Anatomy and Morphology:

Harrison Wright, Wouter G. van Doorn, and Arunika H. L. A. N. Gunawardena

In vivo study of developmental programmed cell death using the lace plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis; Aponogetonaceae) leaf model system
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 865-876. Published online March 20, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Biomechanics:

Terri L. Koontz, Alexander Petroff, Geoffrey B. West, and James H. Brown

Scaling relations for a functionally two-dimensional plant: Chamaesyce setiloba (Euphorbiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 877-884. Published online April 13, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800380 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Damien Sellier and Thierry Fourcaud

Crown structure and wood properties: Influence on tree sway and response to high winds
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 885-896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ecology:

Nina Theis, Karen Kesler, and Lynn S. Adler

Leaf herbivory increases floral fragrance in male but not female Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Cucurbitaceae) flowers
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 897-903. Published online April 13, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800300 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristina F. Aragón, Marcos Méndez, and Adrián Escudero

Survival costs of reproduction in a short-lived perennial plant: Live hard, die young
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 904-911. Published online April 13, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan E. Elliott and Rebecca E. Irwin

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 912-919. Published online April 13, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolution and Phylogeny:

David R. Morgan, Randi-Lynn Korn, and Spencer L. Mugleston

Insights into reticulate evolution in Machaerantherinae (Asteraceae: Astereae): 5S ribosomal RNA spacer variation, estimating support for incongruence, and constructing reticulate phylogenies
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 920-932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paleobotany:

Marcela Martínez-Millán, William L. Crepet, and Kevin C. Nixon

Pentapetalum trifasciculandricus gen. et sp. nov., a thealean fossil flower from the Raritan Formation, New Jersey, USA (Turonian, Late Cretaceous)
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 933-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Biology:

Tina Kyndt, Achille E. Assogbadjo, Olivier J. Hardy, Romain Glele Kakaï, Brice Sinsin, Patrick Van Damme, and Godelieve Gheysen

Spatial genetic structuring of baobab (Adansonia digitata, Malvaceae) in the traditional agroforestry systems of West Africa
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 950-957. Published online April 16, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa E. Wallace, Stephen G. Weller, Warren L. Wagner, Ann K. Sakai, and Molly Nepokroeff

Phylogeographic patterns and demographic history of Schiedea globosa (Caryophyllaceae) on the Hawaiian Islands
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 958-967. Published online April 13, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reproductive Biology:

Véronique A. Delesalle and Susan J. Mazer

Size-dependent pollen:ovule ratios and the allometry of floral sex allocation in Clarkia (Onagraceae) taxa with contrasting mating systems
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 968-978. Published online April 13, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Jennifer A. Tate, V. Vaughan Symonds, Andrew N. Doust, Richard J. A. Buggs, Evgeny Mavrodiev, Lucas C. Majure, Pamela S. Soltis, and Douglas E. Soltis

Synthetic polyploids of Tragopogon miscellus and T. mirus (Asteraceae): 60 Years after Ownbey’s discovery
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 979-988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Systematics and Phytogeography:

Michael Möller, Martin Pfosser, Chang-Gee Jang, Veronika Mayer, Alexandra Clark, Michelle L. Hollingsworth, Michael H. J. Barfuss, Yin-Zheng Wang, Michael Kiehn, and Anton Weber

A preliminary phylogeny of the ‘didymocarpoid Gesneriaceae’ based on three molecular data sets: Incongruence with available tribal classifications
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 989-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Rubén Torices and Arne A. Anderberg

Phylogenetic analysis of sexual systems in Inuleae (Asteraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 1011-1019. Published online April 16, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

Aída Álvarez-Molina and Kenneth M. Cameron

Molecular phylogenetics of Prescottiinae s.l. and their close allies (Orchidaceae, Cranichideae) inferred from plastid and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 1020-1040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joshua P. Der, John A. Thomson, Jeran K. Stratford, and Paul G. Wolf

Global chloroplast phylogeny and biogeography of bracken (Pteridium; Dennstaedtiaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 1041-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communication:

Roberto Garcia, Adam M. Siepielski, and Craig W. Benkman

Cone and seed trait variation in whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis; Pinaceae) and the potential for phenotypic selection
Am. J. Bot. 2009 96: 1050-1054. Published online April 16, 2009; doi:10.3732/ajb.0800298 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]  

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