In this issue:

Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 0. [Full Text]  

Anatomy and Morphology:

Sherwin Carlquist and Edward L. Schneider

The tracheid–vessel element transition in angiosperms involves multiple independent features: cladistic consequences
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 185-195. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jack B. Fisher, Hugh T. W. Tan, and Leslie P. L. Toh

Xylem of rattans: vessel dimensions in climbing palms
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 196-202. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Book Review:

Nancy G. Dengler

An integral part of botany
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 369-374. [Full Text]  

Brief Communication:

Joseph E. Armstrong

Fringe Science: are the corollas of Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae) flowers adapted for surface tension interactions?
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 362-365. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Lawrence D. Talbott, Ganka Nikolova, Arisa Ortiz, Irene Shmayevich, and Eduardo Zeiger

Green light reversal of blue-light-stimulated stomatal opening is found in a diversity of plant species
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 366-368. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Development and Morphology:

Fred W. Stauffer, Rolf Rutishauser, and Peter K. Endress

Morphology and development of the female flowers in Geonoma interrupta (Arecaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 220-229. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Cynthia Weinig

Phytochrome photoreceptors mediate plasticity to light quality in flowers of the Brassicaceae
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 230-235. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ecology:

Colin M. Orians, Marcelo Ardón, and Basma A. Mohammad

Vascular architecture and patchy nutrient availability generate within-plant heterogeneity in plant traits important to herbivores
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 270-278. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Matthew K. Ritter, Christopher M. Padilla, and Robert J. Schmidt

The maize mutant barren stalk1 is defective in axillary meristem development
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 203-210. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Khidir W. Hilu and Lioudmila V. Sharova

Evolutionary implications of substitution patterns in prolamin genes of Oryza glaberrima (African rice, Poaceae) and related species
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 211-219. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Paleobotany:

Adriana L. Carnelli, Marco Madella, Jean-Paul Theurillat, and Brigitta Ammann

Aluminum in the opal silica reticule of phytoliths: a new tool in palaeoecological studies
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 346-351. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Gar W. Rothwell, Edith L. Taylor, and Thomas N. Taylor

Ashicaulis woolfei n. sp.: additional evidence for the antiquity of osmundaceous ferns from the Triassic of Antarctica
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 352-361. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Physiology and Development:

J. Shen-Miller, J. William Schopf, Garman Harbottle, Rui-ji Cao, Shu Ouyang, Kun-shu Zhou, John R. Southon, and Guo-hai Liu

Long-living lotus: germination and soil -irradiation of centuries-old fruits, and cultivation, growth, and phenotypic abnormalities of offspring
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 236-247. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Richard F. Kopp, Charles A. Maynard, Patricia Rocha de Niella, Lawrence B. Smart, and Lawrence P. Abrahamson

Collection and storage of pollen from Salix (Salicaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 248-252. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Linley K. Jesson and Spencer C. H. Barrett

Enantiostyly in Wachendorfia (Haemodoraceae): the influence of reproductive systems on the maintenance of the polymorphism
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 253-262. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hisashi Sato

The role of autonomous self-pollination in floral longevity in varieties of Impatiens hypophylla (Balsaminaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 263-269. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Trevor R. Hodkinson, Mark W. Chase, Chigusa Takahashi, Ilia J. Leitch, Michael D. Bennett, and Stephen A. Renvoize

The use of dna sequencing (ITS and trnL-F), AFLP, and fluorescent in situ hybridization to study allopolyploid Miscanthus (Poaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 279-286. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Nadja Diane, Harald Förther, and Hartmut H. Hilger

A systematic analysis of Heliotropium, Tournefortia, and allied taxa of the Heliotropiaceae (Boraginales) based on ITS1 sequences and morphological data
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 287-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplemental Data]  

Elizabeth A. Zimmer, Eric H. Roalson, Laurence E. Skog, John K. Boggan, and Alexander Idnurm

Phylogenetic relationships in the Gesnerioideae (Gesneriaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnL-F and trnE-T spacer region sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 296-311. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reto Nyffeler

Phylogenetic relationships in the cactus family (Cactaceae) based on evidence from trnK/ matK and trnL-trnF sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 312-326. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kathleen A. Kron, E. Ann Powell, and J. L. Luteyn

Phylogenetic relationships within the blueberry tribe (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae) based on sequence data from MATK and nuclear ribosomal ITS regions, with comments on the placement of Satyria
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 327-336. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Tropical Biology:

J. N. Gemma, R. E. Koske, and M. Habte

Mycorrhizal dependency of some endemic and endangered Hawaiian plant species
Am. J. Bot. 2002 89: 337-345. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

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