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Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 0. [Full Text]  

Anatomy and Morphology:

Peter B. Kitin, Tomoyuki Fujii, Hisashi Abe, and Ryo Funada

Anatomy of the vessel network within and between tree rings of Fraxinus lanuginosa (Oleaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 779-788. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Biomechanics:

Olga Speck and Hanns-Christof Spatz

Damped oscillations of the giant reed Arundo donax (Poaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 789-796. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Book Review:

Martin J. Lechowicz

Plant functional biology
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 1005-1006. [Full Text]  

Brief Communication:

P. Senthalir, S. Sharanya, and M. Paramathma

Suppression of branches in Eucalyptus trees
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 1002-1004. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Ecology:

Oliver Bossdorf, Stefan Schröder, Daniel Prati, and Harald Auge

Palatability and tolerance to simulated herbivory in native and introduced populations of Alliaria petiolata (Brassicaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 856-862. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Hugh W. Pritchard, Matthew I. Daws, Benjamin J. Fletcher, Christiane S. Gaméné, Heriel P. Msanga, and William Omondi

Ecological correlates of seed desiccation tolerance in tropical African dryland trees
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 863-870. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Jennifer A. Rudgers, Sharon Y. Strauss, and Jonathan F. Wendel

Trade-offs among anti-herbivore resistance traits: insights from Gossypieae (Malvaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 871-880. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Alisa P. Ramakrishnan, Susan E. Meyer, Jennifer Waters, Mikel R. Stevens, Craig E. Coleman, and Daniel J. Fairbanks

Correlation between molecular markers and adaptively significant genetic variation in Bromus tectorum (Poaceae), an inbreedingannual grass
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 797-803. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Clarisse Palma-Silva, Daniel G. dos Santos, Eliane Kaltchuk-Santos, and Maria H. Bodanese-Zanettini

Chromosome numbers, meiotic behavior, and pollen viability of species of Vriesea and Aechmea genera (Bromeliaceae) native to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 804-807. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Mycology and Plant Pathology:

David J. McLaughlin, Ronald W. Hanson, Jr, Elizabeth M. Frieders, Eric C. Swann, and Les J. Szabo

Mitosis in the yeast phase of the basidiomycetes Bensingtonia yuccicola and Stilbum vulgare and its phylogenetic implications
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 808-815. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Paleobotany:

Karimah Schoenhut, David R. Vann, and Ben A. LePage

Cytological and ultrastructural preservation in Eocene Metasequoia leaves from the Canadian High Arctic
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 816-824. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Population Biology:

Arthur E. Weis and Tanya M. Kossler

Genetic variation in flowering time induces phenological assortative mating: quantitative genetic methods applied to Brassica rapa
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 825-836. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Converse Griffith, Eunsuk Kim, and Kathleen Donohue

Life-history variation and adaptation in the historically mobile plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) in North America
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 837-849. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Reproductive Biology:

Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Francisco Molina-Freaner, Alfonso Torres, María del Coro Arizmendi, and Alejandro Casas

Geographic differentiation in the pollination system of the columnar cactus Pachycereus pecten -aboriginum
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 850-855. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Systematics:

Susanne S. Renner, Li-Bing Zhang, and Jin Murata

A chloroplast phylogeny of Arisaema (Araceae) illustrates Tertiary floristic links between Asia, North America, and East Africa
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 881-888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Tod F. Stuessy, Hanna Weiss-Schneeweiss, and David J. Keil

Diploid and polyploid cytotype distribution in Melampodium cinereum and M. leucanthum (Asteraceae, Heliantheae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 889-898. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Sara B. Hoot, Nancy S. Napier, and W. Carl Taylor

Revealing unknown or extinct lineages within Isoëtes (Isoëtaceae) using DNA sequencesfrom hybrids
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 899-904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Wendy L. Clement, Mark C. Tebbitt, Laura L. Forrest, Jaime E. Blair, Luc Brouillet, Torsten Eriksson, and Susan M. Swensen

Phylogenetic position and biogeography of Hillebrandia sandwicensis (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 905-917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Ryan K. Oyama and David A. Baum

Phylogenetic relationships of North American Antirrhinum (Veronicaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 918-925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Austin R. Mast, Danielle M. S. Feller, Sylvia Kelso, and Elena Conti

Buzz-pollinated Dodecatheon originated from within the heterostylous Primula subgenus Auriculastrum (Primulaceae): a seven-region cpDNA phylogeny and its implications for floral evolution
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 926-942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Anne-Cathrine Scheen, Christian Brochmann, Anne K. Brysting, Reidar Elven, Ashley Morris, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, and Victor A. Albert

Northern hemisphere biogeography of Cerastium (Caryophyllaceae): insights from phylogenetic analysis of noncoding plastidnucleotide sequences
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 943-952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Andrew J. Henderson

A multivariate analysis of Hyospathe (Palmae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 953-965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Karl W. Hillig and Paul G. Mahlberg

A chemotaxonomic analysis of cannabinoid variation in Cannabis (Cannabaceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 966-975. [Abstract] [Full Text]  

Andrea Weeks and Beryl B. Simpson

Molecular genetic evidence for interspecific hybridization among endemic Hispaniolan Bursera (Burseraceae)
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 976-984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Joey Shaw and Randall L. Small

Addressing the "hardest puzzle in American pomology:" Phylogeny of Prunus sect. Prunocerasus (Rosaceae) based on seven noncoding chloroplast DNA regions
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 985-996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

Douglas E. Soltis and Pamela S. Soltis

Amborella not a "basal angiosperm"? Not so fast
Am. J. Bot. 2004 91: 997-1001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [Supplementary Data]  

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