In this issue:

Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 0. [Full Text]  

Invited Special Paper:

Daniel J. Fairbanks and Bryce Rytting

Mendelian controversies: a botanical and historical review
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 737-752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Data]  

Anatomy and Morphology:

P. Barry Tomlinson, Jack B. Fisher, Russell E. Spangler, and Renee A. Richer

Stem vascular architecture in the rattan palm Calamus (Arecaceae–Calamoideae–Calaminae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 797-809. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Book Review:

Paul A. Keddy

A place in space
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 960-962. [Full Text]  

Ecology:

James D. Hill and John A. Silander, Jr

Distribution and dynamics of two ferns: Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Dennstaedtiaceae) and Thelypteris noveboracensis (Thelypteridaceae) in a Northeast mixed hardwoods–hemlock forest
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 894-902. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Melissa K. McCormick, Katherine L. Gross, and Robin A. Smith

Danthonia Spicata (Poaceae) and Atkinsonella Hypoxylon (Balansiae): environmental dependence of a symbiosis
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 903-909. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. B. Royce and M. G. Barbour

Mediterranean climate effects. I. Conifer water use across a Sierra Nevada ecotone
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 911-918. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

E. B. Royce and M. G. Barbour

Mediterranean climate effects. II. Conifer growth phenology across a Sierra Nevada ecotone
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 919-932. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jill A. Johnston, David J. Grise, Lisa A. Donovan, and Michael L. Arnold

Environment-dependent performance and fitness of Iris brevicaulis, I. fulva (Iridaceae), and hybrids
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 933-938. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Maile C. Neel and Norman C. Ellstrand

Patterns of allozyme diversity in the threatened plant Erigeron parishii (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 810-818. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paleobotany:

Zhe-kun Zhou, William L. Crepet, and Kevin C. Nixon

The earliest fossil evidence of the Hamamelidaceae: Late Cretaceous (Turonian) inflorescences and fruits of Altingioideae
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 753-766. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Michael Krings, Hans Kerp, Edith L. Taylor, and Thomas N. Taylor

Reconstruction of Pseudomariopteris busquetii, a vine-like Late Carboniferous–Early Permian pteridosperm
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 767-776. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kathleen B. Pigg and Gar W. Rothwell

Anatomically preserved Woodwardia virginica (Blechnaceae) and a new filicalean fern from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora of central Washington, USA
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 777-787. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Population Biology:

Corinne Sarthou, Sarah Samadi, and Marie-Catherine Boisselier-Dubayle

Genetic structure of the saxicole Pitcairnia geyskesii (Bromeliaceae) on inselbergs in French Guiana
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 861-868. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Susan J. Mazer and Kelly Ann Dawson

Size-dependent sex allocation within flowers of the annual herb Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae): ontogenetic and among-plant variation
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 819-831. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Laura F. Galloway

The effect of maternal and paternal environments on seed characters in the herbaceous plant Campanula Americana (Campanulaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 832-840. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Amy E. Faivre and Lucinda A. McDade

Population-level variation in the expression of heterostyly in three species of Rubiaceae: does reciprocal placement of anthers and stigmas characterize heterostyly?
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 841-853. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hanna-Leena Pasonen, Pertti Pulkkinen, and Markku Käpylä

Do pollen donors with fastest-growing pollen tubes sire the best offspring in an anemophilous tree, Betula pendula (Betulaceae)?
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 854-860. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Structure and Development:

Samuel Hammer

Lateral growth patterns in the Cladoniaceae
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 788-796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Siri Fjellheim, Reidar Elven, and Christian Brochmann

Molecules and morphology in concert. II. The Festuca brachyphylla complex (Poaceae) in Svalbard
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 869-882. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Douglas E. Soltis, Miyuki Tago-Nakazawa, Qiu-Yun Xiang, Shoichi Kawano, Jin Murata, Michio Wakabayashi, and Carola Hibsch-Jetter

Phylogenetic relationships and evolution in Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) based on matK sequence data
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 883-893. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tropical Biology:

Tereza C. Sposito and Flavio A. M. Santos

Scaling of stem and crown in eight Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species of Brazil
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 939-949. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Brief Communications:

E. W. Hamilton III and J. S. Coleman

Heat-shock proteins are induced in unstressed leaves of Nicotiana attenuata (Solanaceae) when distant leaves are stressed
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 950-955. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kim A. Kristiansen, Finn N. Rasmussen, and Hanne N. Rasmussen

Seedlings of Neuwiedia (Orchidaceae subfamily Apostasioideae) have typical orchidaceous mycotrophic protocorms
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 956-959. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Errata:

Erratum
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 910. [Full Text]  

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