In this issue:

Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 0. [Full Text]  

Ecology:

María del Rosario Ramírez-Trejo, Blanca Pérez-García, and Alma Orozco-Segovia

Analysis of fern spore banks from the soil of three vegetation types in the central region of Mexico
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 682-688. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Joyce Maschinski, Joanne E. Baggs, and Christopher F. Sacchi

Seedling recruitment and survival of an endangered limestone endemic in its natural habitat and experimental reintroduction sites
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 689-698. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Eric A. Graham and Jose Luis Andrade

Drought tolerance associated with vertical stratification of two co-occurring epiphytic bromeliads in a tropical dry forest
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 699-706. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Population Biology:

Marcus T. Brock

The potential for genetic assimilation of a native dandelion species, Taraxacum ceratophorum (Asteraceae), by the exotic congener T. officinale
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 656-663. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Akiyo Naiki and Hidetoshi Nagamasu

Correlation between distyly and ploidy level in Damnacanthus (Rubiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 664-671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Sheila K. Schueller

Self-pollination in island and mainland populations of the introduced hummingbird-pollinated plant, Nicotiana glauca (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 672-681. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Structure and Development:

Pieter L. Caris and Erik F. Smets

A floral ontogenetic study on the sister group relationship between the genus Samolus (Primulaceae) and the Theophrastaceae
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 627-643. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Annemarie Costello and Timothy J. Motley

The development of the superior ovary in Tetraplasandra (Araliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 644-655. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Douglas H. Goldman, Robert K. Jansen, Cassio van den Berg, Ilia J. Leitch, Michael F. Fay, and Mark W. Chase

Molecular and cytological examination of Calopogon (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae): circumscription, phylogeny, polyploidy, and possible hybrid speciation
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 707-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Elizabeth C. Moylan, Jonathan R. Bennett, Mark A. Carine, Richard G. Olmstead, and Robert W. Scotland

Phylogenetic relationships among Strobilanthes s.l. (Acanthaceae): evidence from ITS nrDNA, trnL-F cpDNA, and morphology
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 724-735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Joëlle Chat, Blanca Jáuregui, Rémy J. Petit, and Sophie Nadot

Reticulate evolution in kiwifruit (Actinidia, Actinidiaceae) identified by comparing their maternal and paternal phylogenies
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 736-747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Bernard Goffinet, A. Jonathan Shaw, and Cymon J. Cox

Phylogenetic inferences in the dung-moss family Splachnaceae from analyses of cpDNA sequence data and implications for the evolution of entomophily
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 748-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Nyree J. C. Zerega, Diane Ragone, and Timothy J. Motley

Complex origins of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis, Moraceae): implications for human migrations in Oceania
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 760-766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Shannon L. Datwyler and George D. Weiblen

On the origin of the fig: phylogenetic relationships of Moraceae from ndhF sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 767-777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

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