Anatomy and Morphology:

Paul-Camilo Zalamea, Pablo R. Stevenson, Santiago Madriñán, Pierre-Marie Aubert, and Patrick Heuret

Growth pattern and age determination for Cecropia sciadophylla (Urticaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 263-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatiana Arias and Joseph H. Williams

Embryology of Manekia naranjoana (Piperaceae) and the origin of tetrasporic, 16-nucleate female gametophytes in Piperales
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 272-285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communication:

Ana L. Caicedo

Geographic diversity cline of R gene homologs in wild populations of Solanum pimpinellifolium (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 393-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Developmental Biology and Developmental Genetics:

Justin A. Bosch, Kweon Heo, Marek K. Sliwinski, and David A. Baum

An exploration of LEAFY expression in independent evolutionary origins of rosette flowering in Brassicaceae
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 286-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ecology:

Hans Jacquemyn and Rein Brys

Density-dependent mating and reproductive assurance in the temperate forest herb Paris quadrifolia (Trilliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 294-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cynthia J. Willson, Paul S. Manos, and Robert B. Jackson

Hydraulic traits are influenced by phylogenetic history in the drought-resistant, invasive genus Juniperus (Cupressaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 299-314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Azucena Canto, Carlos M. Herrera, Mónica Medrano, Ricardo Pérez, and Isabel M. García

Pollinator foraging modifies nectar sugar composition in Helleborus foetidus (Ranunculaceae):An experimental test
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 315-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics:

Maurizio Rossetto, Robert Kooyman, William Sherwin, and Rebecca Jones

Dispersal limitations, rather than bottlenecks or habitat specificity, can restrict the distribution of rare and endemic rainforest trees
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 321-329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paleobotany:

Nathan A. Jud, Gar W. Rothwell, and Ruth A. Stockey

Todea from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America: implications for the phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of modern Osmundaceae
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 330-339. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Winship Taylor, Gilbert J. Brenner, and Sa'd Hasan Basha

Scutifolium jordanicum gen. et sp. nov. (Cabombaceae), an aquatic fossil plant from the Lower Cretaceous of Jordan, and the relationships of related leaf fossils to living genera
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 340-352. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Systematics and Phytogeography:

Wim J. M. Koopman, Volker Wissemann, Katrien De Cock, Johan Van Huylenbroeck, Jan De Riek, Gerda J. H. Sabatino, Dirk Visser, Ben Vosman, Christiane M. Ritz, Bert Maes, Gun Werlemark, Hilde Nybom, Thomas Debener, Marcus Linde, and Marinus J. M. Smulders

AFLP markers as a tool to reconstruct complex relationships: A case study in Rosa (Rosaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 353-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Gay E. McKinnon, René E. Vaillancourt, Dorothy A. Steane, and Bradley M. Potts

An AFLP marker approach to lower-level systematics in Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 368-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

K. Marlowe and Larry Hufford

Evolution of Synthyris sect. Dissecta (Plantaginaceae) on sky islands in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 381-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Erratum
Am. J. Bot. 2008 95: 0. [Full Text]  

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