In this issue:

Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 0. [Full Text]  

Invited Special Paper:

Donald R. Kaplan

The science of plant morphology: definition, history, and role in modern biology
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1711-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Book Review:

Thomas J. Givnish

The rise and fall of plant species: a population biologist's perspective
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1928-1934. [Full Text]  

Bryology and Lichenology:

Brett M. Clark, Larry L. St. Clair, Nolan F. Mangelson, Lawrence B. Rees, Patrick G. Grant, and Graham S. Bench

Characterization of mycobiont adaptations in the foliose lichen Xanthoparmelia chlorochroa (Parmeliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1742-1749. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ecology:

Guillermo Ibarra-Manríquez, Miguel Martínez Ramos, and Ken Oyama

Seedling functional types in a lowland rain forest in Mexico
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1801-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Shiro Tsuyuzaki and Masaki Goto

Persistence of seed bank under thick volcanic deposits twenty years after eruptions of Mount Usu, Hokkaido Island, Japan
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1813-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James K. McCarron and Alan K. Knapp

C₃ woody plant expansion in a C₄ grassland: are grasses and shrubs functionally distinct?
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1818-1823. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

William K. Cornwell, Barbara L. Bedford, and Carmen T. Chapin

Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a phosphorus-poor wetland and mycorrhizal response to phosphorus fertilization
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1824-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Population Biology:

Ester Sales, Sergio G. Nebauer, Maurici Mus, and Juan Segura

Population genetic study in the Balearic endemic plant species Digitalis minor (Scrophulariaceae) using RAPD markers
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1750-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Tânia Wendt, Maria Bernadete Ferreira Canela, Ana Paula Gelli de Faria, and Ricardo Iglesias Rios

Reproductive biology and natural hybridization between two endemic species of Pitcairnia (Bromeliaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1760-1767. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Steven D. Johnson, Anton Pauw, and Jeremy Midgley

Rodent pollination in the African lily Massonia depressa (Hyacinthaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1768-1773. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marcos Méndez and Anita Díaz

Flowering dynamics in Arum italicum (Araceae): relative role of inflorescence traits, flowering synchrony, and pollination context on fruit initiation
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1774-1780. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Marcos Méndez

Sexual mass allocation in species with inflorescences as pollination units: a comparison between Arum italicum and Arisaema (Araceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1781-1785. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Jennifer L. Poulton, Roger T. Koide, and Andrew G. Stephenson

Effects of mycorrhizal infection and soil phosphorus availability on in vitro and in vivo pollen performance in Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1786-1793. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

James A. Fausto, Jr., Vincent M. Eckhart, and Monica A. Geber

Reproductive assurance and the evolutionary ecology of self-pollination in Clarkia xantiana (Onagraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1794-1800. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Charles C. Davis, William R. Anderson, and Michael J. Donoghue

Phylogeny of Malpighiaceae: evidence from chloroplast ndhF and trnl-F nucleotide sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1830-1846. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Kenneth M. Cameron, Mark W. Chase, William R. Anderson, and Harold G. Hills

Molecular systematics of Malpighiaceae: evidence from plastid rbcL and matK sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1847-1862. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Debra R. Ayres and Donald R. Strong

Origin and genetic diversity of Spartina anglica (Poaceae) using nuclear DNA markers
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1863-1867. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mikael Hedrén, Michael F. Fay, and Mark W. Chase

Amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) reveal details of polyploid evolution in Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1868-1880. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Wim J. M. Koopman, Martin J. Zevenbergen, and Ronald G. Van den Berg

Species relationships in Lactuca s.l. (Lactuceae, Asteraceae) inferred from AFLP fingerprints
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1881-1887. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Iris E. Peralta and David M. Spooner

Granule-bound starch synthase (GBSSI) gene phylogeny of wild tomatoes (Solanum L. section Lycopersicon [Mill.] Wettst. subsection Lycopersicon)
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1888-1902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Paul J. Kores, Mia Molvray, Peter H. Weston, Stephen D. Hopper, Andrew P. Brown, Kenneth M. Cameron, and Mark W. Chase

A phylogenetic analysis of Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on plastid DNA sequence data
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1903-1914. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Barbara Gravendeel, Mark W. Chase, Ed F. de Vogel, Marco C. Roos, Ted H. M. Mes, and Konrad Bachmann

Molecular phylogeny of Coelogyne (Epidendroideae; Orchidaceae) based on plastid RFLPS, matK, and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences: evidence for polyphyly
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1915-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Errata:

Erratum
Am. J. Bot. 2001 88: 1927. [Full Text]  

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