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 709. [Abstract] [PDF]

Substrate water potential constraints on germination of the strangler fig Ficus aurea (Moraceae)

EN Swagel, AVH Bernhard, and GS Ellmore
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 716. [Abstract] [PDF]

Mycology and Plant Pathology:

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Monilinia (Sclerotiniaceae) based on coding and noncoding rDNA sequences

A Holst-Jensen, LM Kohn, KS Jakobsen, and T Schumacher
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 686. [Abstract] [PDF]

Population Biology:

Hybridization between introduced smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora; Poaceae) and native California cordgrass (S. foliosa) in San Francisco Bay, California, USA

CC Daehler and DR Strong
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 607. [Abstract] [PDF]

Morphological and molecular variation among populations of octoploid Fragaria virginiana and F. chiloensis (Rosaceae) from North America

RE Harrison, JJ Luby, GR Furnier, and JF Hancock
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 612. [Abstract] [PDF]

The mating system of an hydrophilous angiosperm Posidonia australis (Posidoniaceae)

M Waycott and JF Sampson
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 621. [Abstract] [PDF]

Reproductive Biology:

Morph-biased male sterility in the tropical distylous shrub Erythroxylum havanense (Erythroxylaceae)

CA Dominguez, G Avila-Sakar, S Vazquez-Santana, and J Marquez-Guzman
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 626. [Abstract] [PDF]

Antheridiogen production and response in Polypodiaceae species

W Chiou and DR Farrar
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 633. [Abstract] [PDF]

Pollination biology and outcrossing rates in hermaphroditic Schiedea lydgatei (Caryophyllaceae)

JK Norman, SG Weller, and AK Sakai
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 641. [Abstract] [PDF]

Systematics:

Reproductive and vegetative morphology of Polyptera (Juglandaceae) from the Paleocene of Wyoming and Montana

SR Manchester and DL Dilcher
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 649. [Abstract] [PDF]

Examination of subfamilial phylogeny in Bromeliaceae using comparative sequencing of the plastid locus ndhF

RG Terry, GK Brown, and RG Olmstead
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 664. [Abstract] [PDF]

Reexamination of series relationships of South American wild potatoes (Solanaceae: Solanum sect. Petota): evidence from chloroplast DNA restriction site variation

DM Spooner and RT Castillo
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 671. [Abstract] [PDF]

Physiology and Biochemistry:

A comparative anatomical and biochemical analysis in salsola (Chenopodiaceae) species with and without a Kranz type leaf anatomy: a possible reversion of C4 to C3 photosynthesis

VI P'yankov, EV Voznesenskaya, AV Kondratschuk, and CC Black
Am. J. Bot. 1997 84: 597. [Abstract] [PDF]

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