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List of Abstracts received so far:

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1. ABDUL-SALIM, KOBINAH. - "Out of Africa" revisited: developments in the systematics of Symphonia (Clusiaceae), with implications for biogeography. [S]
2. ADAMS, CHRISTOPHER A.*, JERRY M. BASKIN, AND CAROL C. BASKIN. - Vegetative and floral morphology, flowering phenology, and life cycle type of Grindelia lanceloata (Asteraceae) from cedar glades in middle Tennessee and northern Alabama: A common garden study. [E]
3. ALBACH, DIRK C*, MANFRED A FISCHER, JOHANN GREILHUBER, AND MARK W CHASE. - VERONICA: Various Evolutionary Reductions Of Numerous Independent Character Assemblages. [S]
4. ALFORD, MAC H. - Systematics of the tribe Prockieae (Flacourtiaceae). [S] [Poster]
5. ALICE, LAWRENCE A. - Insights into a taxonomically challenging group: Rubus (Rosoideae; Rosaceae). [S-symposium]
6. ALLAN, G. J.*, E. WENZEL, J. FRANCISCO-ORTEGA, AND A. SANTOS-GUERRA. - Defining the geographic origin and evolution of Canary Island Lotus subgenus Pedrosia: evidence based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. [S]
7. ALLEN, GERALDINE A.*, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, AND DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS. - The origins of two allotetraploid species of Erythronium (Liliaceae): evidence from ITS and psbA-trnH DNA sequences and AFLP markers. [S]
8. ALLPHIN, LOREEN*, AMY HUNT, AND VAL J. ANDERSON. - Genetic variability and loss of reproductive capacity in isolated populations of Utah juniper. [E]
9. ALVAREZ, AIDA* AND KENNETH M. CAMERON. - Systematic studies of Gomphichis (Prescottiinae, Orchidaceae). [S]
10. ALVAREZ-FUENTES, ORLANDO*, L. ALAN PRATHER, MARK H. MAYFIELD, AND CAROLYN J. FERGUSON. - Temporal collecting patterns: At what rate are U.S. herbaria accumulating specimens? [S]
11. AMOROSO, CECILIA BELTRAN. - Spore culture of Lycopodium clavatum L. [O]
12. AMSLER, CHARLES D.*, MARGARET O. AMSLER, JAMES B. MCCLINTOCK, KATRIN B. IKEN, JOANNA M. HUBBARD, AND BILL J. BAKER. - Palatability and chemical defenses of macroalgae on the Antarctic Peninsula. [A]
13. ANDERSON, M. REBECCA* AND SABINE S. LOEW. - Neutral genetic diversity and population size in a commercially valuable plant, American ginseng. [G] [Poster]
14. ANDERSON, ROGER C.*, NELSON DEBRA, AND MARCIA A. RICKEY. - Response of prairie forbs to whitetailed deer browsing. [E]
15. ANDERSON, WILLIAM R. - Dioecy in the Malpighiaceae. [S]
16. ANTLFINGER, ANN E.* AND DIANA BRADSHAW. - Seed germination and seedling establishment of Spiranthes cernua (Orchidaceae) in a native and a reestablished prairie. [E] [Poster]
17. ANTONSEN, HILDE, ROGER C. ANDERSON*, AND STEVEN A. JULIANO. - Reanalyzing data on effects of nutrients on Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem) with high and low AM colonization. [E] [Poster]
18. APPLE, MARTIN A. - Botanic Scientists' 21st Century Vision and Grand Challenges. [Z-symposium]
19. ARCHIBALD, JENNY K.*, ANDREA D. WOLFE, AND MARK E. MORT. - Preliminary insights into the phylogenetics of Zaluzianskya (Scrophulariaceae, Tribe Manuleae) inferred from multiple DNA data sets. [S]
20. ARII, KEN AND MARTIN J. LECHOWICZ.* - The sapling ecology of beech-maple codominance in an old-growth forest. [E]
21. AVIS, PETER G.*, D. J. MCLAUGHLIN, I. CHARVAT, AND P. REICH. - The direct effect of nitrogen as a mechanism for change in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities. [D-symposium]
22. AXSMITH, BRIAN* AND MICHAEL KRINGS. - An alternative reconstruction of the cheirolepidiaceous conifer Pseudofrenelopsis parceramosa. [F]
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23. BACHVAROFF, T. R.*, E. M. HERMAN, AND C. F. DELWICHE. - Dinoflagellate genomics: results from an EST approach. [A]
24. BADARAU, ALEXANDRU - SABIN*, MIHAI CONSTANTINESCU, STEFAN DEZSI, AND FLORIN PENDEA. - Biogeography and degradation of the grasslands dominated by Stipa sect. Stipa species in the Transylvanian forest - steppe. Consequences upon the evolution of the regional landscape. [E]
25. BALLARD, HARVEY E.*, GAR ROTHWELL, AND RUTH STOCKEY. - Reassessing relationships among aroids and duckweeds. [S]
26. BALLARD, HARVEY E.*, MIN FENG, AND JEROME K. MUNZINGER. - Biogeographic Patterns and Trans-Oceanic Dispersal in the Violaceae. [T-symposium]
27. BARBER, JANET C.*, SANDRA S. ALISCIONI, LILIANA M. GIUSSANI, JEFFREY D. NOLL, MELVIN R. DUVALL, AND ELIZABETH A. KELLOGG. - Combined analyses of three independent datasets to investigate phylogeny of Poaceae subfamily Panicoideae. [S]
28. BARKLEY, THEODORE M. - The Asteraceae in the Flora of North Aemrica (FNA): accounting for new knowledge. [S]
29. BARKWORTH, MARY E. - Echinochloa crusgalli and E. muricata (Gramineae): Disentangling distributional data. [S]
30. BARRINGTON, DAVID S.*, YOKO YATABE, AND WU SUGONG. - New insights into the phylogeny of Asian Polystichum(Dryopteridaceae) from expanded rbcL data. [O]
31. BARTKOWIAK, BRIAN AND GRANT GREGORY MITMAN.* - Algal Stimulation of the Berkeley Pit Lake System. [A]
32. BASHORE, SARAH L.* AND ART T. TRESE. - Isolation and characterization of lipo-chitin oligosaccharides (LCOs) or nod factors from rhizobium species that have the ability to nodulate a restrictive Phaseolus vulgaris host. [G] [Poster]
33. BASTIEN, JULIE AND LUC BROUILLET.* - Phylogeny of North American and Eurasian asters (Astereae: Asteraceae) using cpDNa and combined ITS-cpDNA sequence data. [S] [Poster]
34. BATES, PAUL L.*, LINDA E. WATSON, AND JAMES R. ESTES. - Molecular systematics of the Artemisia ludoviciana complex (Asteraceae : Tribe Anthemideae) based on the ITS and ETS regions of rDNA. [S]
35. BATTERMAN, MCLYNDA R. W.* AND THOMAS G. LAMMERS. - The systematic implications of trichome morpholgy in Centropogon (Campanulaceae:Lobelioideae). [S]
36. BAUM, DAVID A.*, ALAN YEN, BARBARA A. WHITLOCK, WILLIAM S. ALVERSON, RETO NYFFELER, STACEY SMITH, AND REBECCA OLDHAM. - Mode, locus, and tempo of evolution in Malvoideae and Bombacoideae (Malvaceae s.l.): Evidence from multiple DNA sequences. [S]
37. BAYER, RANDALL J.* AND EDWARD W. CROSS. - The tribal placement of several enigmatic genera of Australian Asteraceae based on molecular and morphological data. [S]
38. BELL, CHARLES D.* AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Phylogeny and biogeography of Valerianaceae (Dipsacales), with special reference to the South American species. [S]
39. BELL, JOHN M.*, JEFFERY D. KARRON, AND RANDALL J. MITCHELL. - The effect of interspecific competition for pollinator service on pollen dispersal and mating patterns in Mimulus ringens. [E] [Poster]
40. BELL, ROBERT A. - Phytoplankton community composition in the Tri-Lakes area of central Wisconsin, USA. [A]
41. BELL, TIMOTHY J.* AND MARLIN BOWLES. - Elasticity analysis of Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) and Mead’s milkweed (Asclepias meadii) restorations. [E]
42. BERRY, PAUL E.*, ANDREW L. HIPP, AND KENNETH J. WURDACK. - Molecular phylogeny and floristics of Croton (Euphorbiaceae), a “giant genus”. [S]
43. BHARATHAN, G*, TOM GOLIBER, AND NEELIMA SINHA. - Using trees to understand leaves: phylogenetic and developmental patterns. [D-symposium]
44. BHARUCHA, DIANA X., BETH MORLING, AND RICHARD A. NIESENBAUM.* - Plants as Drugs: How do Latinos and Non-Hispanic White Communities Use and Define Herbal Medicines? [B] [Poster]
45. BHATTACHARYA, DEBASHISH*, DAWN SIMON, THOMAS FRIEDL, AND GERT HELMS. - Vertical evolution and intragenic spread of lichen-fungal group I introns. [G]
46. BLARER, ALBERT*, DANIEL L. NICKRENT, AND PETER K. ENDRESS. - Comparative floral anatomy of Apodanthes, Pilostyles, and Berlinianche (Apodanthaceae). [D]
47. BOHANIN, ROBERT. - Restoration of prairies as teaching tools. [P-symposium]
48. BOHS, LYNN. - The origin and evolution of the tree tomato, Solanum betaceum. [B-symposium]
49. BOND, MICHAEL, ZHONGMIN DONG, AND GENLOU SUN.* - Estimation of genetic relationships among wheat breeding lines by RAPD marker analyses. [G] [Poster]
50. BORGARDT, SANDRA J.* AND KEVIN C. NIXON. - A phylogenetically based ovule, seed and fruit anatomical/developmental study within the genus Quercus (Fagaceae). [D]
51. BOYCE, C. KEVIN*, ANDREW H. KNOLL, GEORGE D. CODY, MARILYN L. FOGEL, AND ROBERT M. HAZEN. - Microanalysis of elemental, isotopic, and organic chemistry of cellularly preserved fossils. [F]
52. BOYCE, C. KEVIN. - Evolution of leaf morphology and development in extant plants and the fossil record. [D]
53. BOYD, AMY E. - Phylogenetic relationships and corolla size evolution among Macromeria (Boraginaceae). [S]
54. BROCK, MARCUS T. - The threat of genetic assimilation to the integrity of a native plant species, Taraxacum ceratophorum (Asteraceae). [E]
55. BROUGHTON, JULIE D. AND BRUCE H. TIFFNEY.* - Paleoclimate and paleoecology of the Early Miocene Mohawk Valley Flora, northern Sierra Nevada, California. [F]
56. BROWN, BEVERLY J. - Investigative labs: hands-on field experiences in pollination ecology. [T]
57. BRUNSFELD, STEVEN J.* AND TERRY R. MILLER. - Evidence for a glacial refugium in the northern Rocky Mountains. [S]
58. BUECHLER, WALTER K. - A revision of Salix hesperia (Knowlton) Condit and allied species. [F]
59. BUNSAWAT, JIRANAN* AND LAWRENCE A. ALICE. - Mentha (Lamiaceae) phylogenetic analysis using TrnL-TrnF and ITS sequences. [S]
60. BURKE, JOHN M.* AND LOREN H. RIESEBERG. - Genetic analysis of sunflower domestication. [G]
61. BURLEIGH, J. GORDON AND SARAH MATHEWS.* - Resolving ancient divergences in molecular phylogenetic analyses: sources of error and bias in a 9-locus data set from seed plants. [S]
62. BUZGO, MATYAS*, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, BERNARD A. HAUSER, AND BO JOHANSEN. - B-Class organ identity in basal monocots. [D] [Poster]
63. BUZGO, MATYAS*, YIN-LONG QIU, AND MARK W. CHASE. - ITS in Arisaema (Araceae). [S] [Poster]
64. BYERLEY, M. BROOKE* AND SHANNA CARNEY. - Developmental instability and floral formula deviation in Phlox. [E] [Poster]
65. BYERS, DIANE L.* AND AARON WARSAW. - The fragmentation of prairies environments and the consequences for a gynodioecous species, Lobelia spicata. [E]
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66. CALVILLO-CANADELL, LAURA* AND SERGIO R. S. CEVALLOS-FERRIZ. - Fossil legumes from Mexico. [F]
67. CAMERON, KENNETH M. - Intertribal relationships within Orchidaceae as inferred from analyses of five plastid genes. [S]
68. CAMERON, KENNETH M.*, KENNETH J. WURDACK, AND RICHARD W. JOBSON. - Aldrovanda is sister to Dionaea (Droseraceae): molecular evidence for the common origin of snap-traps among carnivorous plants. [S]
69. CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER S.* AND TIMOTHY A. DICKINSON. - Rosaceae phylogeny: Current knowledge, problems, and prospects. [S-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
70. CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER S.*, RODGER C. EVANS, MATTHEW P. ARSENAULT, AND TIMOTHY A. DICKINSON. - Phylogenetic insights into the Maloideae (Rosaceae) from chloroplast DNA. [S-symposium]
71. CANNE-HILLIKER, JUDY*, TOM HAZLE, AND LARA YACOB. - Ontogeny and phylogeny of the Erythranthe clade of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae s. l.) and Myoporaceae. [D-symposium]
72. CARMICHAEL, JEFFREY S.*, KATY W. EULISS, AND GEORGANN F. COLLINS. - The effects of selenium accumulation in canola (Brassica napus). [E]
73. CARR, DAVID E.*, MICKY D. EUBANKS, AND CHRISTOPHER T. IVEY. - Inbreeding and its effects on plant-herbivore interactions. [E-symposium]
74. CARRINO, SARAH R.* AND NANCY L. SMITH-HUERTA. - Effects of nutrient supplementation on components of reproduction in the wildflower Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae). [E] [Poster]
75. CARTY, SUSAN* AND JOHN D. HALL II. - Desmids and dinoflagellates of Ecuador. [A] [Poster]
76. CASAMATTA, DALE A.*, MORGAN L. VIS, AND ROBERT G. SHEATH. - Phormidium retzii (Oscillatoriales): genotypic variation and phenotypic plasticity. [A]
77. CATHERALL, JENNIFER M* AND HUGUES B MASSICOTTE. - Ectomycorrhizal associations of Larix laricina (tamarack) and Betula glandulosa (scrub birch) growing in wetland ecosystems in central British Columbia. [E] [Poster]
78. CHANDLER, GREGORY T.* AND GREGORY M. PLUNKETT. - Recent advances in the resolution of intra-ordinal affinities in the Apiales: evidence from 26S rDNA. [S]
79. CHAPMAN, ERIC M.* AND ROGER D. MEICENHEIMER. - Anatomical Basis for Biophysical Differences Between Pinus nigra and Pinus resinosa Leaves. [D] [Poster]
80. CHAPMAN, RUSSELL L.*, CHARLES F. DELWICHE, AND RICHARD M. MCCOURT. - Green Algal Conquest of the Land: Many Conquests, One Victory? [A-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
81. CHASE, MARK W.*, MICHELLE VAN DER BANK, DION DEVEY, AND MICHAEL F. FAY. - Nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences and the evolution of multiple lineages of allotetraploids in Dactylorhiza (Orchidaceae). [S]
82. CHEN, JUDY IJU. - Middle Eocene palynoflora of Huadian, Jilin Province, Northeastern China. [F]
83. CHIASSON, WAYNE B., NICHOLAS J. MACHESKY, AND MORGAN L. VIS.* - Phylogeography of Batrachospermum helminthosum (Rhodophyta) in North America. [A] [Poster]
84. CHO, T.O.*, S. FREDERICQ, AND K.K. YATES. - Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum in Tampa Bay, Florida. [A] [Poster]
85. CHO, T.O.*, S. FREDERICQ, S.N. MURRAY, AND S.M. BOO. - New systematic insights in the Ceramium sinicolacomplex: resurrection of C. interruptumS. & G. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). [A]
86. CHRISTIANSON, MICHAEL L. - Root formation in ferns: an evo-devo exploration. [D]
87. CHUMLEY, TIMOTHY W.*, HAE-LIM LEE, KI-JOONG KIM, AND ROBERT K. JANSEN. - Phylogeny and biogeography of Menodora (Oleaceae). [S]
88. CHUMLEY, TIMOTHY W.*, STERLING C. KEELEY, JOSE L. PANERO, AND ROBERT K. JANSEN. - A phylogeny of Lipochaeta (Asteraceae) inferred from the internal and external transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA. [S] [Poster]
89. CHUNG, MYONG GI* AND REID G. PALMER. - Evaluation of allozyme diversity in the USDA soybean germplasm collections from China. [G]
90. CHUNG, SANG-MIN*, DEENA S. DECKER-WALTERS, AND JACK E. STAUB. - Evaluation of relationships within the tribe Benincaseae (Cucurbitaceae) using cpDNA microsatellite fragment length variation and comparison of the sequenced fragments. [S] [Poster]
91. CID, CARMEN R. - Effect of soil seed bank response to flooding on seasonal and spatial variation in vegetation structure of Connecticut's urban inland wetlands. [E] [Poster]
92. CIUGULEA, IONEL I., DEBRA A. WATERS*, JOHN W. DAY, JR., AND RUSSELL L. CHAPMAN. - Phytoplankton of a Mississippi River watershed in coastal Louisiana. [A] [Poster]
93. CLAERBOUT, ANN E.*, JANICE M. COONS, HENRY R. OWEN, AND BRENT L. TODD. - Floral Biology of Lesquerella ludoviciana, an Endangered Plant in Illinois. [E]
94. COLEMAN, AMANDA L.* AND KATHLEEN B. PIGG. - Anatomically preserved taxodiaceous ovulate cones from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, Washington State, USA. [F]
95. COLEMAN, ANNETTE W. - Do the oaks really contain pseudogenes of ITS repeats? [S]
96. CONTI, ELENA*, TORSTEN ERIKSSON, JUERG SCHOENENBERGER, KENNETH J. SYTSMA, AND DAVID A. BAUM. - Molecular evidence for Early Tertiary out-of-India dispersal in Crypteroniaceae (Myrtales). [T-symposium]
97. COOK, MARTHA E.* AND LINDA E. GRAHAM. - Origin and early evolution of plant body symmetry and gravity responses. [A-symposium]
98. COOK, RACHEL E.* AND JOHN C. SEMPLE. - A biosystematic study of Solidago subsect. Glomeruliflorae Torr. & Gray (Asteraceae:Astereae) in eastern North America. [S]
99. CORBETT, SARAH L.* AND STEVEN R. MANCHESTER. - Phytogeographic history of Ailanthus Desf. (Simaroubaceae) based on fossil fruits. [F]
100. CORTES-PALOMEC, AUREA* AND HARVEY BALLARD. - Isolation mechanisms and gene flow between co-occurring species of Mexican Viola (Violaceae). [S]
101. COSTELLO, ANNEMARIE* AND TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY. - Systematic studies of the Tetraplasandra group (Araliaceae). [S]
102. COTA-SANCHEZ, J. HUGO*, RANDY OLSON, AND JUDY HARALDSON. - Saskatchewan's rare plants: an overview. [S]
103. CRAWFORD, DANIEL J.*, REBECCA T. KIMBALL, DONALD H. LES, ELIAS LANDOLT, AND LISA E. WALLACE. - The origin of Lemna japonica (Lemnaceae): insights from molecular data. [S]
104. CRONN, RICHARD*, RANDALL SMALL, TAMARA HASELKORN, AND JONATHAN WENDEL. - Chloroplast and nuclear sequences reveal a complex, reticulate ancestry for the Mexican cotton Gossypium gossypioides (Malvaceae). [S]
105. CROSS, AUREAL T.* AND RALPH E. TAGGART. - A new Mississippian plant deposit in western Michigan. [F]
106. CROSS, HUGH B.*, RAFAEL LIRA SAADE, ISELA RODRIGUEZ AREVALO, AND TIMOTHY J. MOTLEY. - Intergeneric relationships and character evolution in the tribe Sicyeae (Cucurbitaceae). [S]
107. CUI, LIYING* AND CLAUDE W. DEPAMPHILIS. - Distribution of transcription factors in protein and EST databases. [G] [Poster]
108. CULLEY, THERESA M.*, ANN K. SAKAI, STEPHEN G. WELLER, AND DIANE R. CAMPBELL. - The quantitative genetics of sex allocation in gynodioecious Schiedea salicaria (Caryophyllaceae). [S-symposium]
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109. DANIEL, THOMAS F. - Acanthaceae of Honduras: why so few species? [S]
110. DAVIS, B.E.*, S.J. INTERLANDI, S.S. KILHAM, AND E.C. THERIOT. - Effects of sampling scale and analysis method on perceptions of phytoplankton species associations. [A]
111. DAVIS, CHARLES C.*, CHARLES D. BELL, SARAH MATHEWS, AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Laurasian migration explains Gondwanan disjunctions: evidence from Malpighiaceae. [T-symposium]
112. DAVIS, JERROLD I.*, KEVIN C. NIXON, AND DAMON P. LITTLE. - A conventional analysis of the 500-terminal rbcL data set. [S]
113. DAWES, CLINTON J.* AND ARTHUR C. MATHIESON. - A guide to the seaweeds of Florida. [A]
114. DECH, JEFFERY P.* AND M. ANWAR MAUN. - Zonation in plant communities along a burial gradient in an ecotone between coastal dunes and oak savanna. [E]
115. DECH, JEFFERY P.* AND PETER NOSKO. - Phenotypic plasticity in Lythrum salicaria L. along a competition gradient in central Ontario wetlands. [E] [Poster]
116. DELESALLE, VERONIQUE A* AND SUSAN J MAZER. - Comparing pollen:ovule ratios of early versus late flowers in Clarkia species with contrasting mating system. [E] [Poster]
117. DELPH, LYNDA F. - Unexpected mitochondrial sequence diversity in natural populations of Silene acaulis. [S-symposium]
118. DELWICHE, CHARLES F.*, KENNETH G. KAROL, AND RICHARD M. MCCOURT. - One small step: why did the charophytes have the right stuff? [A-symposium]
119. DENGLER, NANCY*, DENIS BARABE, AND JUDY CANNE-HILLIKER. - Generating diversity: The link between developmental morphology and phylogeny. [D-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
120. DEPAMPHILIS, CLAUDE*, LENA LANDHERR, TODD BARKMAN, JOEL MCNEAL, AND NED YOUNG. - Riveting reverses editing in plant mitochondrial sequences. [G]
121. DEPAMPHILIS, CLAUDE*, VICTOR ALBERT, JOHN E. CARLSON, JEFF J. DOYLE, DAWN FIELD, MICHAEL FROHLICH, HONG MA, WEBB MILLER, DAVID OPPENHEIMER, DOUGLAS SOLTIS, PAMELA SOLTIS, STEVEN TANKSLEY, AND GUENTER THEISSEN. - The Floral Genome Project:. [S]
122. DES MARAIS, DAVID L.* AND BRENT D. MISHLER. - Phylogeography of the Moss Genus Timmiella (Pottiaceae; Musci). [S]
123. DEVORE, MELANIE L.*, KATHLEEN B. PIGG, AMANDA M. WESTBROOK, AND EVERETTE BARMAN. - Galling cynipids, larval traces, and fungal infestations from the Miocene of Washington. [F]
124. DEYOE, HUDSON R.*, JOSEPH L. KOWALSKI, AND CHRISTOPER P. ONUF. - Spatial and temporal characterization of the drifting macroalgae in a subtropical Texas lagoon. [A] [Poster]
125. DICKIE, IAN A.*, STEFAN A. SCHNITZER, PETER B. REICH, AND SARAH E. HOBBIE. - A horizontally transmitted symbiosis in a patchy world: mycorrhizal infection of oak seedlings in old fields and savanna openings. [D-symposium]
126. DICKINSON, RICHARD B.* AND TIMOTHY A. DICKINSON. - Web-based Interactive Identification Using Pollyclave 2. [S]
127. DICKINSON, TIMOTHY A.*, RODGER C. EVANS, AND CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL. - Rosaceae classification and phylogeny: introduction and overview. [S-symposium]
128. DILCHER, D. L.*, GE SUN, K. C. NIXON, AND QIANG JI. - A new basal angiosperm family. [F]
129. DIMMER, STEPHANIE K.*, MICHELLE DEAN, MARVIN W. FAWLEY, AND KAREN P. FAWLEY. - Diversity of fusiform microchlorophyte algae from Itasca State Park, Minnesota. [A] [Poster]
130. DOLE, JEFFEREY* AND ADAM PORTER. - Forces shaping mating system evolution and speciation in Mimulus : inferences from hybrid zones. [E-symposium]
131. DONOGHUE, MICHAEL J.* AND CHARLES D. BELL. - Characterevolution in Dipsacales. [S]
132. DOOLEY, MELISSA A.* AND LUCINDA J. SWATZELL. - Porosity and specific retention of Emminence-Potosi Dolomite Limestone from Cheilanthes feei habitat in southeast Missouri. [O] [Poster]
133. DOTY, KAREN F.*, JAMIE L. BALDWIN, AND MARTHA E. COOK. - Cytokinesis in the charophycean alga Coleochaete (Charophyceae). [D] [Poster]
134. DOUST, ANDREW N.* AND ELIZABETH A. KELLOGG. - Patterns of inflorescence evolution in grasses: evidence from phylogeny and developmental morphology. [D-symposium]
135. DOYLE, JAMES A.*, HERVé SAUQUET, TANYA SCHARASCHKIN, AND ANNICK LE THOMAS. - Phylogeny, molecular and fossil dating, and biogeographic history of Magnoliales – contrasts between Annonaceae and Myristicaceae. [T-symposium]
136. DOYLE, JEFF J.*, JANE L. DOYLE, JASON T. RAUSCHER, AND TONY (A. H. D.) BROWN. - "New" nuclear genes and phylogenetic studies in Glycine. [S]
137. DRAGON, JULIE A.* AND DAVID S. BARRINGTON. - In search of evolutionary lineages: two monophyletic groups within a paraphyletic Carex acuta complex, section Phacocystis (Cyperaceae). [S]
138. DUDASH, MICHELE R.*, COURTNEY J. MURREN, AND DAVID E. CARR. - Explorations into inbreeding depression, phenotypic plasticity, and their potential roles in colonization success. [E-symposium]
139. DUFF, R. JOEL*, D. CHRIS CHARGILL, AND KAREN S. RENZAGLIA. - Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the hornworts (Anthocerotae) based on chloroplast rbcL data. [S]
140. DUNN, MICHAEL T.*, GAR W. ROTHWELL, AND GENE MAPES. - A permineralized lyginopterid seed fern from the Fayetteville Formation (middle Chesterian/upper Mississippian) of northwestern Arkansas. [F]
141. DURALL, DANIEL M.* AND MELANIE D. JONES. - Morphological, molecular and isotopic tracer evidence for ectomycorrhizal fungal networks linking multiple plants in the field. [D-symposium]
142. DUVALL, MELVIN R.* AND AUTUMN J. BRICKER. - Nuclear-cytoplasmic incongruence among monocots and related paleoherb dicots. [S]
143. DUVALL, MELVIN R.*, DAYLE E. SAAR, W. SCOTT GRAYBURN, AND GABRIEL P. HOLBROOK. - Phylogenetics of the C₃ - C₄ intermediate species Steinchisma hians (= Panicum milioides, Poaceae): Evidence for multiple origins and loss of the C₄ syndrome in one taxonomic tribe. [S]
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144. EDDIE, W. M.*, R. C. HABERLE, AND R. K. JANSEN. - The phylogeny of the Campanulaceae inferred from DNA sequences of the chloroplast gene matK. [S]
145. EDGAR, STACY* AND EDWARD THERIOT. - A total evidence approach to inferring the phylogenetic relationships within Aulacoseira (Bacillariophyta). [A]
146. EDLUND, MARK B.*, LAURA TRIPLETT, AND DANIEL R. ENGSTROM. - Post-European sedimentation and nutrient loading in Lake St. Croix, a natural impoundment on the St. Croix River, USA. [A]
147. EDWARDS, CHRISTINE E.*, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, AND MATTHEW GITZENDANNER. - A molecular phylogeny of the genus Conradina (Lamiaceae). [S]
148. EGERTON-WARBURTON, LOUISE M.*, J. IGNACIO QUEREJETA, AND MICHAEL F. ALLEN. - Water transfer between plants and their mycorrhizal mutualists sustains plant nutrient acquisition in dry soils. [D-symposium]
149. EGGENS, FRIDA. - Taxonomy and molecular systematics of Silene sect. Rigidulae. [S-symposium]
150. EKECHUKWU, KENNETH O* AND TARUN K MAL. - Assessment of Plant Biodiversity at Cleveland Metroparks: Preliminary Analysis. [E]
151. EMRY, D. JASON. - Seedling establishment of Helianthus petiolaris: integrating the effects of landscape position and local disturbance. [E]
152. EMSHWILLER, EVE. - Patterns of genotypic diversity in the clonally-propagated tuber crop "oca," Oxalis tuberosa - data from fluorescent AFLP fingerprinting. [S]
153. ENDRESS, PETER K.* AND DORIS MERINO SUTTER. - Female flowers and cupules of Balanopaceae, an enigmatic rosid family. [D]
154. ERIKSEN, BENTE. - Frequency of sexual reproduction in the facultative agamosperm Potentilla nivea L. (Rosaceae) – evidence from paternity analyses. [S-symposium]
155. ERIKSSON, TORSTEN*, JENNY E. E. SMEDMARK, MALIN S. HIBBS, AND PIA OSTENSSON. - Phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae). [S-symposium]
156. EVANS, R., C. CAMPBELL, D. POTTER*, D. MORGAN, T. ERIKSSON, L. ALICE, S.-H. OH, E. BORTIRI, F. GAO, J. SMEDMARK, AND M. ARSENAULT. - A Rosaceae phylogeny. [S-symposium]
157. EVANS, RODGER C.* AND TIMOTHY A. DICKINSON. - An untapped source of characters: insights into phylogeny from ontogenetic studies of pistils and ovules in Rosaceae. [D-symposium]
158. EVANS, RODGER C.* AND TIMOTHY A. DICKINSON. - How do studies of comparative ontogeny and morphology aid in elucidation of relationships within the Rosaceae? [S-symposium]
159. EVENS, TERENCE J.* AND ROBBIN KOENIG. - Phosphatase expression by Chlorella vulgaris (Chlorophyceae) is mediated by internal phosphorus levels and external pH. [A] [Poster]
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160. FAIRFIELD, KRISTOPHER N.*, MARK E. MORT, AND ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA. - Phylogenetics and evolution of Aichryson (Crassulaceae) inferred from multiple DNA data sets. [S] [Poster]
161. FAIVRE, AMY E. - Reproductive biology of seven understory Psychotria species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. [E]
162. FAN, CHUANZHU* AND (JENNY) QIU-YUN XIANG. - Sequence variation of flower anthocyanin regulatory gene in dwarf dogwoods (Cornus L. Cornaceae) - Potential utility in studying gene evolution in hybrids and polyploids. [S]
163. FAN, SHUGUO*, CHENGYE LIANG, AND MARIKO SHONO. - Protein analysis of salt tolerant suspension cultures of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Taipei 309) by supplemental calcium. [P]
164. FARMER, SUSAN B* AND EDWARD E. SCHILLING. - Additional insights into Trilliaceae phylogeny: the Delostylis group. [S]
165. FARRAR, DONALD R.* AND MARY C. STENSVOLD. - Allopolyploid Speciation in Botrychium--Charlie was Right! (and so were we). [O-symposium]
166. FAUST, MARIA A. - Biodiversity and association of dinoflagellates in coral reef rubble, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. [A] [Poster]
167. FAWLEY, KAREN P.* AND MARVIN W. FAWLEY. - Differences among coccoid green algal communities in Minnesota and North Dakota lakes. [A]
168. FAWLEY, MARVIN W.*, KAREN P. FAWLEY, AND MATTHEW J. HOFFMAN. - Diversity of coccoid algae in Minnesota and North Dakota lakes. [A]
169. FAWLEY, MARVIN W., KAREN P. FAWLEY, AND MICHELLE L. DEAN.* - Assessing the biodiversity of Monoraphidium using 18S rDNA sequences. [A]
170. FAY, MICHAEL F.*, ROBYN S. COWAN, AND TIM C. G. RICH. - Patterns of genetic variation in the Sorbus latifolia aggregate (Rosaceae) - evidence from nuclear AFLP and plastid DNA sequences. [S-symposium]
171. FAY, MICHAEL F.*, RUTH BONE, OLIVIER MAURIN, AND ROBYN S. COWAN. - Plastid microsatellites and indels in Cypripedium calceolus (Orchidaceae) - biogeography and conservation. [S]
172. FEIST, MARY ANN*, BRENDA MOLANO-FLORES, JASON A. KOONTZ, AND CHRISTOPHER WHELAN. - Seed germination, host preference, and genetic diversity of the hemiparisitic plant Agalinis auriculata (Scrophulariaceae), an Illinois threatened species. [E] [Poster]
173. FENSTER, CHARLES B. - PrePCR Mimulus Genetics: Inferences and Predictions. [E-symposium]
174. FERGUSON, CAROLYN J.*, SUZANNE C. STRAKOSH, MARGARET SIDELLS, AND ROBERT PATTERSON. - Phylogeny and geographic relations of Phlox (Polemoniaceae). [S]
175. FERNANDO, DANILO AND DAVID GIFFORD.* - Conifer Reproductive Biology: A Tribute to John N. Owens. [D-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
176. FERNANDO, DANILO. - Characterization of proteins expressed in pine pollen tubes. [D-symposium]
177. FIERST, JANNA LYNN*, JANET KUBLER, AND STEVE R. DUDGEON. - Spatial and temporal distribution of life history variants in the red alga, Mastocarpus papillatus. [A]
178. FILKIN, NANDA R.*, ALISON R. SHERWOOD, AND MORGAN L. VIS. - Macroalgae of the Hawaiian Islands: 23 additional stream segments. [A]
179. FISHER, JACK B.* AND K. JAYACHANDRAN. - Arbuscular mycorrhizae and their role in plant restoration in subtropical Florida. [D-symposium]
180. FISHMAN, LILA*, CHERYL L. GONZALES, AND JOHN H. WILLIS. - Natural selection on flower size in Mimulus guttatus? [G]
181. FOREST, FELIX*, ANNE BRUNEAU, JULIE A HAWKINS, TADASHI KAJITA, JEFF J DOYLE, AND PETER R CRANE. - The sister of the Leguminosae revealed: phylogenetic relationships in the Fabales determined using trnL and rbcL sequences. [S]
182. FOREST, FELIX*, VINCENT SAVOLAINEN, MARK W CHASE, ANNE BRUNEAU, RICK LUPIA, AND PETER R CRANE. - Estimating divergence times in Betulaceae: nrDNA sequences, multiple calibration points, and confidence intervals. [S]
183. FRANKLIN, LINDA A. - The ecological significance of mycosporine-like amino acids in algae. [A-symposium]
184. FRANKLIN, LINDA A.* AND PATRICK J. NEALE. - Biological weighting functions for the effect of UV radiation on carbon partitioning in microalgae. [A] [Poster]
185. FRASIER, CYNTHIA L.* AND LENA STRUWE. - Comparison of biogeographic and phylogenetic patterns in a medicinally important gentian genus in Latin America (Potalia; Gentianaceae-Potalieae). [S] [Poster]
186. FREDERICQ, S*, J.M. LOPEZ-BAUTISTA, AND R.L. MOE. - New insights in the systematics of the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). [A]
187. FREDERICQ, S.*, T.O. CHO, B. GAVIO, C.F. GURGEL, E. HICKERSON, S.M. LIN, J. LOPEZ-BAUTISTA, N. PHILLIPS, M. VIGUERIE, AND B. WYSOR. - A survey of the offshore marine macroalgae from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico Hard Bank communities. [A] [Poster]
188. FREUDENSTEIN, JOHN V.* AND FRED W. CASE. - Relationships among pitcher plant species (Sarracenia) based on plastid DNA sequence analysis. [S]
189. FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM E. - Mate choice in conifers: the dynamics of male-female interactions and phenotypic plasticity in female gametophyte development. [D-symposium]
190. FRISCH, S.M.* AND S.N. MURRAY. - The diversity and availability of Caulerpa species found in retail aquarium outlets in southern California, USA. [A]
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191. GABEL, JENNIFER*, J. CRAIG BAILEY, AND D. WILSON FRESHWATER. - Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear 18S rRNA gene sequences indicate that the Mastophoroideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) is a polyphyletic taxon. [A]
192. GALLOWAY, LAURA F. - Plasticity of sex allocation in Mimulus guttatus: comparisons among ecologically different populations. [E-symposium]
193. GANGER, MIKE T. - Reproductive success and genet development in a clonal herb: the case for context. [E]
194. GARCIA, JOSELYD*, STACY M. JAMES, CHINONYE R. EKEOCHA, BRANDY N. PEEPLES, CARRIE A. TIMMONS, RICHARD B. HUNTER, AND KIMBERLY L. HUNTER. - Comparison Of Three Understory Trees Species: Ecology and Genetics. [G] [Poster]
195. GARCIA-MASSINI, JUAN LEANDRO. - Fungal palynomorphs from the Cullen Formation (Miocene), Tierra del Fuego, southern Argentina. [F]
196. GARGAS, ANDREA* AND PAULA T. DEPRIEST. - Diagnosis of cryptic microbes based on ITS2 rRNA secondary structure information. [S]
197. GAVIO, BRIGITTE* AND SUZANNE FREDERICQ. - Grateloupia turuturu (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta): the correct identity of the invasive species in the Atlantic known as Grateloupia doryphora as inferred from molecular and morphological evidence. [A] [Poster]
198. GAVIO, BRIGITTE. - New insights in the Cryptonemiales-Rhodymeniales complex and resurrection of the allied red algal order Nemastomatales Kylin 1925 as inferred from rbcL sequence analysis and comparative reproductive morphology. [A]
199. GENSEL, PATRICIA G. - Evolution- Highlighting Plants. [Z-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
200. GENSEL, PATRICIA G.* AND KATHLEEN B. PIGG. - Reconstruction of the Lepidodendropsis/Protostigmaria plant from the Mississippian Price Formation of Virginia, USA. [F]
201. GENSEL, PATRICIA G.*, MICHELLE E. KOTYK, WILLIAM H. FORBES, AND GARY BOONE. - A newly discovered Devonian plant- bearing locality in northern Maine and a new plant found there. [F]
202. GERMANO, JOSELLE, MARGARET COX, WESLEY A. WRIGHT, MATTHEW P. ARSENAULT, ANITA S. KLEIN, AND CHRISTOPHER S. CAMPBELL.* - A chloroplast DNA phylogeny of Picea (Pinaceae). [S] [Poster]
203. GERNANDT, DAVID S.*, AARON LISTON, AND DANIEL PIñERO. - Molecular phylogenetics of pinyon pines (Pinus subsections Cembroides and Nelsoniae). [S]
204. GHOSH, NABARUN*, A. CHATTERJEE, AND DON W. SMITH. - Acacia, Albizia, Cassia and Dalbergia : seed anatomy with Light and Scanning Electron Microscopy. [D]
205. GIBSON, J. PHIL* AND E. CAYENNE ENGEL. - Pericarp characteristics and the expression of heterocarpy in Grindelia ciliata (Asteraceae). [E]
206. GIFFORD, DAVID J. - Structural and biochemical changes in loblolly pine seeds during germination and early seedling growth. [D-symposium]
207. GIVNISH, THOMAS*, TIMOTHY EVANS, KENDRA MILLAM, PAUL BERRY, JOCELYN HALL, AND KENNETH SYTSMA. - South American-African disjunctions in Rapateaceae and Bromeliaceae. [T-symposium]
208. GLEISSBERG, STEFAN. - Leaf diversification across angiosperms. [D-symposium]
209. GOERTZEN, LESLIE R.* AND EDWARD C. THERIOT. - Effects of outgroup selection on phylogenetic hypotheses of the heterokont algae. [A]
210. GOERTZEN, LESLIE R.* AND JEFFREY D. PALMER. - Fine-scale surveys of mitochondrial gene loss in Angiosperms. [G]
211. GOMEZ, A., J. CLIMENT, L. GIL, AND R. ALIA.* - Genetic diversity of Pinus canariensis characterized by CpSSR markers. [G] [Poster]
212. GORDON, AMANDA*, ADAM R. BENNETT, RICHARD B. HUNTER, AND KIMBERLY L. HUNTER. - Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Amaranthus using ISSR markers. [S] [Poster]
213. GOTTSCHLING, MARC*, HARTMUT H. HILGER, AND NADJA DIANE. - The secondary structure of the ITS1 transcript and its application for reconstruction phylogeny. [S] [Poster]
214. GOTTSCHLING, MARC*, NADJA DIANE, MAXIMILIAN WEIGEND, AND HARTMUT H. HILGER. - Distribution patterns in Cordiaceae, Ehretiaceae, and Heliotropiaceae (Boraginales). [T-symposium]
215. GOULD, KATHERINE R.* AND LENA STRUWE. - Phylogeny, biogeography and floral evolution of Symbolanthus and Wurdackanthus (Gentianaceae-Helieae) in the Guayana Highlands and Andes, based on ribosomal 5S-NTS sequences and morphology. [S]
216. GRACEFFA, L., J. GUEVIN, H. HOPE, AND M. SCHLESSMAN.* - Flowering time, competition, and fecundity of gibberellin-deficient rapid-cycling brassica. [E] [Poster]
217. GRAHAM, JAMES M.*, ANGELA D. KENT, GEORGE H. LAUSTER, ANTHONY C. YANNARELL, LINDA E. GRAHAM, TIMOTHY K. KRATZ, AND ERIC W. TRIPLETT. - Species diversity of microbial communities in a northern temperate humic lake. [A]
218. GRAHAM, LINDA E. - Might resistant liverwort gemmae extend the fossil record of land plants? [F]
219. GRAHAM, LINDA E.*, LEE W. WILCOX, AND MARTHA E. COOK. - Could the Ordovician-Devonian microfossils Cosmochlaina and Nematothallus be remains of ancient liverworts? [F]
220. GRAHAM, SEAN W*, HARDEEP S RAI, PATRICK A REEVES, MARC A MCPHERSON, AND RICHARD G OLMSTEAD. - Addressing deep and difficult problems in plant molecular systematics using large-scale sequencing of the plastid genome. [S]
221. GRIFFITH, M. PATRICK. - Phylogenetic relationships in the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) based on nrITS sequences. [S]
222. GROOT, EDWIN P*, ANDREA BUSCH, AND STEFAN GLEISSBERG. - Isolation and characterization of knox1, floricaula and phantastica gene homologues in members of the Papaveraceae possessing dissected leaves. [D] [Poster]
223. GROSE, SUSAN O.* AND RICHARD G. OLMSTEAD. - Patterns of evolution in Bignoniaceae: TheTabebuia / Crescentieae conundrum. [S]
224. GROSS, MICHAEL F. - Vegetation characteristics of a New Jersey Pinelands community containing high terrestrial gastropod density and exotic gastropod species. [E] [Poster]
225. GROTE, PAUL J. - Tertiary floras of Northern Thailand: additional conifer diversity from charcoalified wood. [F]
226. GURGEL, CARLOS FREDERICO D* AND SUZANNE FREDERICQ. - Phylogeny of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) inferred from rbcL sequence analysis: taxonomic implications. [A]
227. GURGEL, CARLOS FREDERICO D* AND SUZANNE FREDERICQ. - Three new species of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Northwestern Atlantic. [A] [Poster]
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228. HABERLE, ROSEMARIE C.*, STACIA K. WYMAN, WILLIAM M. EDDIE, JEFFREY L. BOORE, AND ROBERT K. JANSEN. - Evolutionary implications of the complete sequence of the Trachelium caeruleum (Campanulaceae) chloroplast genome. [G]
229. HACKETT, JEREMIAH D.*, LUCIE MARANDA, AND DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA. - The plastid of Dinophysis (Dinophyceae): Phylogenetic evidence for a permanent replacement. [A]
230. HALL, JOCELYN C.* AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - A new placement of members of tribe Stixeae (Capparaceae) based on DNA sequences. [S]
231. HALL, MEGAN C.* AND JOHN H. WILLIS. - Ecological genetics of life-history evolution in monkeyflowers (Mimulus guttatus). [G]
232. HAMBROOK, JULIE A. - Bioassessment of stream-water quality using benthic and planktonic algae collected along an urban intensity gradient in the Eastern Cornbelt Plains Ecoregion, Ohio, USA. [A]
233. HAMSHER, SARAH E.*, DALE A. CASAMATTA, NANDA R. FILKIN, AMY S. MCCLINTIC, WAYNE B. CHIASSON, ROBERT G. VERB, AND MORGAN L. VIS. - A new method for studying nutrient limitation of periphyton: a case study from acid mine drainage streams. [A]
234. HANISAK, M. DENNIS. - Impacts of reduced salinity on seagrasses in Indian River Lagoon. [A]
235. HANNAN, GARY L. - Environmentally induced changes in clonal structure and flowering frequency in Iris lacustris (Iridaceae). [E] [Poster]
236. HANSEN, CURTIS J.*, CYNTHIA M. MORTON, AND GLENDA GIL. - Vascular plants of Alabama from the John D. Freeman Herbarium (AUA) and the University of Alabama Herbaria (ALU/UNA). [S]
237. HARRIS, ERIC S. J.* AND TIMOTHY A. DICKINSON. - Investigation of hybrids in Crataegus (Rosaceae: Maloideae) using foliar flavonoids. [S-symposium]
238. HARVEY, JULIO B.J. - 18s based taxonomy and intraspecific ITS sequence variation in the marine fungal endosymbiont Haloguignardia irritans infecting Cystoseira osmundacea along the Californian coast. [A] [Poster]
239. HARVEY, JULIO B.J. - Intraspecific genetic variation in H. irritans, a fungal endosymbiont of marine brown algae on the North American Pacific coast. [A]
240. HAUFLER, CHRISTOPHER H. - 'Werthwhile’ passions: Exploring the plants and research themes that fascinated Dr. Charles R. Werth. [O-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
241. HAUK, WARREN D.* AND HEATHER M. HAWKE. - Phylogenetic relationships in Botrychium s.s. (Ophioglossaceae) based on rbcL and trnL-F cpDNA sequences. [O]
242. HAWKINS, TRACY S.*, CAROL C. BASKIN, AND JERRY M. BASKIN. - Dormancy breaking requirements in seeds of two eastern- and one western-North American species of Angelica (Apiaceae). [E]
243. HAY, JORDAN O.* AND ROGER M. SPANSWICK. - Rice aleurone protoplasts as a system to study sucrose transport. [P] [Poster]
244. HAZELWOOD, DONNA. - Learning groups in botany laboratories. [T]
245. HEIDORN, P. BRYAN*, HONG CUI, BEI YU, JINGBO WU, AND ZHANG HONG. - Taxonomic description creation, search and display in XML. [S]
246. HELENURM, KAIUS* AND SARAH HELM. - High levels of genetic differentiation in the endangered insular endemic Sibara filifolia (Brassicaceae). [G]
247. HELENURM, KAIUS. - Patterns of genetic diversity in endemic plants of San Clemente Island, CA. [G]
248. HENKEL, SARAH K.* AND STEVEN MURRAY. - Morphological variation and patterns of reproduction and recruitment in lower intertidal populations of the kelp Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug. [E]
249. HENRY, APRIL. - Paleobotany goes to school: applying graduate research to the development of an inquiry-based GK-12 science unit. [T] [Poster]
250. HILEMAN, LENA C.*, ELENA M. KRAMER, AND DAVID A. BAUM. - Floral symmetry genes are implicated in the developmental evolution of stamen number in the Antirrhineae (Veronicaceae). [G]
251. HILL, STEVEN R. - Malvastrum hispidum (Pursh) Hochr. (Malvaceae) in Illinois: status, distribution, and nomenclature. [S]
252. HILU, KHIDIR W.*, THOMAS BORSCH, AND KAI MULLER. - Contributions of fast evolving genomic ragions to deep-level phylogenetics: A case study in basal angiosperms. [S]
253. HIPP, ANDREW L. AND PAUL E. ROTHROCK.* - Phylogeny and character evolution in the Eastern North American members of Carex section Ovales (Cyperaceae): evidence from AFLP data and DNA sequences. [S]
254. HIRSCHMUGL, CAROL*, MARIA BUNTA, JUSTIN HOLT, MARIO GIORDANO, ANDREJ SKILIROV, AND J. RUDI STRICKLER. - Synchrotron-based infrared imaging of Euglena gracilis single cells. [A]
255. HOLMQUIST, KARSTEN G.A.*, JEFFREY D. KARRON, AND RANDALL J. MITCHELL. - The effect of variation in floral morphology on pollen and gene dispersal in Mimulus ringens. [E] [Poster]
256. HOOPS, HAROLD J.* AND SHAUN M. GIFFORD. - Cell signaling in the chemoaccumulation response of the colonial green alga Astrephomene gubernaculifera. [A] [Poster]
257. HOOTON, NATALIE* AND CINDY BENNINGTON. - Floral gender and reproductive success in Passiflora incarnata. [E] [Poster]
258. HORN, JAMES W. - Phylogenetics of the Dilleniaceae. [S]
259. HORNBERGER, KATHLEEN L.*, KIMBERLY L. HUNTER, JILL HOPKINS, JENNIFER WACHTEL, ERIN DENNEY, ERIN GALLAGHER, AND KAT STOUME. - Evolution of the genus Sisyrinchium (Iridaceae). [S]
260. HOWARTH, DIANELLA G* AND DAVID A BAUM. - Comparing three variable nuclear intron regions and nrDNA ITS to determine the phylogenetic history and a possible hybrid origin in a closely related Hawaiian clade in Scaevola (Goodeniaceae). [S]
261. HOYER, KIRSTEN*, ULF KARSTEN, AND CHRISTIAN WIENCKE. - MAA synthesis and accumulation in polar macroalgae are controlled by abiotic factors. [A-symposium]
262. HUANG, MINGJUAN*, JOHN V. FREUDENSTEIN, AND DANIEL J. CRAWFORD. - Systematics of Trichostema L. (Lamiaceae): evidence from ITS, ndhF, and morphology. [S]
263. HUERTA, ALFREDO J* AND SERGIO CASTRO-NAVA. - Accumulation of proline in the leaves of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) genotypes which differ in their response to drought. [P] [Poster]
264. HUFFORD, LARRY. - Ontogenetic evolution and patterns of morphological diversity. [D-symposium]
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265. ILTIS, HUGH H. - Domestication of Zea: first for sugar, only then for grain? A novel idea with vast implications. [B] [Special Paper]
266. INGRAM, AMANDA L.* AND JEFF J. DOYLE. - Sprint: A new family of MITEs (miniature inverted-repeat elements) in Uniola paniculata L. [G] [Poster]
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267. JACOBS, BONNIE F.* AND DAVID J. MELTZER. - A palynological and paleoecological record associated with the late Pleistocene Folsom Paleoindian type site, northeastern New Mexico. [F]
268. JANSEN, ROBERT K.*, LI-SAN WANG, TANDY WARNOW, LINDA A. RAUBESON, AND BERNARD M. E. MORET. - Comparisons of parsimony methods for phylogeny reconstruction from gene order data. [S]
269. JASKOWIAK, MEGAN A.*, KAREN P. FAWLEY, AND MARVIN W. FAWLEY. - An examination of the effects of a reservoir, Lake Ashtabula, on the periphytic algae in the Sheyenne River, North Dakota. [A]
270. JENSEN, RICHARD J.* AND PATRICIA T. TOMLINSON. - Acorns and oak species. [S]
271. JI, QIANG, HONGQI LI*, L. MICHELLE BOWE, YUSHENG LIU, AND DAVID WINSHIP TAYLOR. - The earliest fossil herbaceous flowering plant from the Yixian Formation, Sihetun, Liaoning, northeastern China. [F]
272. JOG, SUNEETI. - Vascular Plant Flora of Highland Heights Community Park: A Floristic Survey and Trend Analysis of a Subarban Wetland. [E] [Poster]
273. JOHNSON, EMANUEL L. - Flavonoids as chemotaxonomic markers of Erythroxylum australe. [C]
274. JOHNSON, KATHLEEN M. AND PATRICK S. HERENDEEN.* - Diversity and phylogeny of the caesalpinioid legume subtribe Dialiinae. [S]
275. JOHNSON, LEIGH A.*, TERRI L. WEESE, AND NANCEY K. LILJENQUIST. - Phylogenetic potential of IDH sequences in Polemoniaceae I: copy number and gene organization. [S]
276. JOLY, SIMON* AND ANNE BRUNEAU. - Multiple origins of autopolyploidy in Apios americana (Leguminosae : Papilionoideae) as revealed by genealogical analysis of the H3-D histone gene. [S]
277. JUDD, WALTER S. - Systematics of Antillean species of Miconia sect. Chaenopleura (Melastomataceae, Miconieae). [S]
278. JULIUS, M.L. - Relationship between periodic resuspension events and planktonic diatom community structure in Lake Michigan: a field and laboratory investigation. [A]
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279. KADEREIT, GUDRUN*, THOMAS BORSCH, KURT WEISING, AND HELMUT FREITAG. - Phylogeny of Amaranthaceae and Chenopodiaceae and the evolution of C4-photosynthesis. [S] [Poster]
280. KANG, JULIE* AND NANCY G. DENGLER. - Cell cycling frequency and expression of the homeobox gene ATHB-8 during leaf vein development in Arabidopsis. [D]
281. KAROL, KENNETH G.*, RICHARD M. MCCOURT, AND CHARLES F. DELWICHE. - Estimating divergence times within the Charophyta: a Bayesian approach using fossil and DNA sequence data. [A-symposium]
282. KARRON, JEFFREY D.* AND MICHELE R. DUDASH. - Evolution of mating systems in the genus Mimulus . [E-symposium] [Symposium Abstract]
283. KARRON, JEFFREY D.*, RANDALL J. MITCHELL, JOHN M. BELL, KARSTEN G. HOLMQUIST, AND BENJAMIN FUNK. - The influence of Mimulus ringens floral display size on self-fertilization rates and patterns of paternity. [E-symposium]
284. KARST, LISA D.* AND CAROL A. WILSON. - Genetic variation in the rare endemic Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Iridaceae) based on RAPDs. [S] [Poster]
285. KAY, ELMA E.* AND PETER BERNHARDT. - Evolution of vertebrate pollination in Passiflora sp. of the Greater Antilles. [E] [Poster]
286. KEELING, STEPHANIE DIANA* AND MARK E. MORT. - Mechanisms of asexual reproduction in Crassulaceae. [S] [Poster]
287. KEELING, STEPHANIE DIANA*, MARK E. MORT, AND KRISTOPHER N. FAIRFIELD. - Phylgenetic relationships and the evolution of the Acre Clade of Crassulaceae inferred from cpDNA spacer and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequence data. [S] [Poster]
288. KELCH, DEAN G.* AND BRUCE G. BALDWIN. - Evidence for recent radiation of New World Cirsium based on comparison of rDNA transcribed spacer variation in the New World Clade and in Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense. [S]
289. KELCHNER, SCOT A. - Heterogeneous models for phylogeny estimation: combining data and partitions for Myoporaceae. [S]
290. KELLOGG, DEREK W.* AND EDITH L. TAYLOR. - Evidence of wood-boring mites from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Antarctica. [F]
291. KELLY, JOHN K. - Testing alternative hypotheses for the maintenance of genetic variation in flower size. [E-symposium]
292. KELLY, MARTIN G. - Comparing non-parametric and parametric methods of analysis for natural selection. [E] [Poster]
293. KERSHANSKAYA, OLGA* AND HAMLYN JONES. - Natural and agro-ecosystems management and global climate change in Central Asia. [E]
294. KIM, SANGTAE*, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, AND YOUNGBAE SUH. - An ndhF sequence from a Miocene Magnolia. [S] [Poster]
295. KIM, SANGTAE*, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, PAMELA S. SOLTIS, PETER K. ENDRESS, BERNARD A. HAUSER, AND MICHAEL J. ZANIS. - Origin of the calyptra and characterization of B class genes in Eupomatia bennettii (Eupomatiaceae). [D]
296. KIM, SEUNG-CHUL*, KAREN LUNDY, AND ARNOLDO SANTOS-GUERRA. - Phylogenetic relationships in the woody Sonchus alliance (Asteraceae) based on chloroplast DNA noncoding sequences. [S]
297. KIRCHOFF, BRUCE. - Do rich data allow greater inter-investigator agreement in character states? [S]
298. KIRCHOFF, BRUCE. - Wholes and Parts: Science and Art as Complements. [S] [Poster]
299. KIRKPATRICK, BARBARA*, LORA E FLEMING, WENDY B STEPHAN, LORRAINE BACKER, RICHARD CLARK, DOMINICK SQUICCIARINI, RICHARD WEISMAN, AND GAYL VAN DE BOGART. - Public outreach materials regarding harmful algal blooms and their possible effects on human health. [A] [Poster]
300. KLAVINS, SHARON D.*, THOMAS N. TAYLOR, AND EDITH L. TAYLOR. - Earliest record of matoniaceous ferns from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica. [F]
301. KNAUS, M. JANE. - Plant biostratigraphy, phytogeography, comparative floristics, and an artifactual taxonomy. [F]
302. KOBLITZ, BONNIE* AND NEIL SNOW. - An interactive key to the vascular plants of the Laramie Foothills region (Colorado). [S]
303. KOLTERMAN, DUANE A.* AND HARVEY E. BALLARD. - Genetic diversity and affinities of Caesalpinia monensis Britton in the Greater Antilles based on ISSR markers. [S]
304. KOOPMAN, MARGARET M.* AND TINA J. AYERS. - Molecular evidence supports the resurrection of the genus Heterotoma (Campanulaceae:Lobelioideae). [S] [Poster]
305. KOPTUR, SUZANNE*, JAMES R. SNYDER, MICHAEL S. ROSS, CHRIS K. BORG, AND HONG LIU. - Selective grazing by Key Deer after fire changes plant morphology, reproduction, and species composition in pine rockland understory. [E]
306. KORN, ROBERT W. - Computer Graphics Simulation of the Dicor Stem Apex. [D]
307. KOVINTHAN, THURSICA AND MATTHEW YUN SUN TSE.* - Adam White... his unfinished botanical scrapbook. [H] [Poster]
308. KREUGER, N.* AND M.L. JULIUS. - Endemism and invasion in the Great Lakes diatom community. [A] [Poster]
309. KRIEGER, JONATHAN D.*, ROBERT P. GURALNICK, AND KIRK R. JOHNSON. - Morphometric analysis of extant and fossil leaf assemblages. [F]
310. KRIENITZ, LOTHAR*, MATTHIAS WOLF, EBERHARD HEGEWALD, AND DOMINIK HEPPERLE. - Systematics of coccoid green algae: morphology versus 18S rRNA gene phylogeny. [A]
311. KRON, KATHLEEN. - The distribution and diversification of tropical Vaccinium (blueberries) and Gaultheria (wintergreen). [T-symposium]
312. KROSNICK, SHAWN E.* AND JOHN V. FREUDENSTEIN. - Phylogenetic relationships within Passiflora supersection Disemma. [S]
313. KURCHII, BOGDAN. - A little bad fact can kill a very attractive and nice ethylene receptor theory. [C] [Poster]
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314. LAMROUS-BENNACEUR, NADIA AND SYLVIE LALIBERTé.* - Relationship between cellular parameters and morphogenetic pattern of hybrid larch protoplasts. [D] [Poster]
315. LANDIS, FRANK*, ANDREA GARGAS, AND THOMAS GIVNISH. - The plant tree, roots and clades: mycorrhizae and plant phylogeny. [T] [Poster]
316. LANDIS, FRANK*, THOMAS GIVNISH, AND ANDREA GARGAS. - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and understory plant diversity along light gradients in Wisconsin oak savannas. [E]
317. LANDRY, MARK C.* AND LES C. CWYNAR. - Assessing the residency of an endangered costal flora species, Drosera filiformis in three bogs of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [F]
318. LANGENBERGER, M.W. AND A.R. DAVIS.* - Patterns of floral nectar production in relation to nectary ultrastructure of caraway (Carum carvi L., Apiaceae). [D] [Poster]
319. LAU, JOANN M.* AND DAVE LOWELL ROBINSON. - Relationship between seed and bud dormancy in the herbaceous perennial Eupatorium rugosum. [P] [Poster]
320. LAURION, ISABELLE* AND SUZANNE ROY. - UV-acclimation of cultured phytoplankton exposed to natural and enhanced UVB radiation and methodological aspects of MAA quantification. [A-symposium]
321. LAZAROFF, NORMAN. - Preservation of nostocacean hormogone motility in desiccated calcium carbonate agar patches. [A]
322. LAZZARO, MARK D. - Conifer pollen tubes as a model system for the cytoskeleton's role in polarized growth. [D-symposium]
323. LEACH, MARK K. - Restoration of oak savannas. [P-symposium]
324. LEBLOND, JEFFREY D.* AND PETER J. CHAPMAN. - Fatty acid and sterol composition of a Karenia brevis bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. [A] [Poster]
325. LEBLOND, JEFFREY D.* AND PETER J. CHAPMAN. - Lipid biomarker analysis of the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida : Distribution of sterols and fatty acids within the class Dinophyceae. [A]
326. LEE, CHUNGHEE* AND JUN WEN. - Phylogeny and biogeography of the Asian clade of the core Araliaceae: insights from the nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA data. [S]
327. LEE, DAVID W.*, JOHN O'KEEFE, N. MICHELLE HOLBROOK, AND TAYLOR FEILD. - Pigment dynamics and autumn leaf senescence in a New England forest. [D]
328. LEE, JUNGHO* AND JAMES R. MANHART. - The transition from algae to embryophytes: Chloroplast phylogenomic evidence II. [A]
329. LES, DONALD H.*, DANIEL J. CRAWFORD, REBECCA T. KIMBALL, MICHAEL L. MOODY, AND ELIAS LANDOLT. - Biogeography of cosmopolitan hydrophytes: a molecular appraisal of intercontinental disjunctions. [T-symposium]
330. LEVIN, RACHEL A.*, WARREN L. WAGNER, PETER C. HOCH, MOLLY NEPOKROEFF, J. CHRIS PIRES, ELIZABETH A. ZIMMER, AND KENNETH J. SYTSMA. - Phylogenetic relationships of Onagraceae based on chloroplast rbcL and ndhF data. [S]
331. LEWANDOWSKI, JEFFREY D.* AND CHARLES F. DELWICHE. - Actin phylogeny in the Charophyta. [A]
332. LEWIS, CARL E.*, SCOTT ZONA, AND JAVIER FRANCISCO-ORTEGA. - Molecular systematics of the doum palms (Hyphaene) and related genera (Arecaceae tribe Borasseae). [S]
333. LEWIS, LOUISE A. - Numerous transitions to land in green plants: the 'other' land plants. [A-symposium]
334. LEWIS, LOUISE A.*, ZOE G. CARDON, AND DEBORAH TYSER. - Chlororespiration in Green Algae Isolated from Desert Crusts. [A]
335. LEWIS, RAYMOND J.* AND MARK D. LANKER. - Branching morphology of gametophytes and tetrasporophytes of Ceramium codicola is related to phase and reproductive structures. [A] [Poster]
336. LI, JIANHUA* AND DONGLIN ZHANG. - Phylogeny and biogeography of eastern Asian-North American disjunct genera Thuja and Chamaecyparis (Cupressaceae) inferred from sequences of nrDNA ITS region. [S] [Poster]
337. LI, JIANHUA* AND MICHAEL J. DONOGHUE. - Phylogenetics of Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) based on sequences of internal transcribed spacer region of nuclear ribosomal DNA. [S] [Poster]
338. LI, JIANHUA*, YUEQIN CHEN, AND C. DONALD PIGOTT. - Phylogeny and biogeography of diploid species of Tilia inferred from sequences of nuclear gene nitrate reductase (NIA). [S]
339. LIMA, RAQUEL DA SILVEIRA NOGUEIRA*, DALVA MARIA BUENO, ARLETE APARECIDA SOARES, AND RENATO DE AZEVEDO MOREIRA. - Cashew tree exudate gum biological characterization: a new biotechnological tool for tropical countries. [C]
340. LIN, SHOWE-MEI*, SUZANNE FREDERICQ, AND MAX H. HOMMERSAND. - Apoglosseae trib. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) based on two molecular datasets and cystocarp development. [A]
341. LISTON, AARON. - A new interpretation of floral morphology in the genus Garrya (Garryaceae). [S]
342. LITT, AMY* AND VIVIAN IRISH. - Evolution of floral structure: changes in sequence, expression, and function of the APETALA1 gene family. [D]
343. LITTLE, DAMON P. - Phylogeny and species circumscription in Cupressoideae (Cupressaceae) with special reference to Cupressus . [S]
344. LITTLE, DAMON P.* AND KEVIN C. NIXON. - Speed, efficiency, and more data in cladistic analysis. [S]
345. LITTLE, STEFAN A.* AND RUTH A. STOCKEY. - Fossil Duabanga-like leaves (Lythraceae) from the Princeton chert. [F]
346. LIU, HONG*, STEVE G. PLATT, AND CHRIS K. BORG. - Seed dispersal by the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina ) in subtropical pine rockland of the Lower Florida Keys. [E]
347. LIU, JINYUAN*, GABRIELLA ENDRE, JENNIFER CHO, CHRISTOPHER D TOWN, KATHRYN A VANDENBOSCH, AND MARIA J HARRISON. - Profiling of genes expressed in Medicago truncatula / Glomus versiforme arbuscular mycorrhizal roots. [D-symposium]
348. LIVSHULTZ, TATYANA. - Comparative morphology and development of staminal coronas in Dischidia (Asclepiadoideae, Apocynaceae). [D]
349. LOBOVA, TATYANA A.* AND SCOTT A. MORI. - Cecropia fruits as a food resource for bats in French Guiana. [R]
350. LOHMANN, LUCIA G. - Phylogeny and morphological evolution of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). [S]
351. LOPEZ-BAUTISTA, J. M.* AND R. L. CHAPMAN. - Phragmoplastins, the Trentepohliales, and the evolution of the cytokinesis in green plants. [A] [Poster]
352. LOPEZ-BAUTISTA, J. M.*, R. L. CHAPMAN, F. RINDI, AND M. GUIRY. - Molecular systematics of the subaerial green algal family Trentepohliaceae (Chlorophyta; Trentepohliales) inferred from 18 SSU rDNA sequences. [A] [Poster]