Book Review:

Richard G. Olmstead

Are invasive plants an inevitable consequence of evolution?
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1236-1239. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ecology:

Nathan Muchhala

The pollination biology of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae): specialization and syndromes
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1081-1089. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sara Puijalon and Gudrun Bornette

Phenotypic plasticity and mechanical stress: biomass partitioning and clonal growth of an aquatic plant species
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1090-1099. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Phycology:

Lavinia Robba, Stephen J. Russell, Gary L. Barker, and Juliet Brodie

Assessing the use of the mitochondrial cox1 marker for use in DNA barcoding of red algae (Rhodophyta)
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1101-1108. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biochemistry:

John Lokvam, Tania Brenes-Arguedas, J. Scott Lee, Phyllis D. Coley, and Thomas A. Kursar

Allelochemic function for a primary metabolite: the case of l-tyrosine hyper-production in Inga umbellifera (Fabaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1109-1115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Biology:

Felicia Oliva-Tejera, Juli Caujapé-Castells, Josefa Navarro-Déniz, Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, Stephan Scholz, Mario Baccarani-Rosas, and Nereida Cabrera-García

Patterns of genetic divergence of three Canarian endemic Lotus (Fabaceae): implications for the conservation of the endangered L. kunkelii
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1116-1124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Fang, Daniel R. Taub, Gordon A. Fox, R. Matthew Landis, Susan Natali, and Jessica Gurevitch

Sources of variation in growth, form, and survival in dwarf and normal-stature pitch pines (Pinus rigida, Pinaceae) in long-term transplant experiments
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1125-1133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Biology:

Shoko Sakai, Rhett D. Harrison, Kuniyasu Momose, Koichiro Kuraji, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Tetsuzo Yasunari, Lucy Chong, and Tohru Nakashizuka

Irregular droughts trigger mass flowering in aseasonal tropical forests in asia
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1134-1139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Systematics and Phytogeography:

Stacey DeWitt Smith and David A. Baum

Phylogenetics of the florally diverse Andean clade Iochrominae (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1140-1153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data][Online Errata]  

Jenny K. Archibald, Daniel J. Crawford, Arnoldo Santos-Guerra, and Mark E. Mort

The utility of automated analysis of inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) loci for resolving relationships in the Canary Island species of Tolpis (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1154-1162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Moore, Alan Tye, and Robert K. Jansen

Patterns of long-distance dispersal in Tiquilia subg. Tiquilia (Boraginaceae): implications for the origins of amphitropical disjuncts and Galápagos Islands endemics
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1163-1177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wendy B. Zomlefer, W. Mark Whitten, Norris H. Williams, and Walter S. Judd

Infrageneric phylogeny of Schoenocaulon (Liliales: Melanthiaceae) with clarification of cryptic species based on ITS sequence data and geographical distribution
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1178-1192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosabelle Samuel, Walter Gutermann, Tod F. Stuessy, Claudete F. Ruas, Hans-Walter Lack, Karin Tremetsberger, Salvador Talavera, Barbara Hermanowski, and Friedrich Ehrendorfer

Molecular phylogenetics reveals Leontodon (Asteraceae, Lactuceae) to be diphyletic
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1193-1205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judita Lihová, Karol Marhold, Hiroshi Kudoh, and Marcus A. Koch

Worldwide phylogeny and biogeography of Cardamine flexuosa (Brassicaceae) and its relatives
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1206-1221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Robert J. McKenzie, Elizabeth M. Muller, Amy K. W. Skinner, Per Ola Karis, and Nigel P. Barker

Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation in subtribe Arctotidinae (Asteraceae: Arctotideae) inferred by DNA sequence data from ITS and five chloroplast regions
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1222-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Errata:

Online errata
Am. J. Bot. 2006 93: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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