Anatomy and Morphology:

P. Barry Tomlinson and Jack B. Fisher

Development of nonlignified fibers in leaves of Gnetum gnemon (Gnetales)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 383-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zygmunt Hejnowicz and Wilhelm Barthlott

Structural and mechanical peculiarities of the petioles of giant leaves of Amorphophallus (Araceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 391-403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ecology:

Dylan W. Schwilk and David D. Ackerly

Is there a cost to resprouting? Seedling growth rate and drought tolerance in sprouting and nonsprouting Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 404-410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satya Maliakal-Witt, Eric S. Menges, and J. S. Denslow

Microhabitat distribution of two Florida scrub endemic plants in comparison to their habitat-generalist congeners
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 411-421. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulf Molau, Urban Nordenhäll, and Bente Eriksen

Onset of flowering and climate variability in an alpine landscape: a 10-year study from Swedish Lapland
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 422-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Tamara van Mölken, Linda D. Jorritsma-Wienk, Paul H. W. van Hoek, and Hans de Kroon

Only seed size matters for germination in different populations of the dimorphic Tragopogon pratensis subsp. pratensis (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ines Ben Mokhtar and Gilles Houle

Fruit maturation, not deteriorating light conditions, is the primary cue of senescence in a spring ephemeral annual plant—Floerkea proserpinacoides (Limnanthaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 438-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Yoshiaki Kameyama, Masahiro Toyama, and Masashi Ohara

Hybrid origins and F₁ dominance in the free-floating, sterile bladderwort, Utricularia australis f. australis (Lentibulariaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 469-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Biology:

Eric G. DeChaine and Andrew P. Martin

Marked genetic divergence among sky island populations of Sedum lanceolatum (Crassulaceae) in the Rocky Mountains
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 477-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Biology:

Eija Asikainen and Pia Mutikainen

Pollen and resource limitation in a gynodioecious species
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 487-494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeremy S. Brown and Christopher G. Eckert

Evolutionary increase in sexual and clonal reproductive capacity during biological invasion in an aquatic plant Butomus umbellatus (Butomaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 495-502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos N. Ibarra-Cerdeña, Luis I. Iñiguez-Dávalos, and Víctor Sánchez-Cordero

Pollination ecology of Stenocereus queretaroensis (Cactaceae), a chiropterophilous columnar cactus, in a tropical dry forest of Mexico
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 503-509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Narbona, Montserrat Arista, and Pedro L. Ortiz

Explosive seed dispersal in two perennial Mediterranean Euphorbia species (Euphorbiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 510-516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ling Zhang, Spencer C. H. Barrett, Jiang-Yun Gao, Jin Chen, W. W. Cole, Yong Liu, Zhi-Lin Bai, and Qing-Jun Li

Predicting mating patterns from pollination syndromes: the case of "sapromyiophily" in Tacca chantrieri (Taccaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 517-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Structure and Development:

Antonio J. Matas, Gloria López-Casado, Jesús Cuartero, and Antonio Heredia

Relative humidity and temperature modify the mechanical properties of isolated tomato fruit cuticles
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 462-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Systematics:

Carol P. Y. Lau, Lawrence Ramsden, and Richard M. K. Saunders

Hybrid origin of "Bauhinia blakeana" (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae), inferred using morphological, reproductive, and molecular data
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 525-533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexandra N. Muellner, Rosabelle Samuel, Mark W. Chase, Caroline M. Pannell, and Harald Greger

Aglaia (Meliaceae): an evaluation of taxonomic concepts based on DNA data and secondary metabolites
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 534-543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Grecebio D. Alejandro, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, and Sigrid Liede-Schumann

Polyphyly of Mussaenda inferred from ITS and trnT-F data and its implication for generic limits in Mussaendeae (Rubiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 544-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Margaret M. Koopman and Tina J. Ayers

Nectar spur evolution in the Mexican lobelias (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 558-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Tropical Biology:

Hugo Romero-Saltos, Leonel da S. L. Sternberg, Marcelo Z. Moreira, and Daniel C. Nepstad

Rainfall exclusion in an eastern Amazonian forest alters soil water movement and depth of water uptake
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 443-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Débora V. Aragão, Lucas B. Fortini, Stephen S. Mulkey, Daniel J. Zarin, Maristela M. Araujo, and Cláudio J. R. de Carvalho

Correlation but no causation between leaf nitrogen and maximum assimilation: the role of drought and reproduction in gas exchange in an understory tropical plant Miconia ciliata (Melastomataceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2005 92: 456-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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