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Poster Presentations Botany 2008

All Society and Section Poster Sessions will be held DEVELOPMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL SECTION - SundaySchedule Monday, July 28th & Tuesday, July 29th 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM in the Exhibit Hall of the Student Union Building (SUB). PDS001 Vic Landrum - Testing the water-stress hypothesis for wide-band tracheids in two morphological variants of the southern African succulent Anacampseros (Portulacaceae). PDS002 Roger D. Meicenheimer - To Break or Not To Break? - It’s What’s Inside that Counts! Even numbered Poster authors should be available to present their PDS003 J F Stevenson - Comparative Leaf Anatomy of South Texas Acacias posters on Monday....Odd numbered posters at Tuesday’s session PDS004 Andrew Filonenko - Fruit structure and pericarp anatomy of ash species (Fraxinus L., Oleaceae) PDS005 Lucas T. Henderson - Age-related anatomical variation in coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) leaves PDS006 Benjamin Doughan - Comparative leaf development of two species of Ampelopsis (Vitaceae) BIOGEOGRAPHY PDS007 James Mickle - Cuticular micromorphology of Chigua (Cycadales) PDS008 Igor O. Yatsenko - Pyrenarium-like fruits in Sapindaceae Juss. PBG001 James F. Smith - Placing the origin of two species-rich genera in the late Cretaceous with later species diver- PDS009 A.P. Westby - Nonessentiallity of Cellular Divisions for the Diﬀerentiation of Procambium gence in the Tertiary: A phylogenetic, biogeographic and molecular dating analysis of Piper and Peperomia PDS010 Roxanne Fisher - An initial study of the interaction between auxin and antheridiogen during Ceratopteris richardii (Pipera) gametophyte development PBG002 Susanne S. Renner - Gourds aﬂoat: A dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of Cucurbitaceae and numerous PDS011 Natalia Pabon Mora - Floral development of Aristolochia fimbriata Chamisso (Piperales: Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochioi- oversea dispersal events deae) as an a�ractive candidate for Evo-Devo studies among herbaceous Magnoliids. PBG003 Ting Wang - Genetic structure and phylogeographical pa�ern of Pseudotaxus chienii, an old rare conifer endemic to PDS012 Rebecca Smith - Ultrastructure of the Glandular Secretory Trichomes in Artemisia annua China, inferred from cpDNA trnL-F noncoding sequences PDS013 Vibhu Bakshi - In vitro Cultures of Morus alba Species for Enhancing Production of Phytoestrogens PBG004 James B. Phipps - Biogeographical analysis of Montana Crataegus (Rosaceae) east of the Continental Divide. PDS014 Sarah, M McKim - The BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genes are essential for abscission zone formation PBG005 Hajime Ikeda - Vicariance and evolutionary history of Cardamine nipponica (Brassicaceae), Japanese endemic alpine plant PBG006 Heidi J. Guest - Molecular phylogeography of Rhodiola integrifolia (Crassulaceae): postglacial recolonization of western ECOLOGICAL SECTION North America

PEC001 Kitrina Carlson - Tissue culture and characterization of genetic diversity in a threatened plant species, Opuntia fragilis BRYOLOGICAL AND LICHENOLOGICAL SECTION/ABLS PEC003 S. Katharine Braly - Seed production in sea oats (Uniola paniculata L., Poaceae) along an environmental gradient on a barrier island PBL001 Cassandra A. Huizenga - Evolution of two chloroplast-encoded sulfate import genes, cysA and cysT, in liverworts PEC004 Cynthia Huebner - Estimated Spread Rates and Population Growth of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus (Japanese Stiltgrass) from Roadside Populations into West Virginia Forests over Three Years CONSERVATION BIOLOGY PEC005 Birgit Gemeinholzer - Establishing DNA-Barcoding Methods in Diatoms for Diversity Assessments PEC006 Lidia S. Watrud - Ecological Effects of Transgene Persistence on Plant Communities in the Presence and Absence of Dri� PCB001 Boyce Tankersley - PlantCollections - Accessing the knowledge warehouses of botanic gardens and arboreta Levels of Glyphosate Herbicide PCB002 Jinshuang Ma - Metasequoia, a living fossil, an update of native and cultivated (1948 to 2008) PEC007 J.P. Londo - Evaluating the Potential Ecological Effects of Transgene Escape and Persistence in Constructed Plant Communities PCB003 Jose Martinez-Avalos - Demography of the Endangered Star Cactus Astrophytum asterias (Lem.) Zucc., (Cactaceae) PEC008 Elizabeth Lacey - A comparison of floral reflectance pa�erns of Plantago species PCB004 Jordan Golubov - Effect of light and temperature on the germination of two endangered species of cacti PEC009 Rosemary Pendleton - Seed heteromorphism in Cryptantha section Krynitzkia: geographic pa�erns, germination, and PCB005 Sandy D. Cervantes - Evaluating the Status of the Sacramento Mountain Prickly Poppy dispersal PCB006 Lena Struwe - Assessing the genetic diversity in an ex situ germplasm collection of dawn redwoods (Metasequoia glypto- PEC010 Burton K. Pendleton - Factors affecting mast fruiting pa�erns in the ecotonal shrub Coleogyne ramosissima stroboides) PEC011 Shosei Kubota - The evolution of self-incompatible and self-compatible populations in a hermaphroditic perennial, Trillium PCB007 Anke Konrad - Habitat Requirements of Aquilegia chrysantha camschatcense: Which is the derivative? PCB008 Sylvia Patricia Ruiz Gonzlez - Population dynamics and association of Echinomastus unguispinus, a rare threatened PEC012 Hiroki Yamagishi - Edge effects on demography of a perennial understory herb, Trillium camschatcense, within small forest cactus from northern Mexico fragments PCB009 Vicky Bérubé - Ecological restoration of a minerotrophic peatland in Eastern Canada PEC013 Kiwako Araki - Demographic genetic studies of a clonal plant Convallaria keiskei: roles of clonal growth and sexual reproduction PCB010 Katherine Kain - The effect of climate change, species invasion, and canopy-cover on a globally threatened perennial plant PEC014 Stephen F. Langdon - Eradication of the aquatic invasive European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) from the Grasse River Wild Forest, Adirondack Park, NY PEC015 Ahmadreza Mehrabian - The contribution to vegetation of Qom Province as ecotone ecosystem in the center of Iran PEC016 Masashi Ohara - Growth and survival pa�erns of a monocarpic perennial herb Cardiocrinum cordatum var. glehnii (Lilia- ceae), based on the 13-year monitoring study PEC017 Mauricio Diazgranados - Climate change and predicted geographic distribution of frailejones species (subtribe Espeletiinae, Asteraceae) in the neotropical Andes

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All Society and Section Poster Sessions will be held DEVELOPMENTAL AND STRUCTURAL SECTION - SundaySchedule Monday, July 28th & Tuesday, July 29th 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM in the Exhibit Hall of the Student Union Building (SUB). PDS001 Vic Landrum - Testing the water-stress hypothesis for wide-band tracheids in two morphological variants of the southern African succulent Anacampseros (Portulacaceae). PDS002 Roger D. Meicenheimer - To Break or Not To Break? - It’s What’s Inside that Counts! Even numbered Poster authors should be available to present their PDS003 J F Stevenson - Comparative Leaf Anatomy of South Texas Acacias posters on Monday....Odd numbered posters at Tuesday’s session PDS004 Andrew Filonenko - Fruit structure and pericarp anatomy of ash species (Fraxinus L., Oleaceae) PDS005 Lucas T. Henderson - Age-related anatomical variation in coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) leaves PDS006 Benjamin Doughan - Comparative leaf development of two species of Ampelopsis (Vitaceae) BIOGEOGRAPHY PDS007 James Mickle - Cuticular micromorphology of Chigua (Cycadales) PDS008 Igor O. Yatsenko - Pyrenarium-like fruits in Sapindaceae Juss. PBG001 James F. Smith - Placing the origin of two species-rich genera in the late Cretaceous with later species diver- PDS009 A.P. Westby - Nonessentiallity of Cellular Divisions for the Diﬀerentiation of Procambium Poster Presentations gence in the Tertiary: A phylogenetic, biogeographic and molecular dating analysis of Piper and Peperomia PDS010 Roxanne Fisher - An initial study of the interaction between auxin and antheridiogen during Ceratopteris richardii (Pipera) gametophyte development PBG002 Susanne S. Renner - Gourds aﬂoat: A dated phylogeny reveals an Asian origin of Cucurbitaceae and numerous PDS011 Natalia Pabon Mora - Floral development of Aristolochia fimbriata Chamisso (Piperales: Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochioi- oversea dispersal events deae) as an a�ractive candidate for Evo-Devo studies among herbaceous Magnoliids. PBG003 Ting Wang - Genetic structure and phylogeographical pa�ern of Pseudotaxus chienii, an old rare conifer endemic to PDS012 Rebecca Smith - Ultrastructure of the Glandular Secretory Trichomes in Artemisia annua China, inferred from cpDNA trnL-F noncoding sequences PDS013 Vibhu Bakshi - In vitro Cultures of Morus alba Species for Enhancing Production of Phytoestrogens PBG004 James B. Phipps - Biogeographical analysis of Montana Crataegus (Rosaceae) east of the Continental Divide. PDS014 Sarah, M McKim - The BLADE-ON-PETIOLE genes are essential for abscission zone formation PBG005 Hajime Ikeda - Vicariance and evolutionary history of Cardamine nipponica (Brassicaceae), Japanese endemic alpine plant PBG006 Heidi J. Guest - Molecular phylogeography of Rhodiola integrifolia (Crassulaceae): postglacial recolonization of western ECOLOGICAL SECTION North America

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PEC018 Katherine Waselkov - An evaluation of the distribution of ecological information on Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) to ECONOMIC BOTANY: ETHNOBOTANY invasive species managers in Missouri and Illinois PEC019 Nicole Hardiman - The role of hybridization in reproduction and establishment of invasive Pyrus calleryana (Callery pear) PEC020 Marcelo Serpe - Differences in cold stratification requirements among populations of Lomatium dissectum seeds PET001 Christina Luke - Evaluation of Medicinal Plants Used by the Hmong People of Wisconsin PEC021 P. A. Gonsiska - Phylogeny and a preliminary comparative analysis of leaf and environmental characteristics in the epiphyt- PET002 Md. Shahadat Hossan - Medicinal plants used by the Chakmas, Bangladesh for gastrointestinal disorders ic bromeliad genus Catopsis PET003 Abu Hanif - A survey of medicinal plants used by the Marma tribe of Bangladesh against respiratory tract and associated PEC022 Jennifer L. Rushford - The value of Specific Leaf Area (SLA) for predicting future woody invaders in New England disorders PEC023 Nancy Nicholson - Past and Future: Assessing the Impact of Agriculture on Climate Change in the Last 10,000 years PET004 Susannah B. Johnson-Fulton - A Geographical Comparison of the Ethnobotany of Cochlospermaceae PEC024 Christopher T. Martine - Fi�een woody species with potential for invasiveness in New England PET005 L. Shaw - The ecology of food and medicine plant gathering sites as defined by Tl’azt’en Nation PEC025 K. Olusola Ogunwenmo - Toxicity assessment of Industrial effluents on Allium root tip mitosis PEC026 Habacuc Flores-Moreno - The effect of Cactoblastis cactorum on wild and cultivated populations of Opuntia species in ECONOMIC BOTANY SECTION Mexico using matrix population models PEC027 Stephen Ingalls - Influence of Seed Size on the Density of Arctostaphylos Seed Banks PEB001 Anastasia Markantonatou - SyMiC: A novel methodology for the location and exploitation of “economically important PEC028 David Susko - Effect of Pa�ern of Defoliation on Performance of Canola (Brassica napus) metabolites” of wild plants bearing glandular trichomes. PEC029 Linda E. Tackaberry - Got the climate change blues? Soil properties may impact mycorrhiza communities, early growth PEB002 Donald B. Pra� - Hybrid status of the Nanjing Beauty cultivar of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich var. distichum x var. and relocation success of whitebark pine mexicanum Gordon PEC030 Alejandro Flores Martnez - Population dynamics of an endangered endemic rupiculous cactus PEB004 R. N. Reese - Nutritional and antioxidant content of buffaloberry in comparison to autumnberry PEC031 Emily Drummond - The consequences of genetic diversity for invasion success in populations of dandelions, Taraxacum officinale ECOPHYSIOLOGY PEC032 Iman Sylvain - Comparison of Seedling Fitness in the Hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale Waldst and Kit. (Brassicaceae) in Soils With and Without Nickel PEC033 Laura Super - Plant community changes over 20 years in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, Canada PEP001 Rebecca E. Drenovsky - Potential impacts of soil salinity and salt tolerance on plant nutrient resorption PEC034 M. C. Mandujano - Dispersion and establishment of aborted fruits from Opuntia microdasys in three habitats of the PEP002 Bonnie Ma�hews - Inter-specific differences in area-based photosynthetic rates among herbaceous wetland species, and Chihuahuan Desert the relationship with the species’ biomass turnover strategy PEC035 Gerardo Sanchez-Ramos - Plant-animal interaction in a mexican cloud forest PEP003 Kevin Simonin - Biophysical constraints to Angiosperm leaf size PEC036 Suzanne Koptur - Gardening for pollinators of native plants - pine rockland restoration in Miami schoolyards PEP004 Robert D. Guy - Natural variation in seasonal growth traits and ecophysiology of Populus balsamifera based on prove- nance tests ECOLOGY / ECOLOGIE (CBA/ABC) EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (EVO-DEVO) PEG001 Irene M. McKechnie - Fungal and Soil Inoculation Influence on Seedling Growth and Survival of Black Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum Douglas ex Torr.) and Velvet-Leaf Huckleberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.) PEV001 Clare Bruggeman - Investigating the effects of phytohormones on leaf dissection in the California Poppy, Eschscholzia PEG002 Camille Graves - Local Adaptation and Sex Ratios in Ceratodon purpureus Growing at Extreme Temperatures in Geother- californica mal Vents PEV002 Rachel Meyer - Tomato and flowering tobacco fruit maturation is differently affected by ethylene, as seen through down- PEG003 Emily Wyszynski - Assessing Population Demography of Eastern White Cedar in the Sudbury region regulation of ETR4 PEG004 Lisa M.K. Robinson - Changes in microenvironment and plant community characteristics following partial harvest: impli- PEV003 Claire Lorts - Evolution of Angiosperm Fruit Type and Seed Dispersal cations for regenerating red oak in Great Lakes - St. Lawrence (GLSL) forests PEV004 Christine M Woollaco� - Genetic control of petal morphology: the hooded mutant of sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) PEG005 Peter Nosko - Herbivory chlorophyll and phenol levels of northern red oak leaves under partial harvest treatments PEV005 Isidro Ojeda - Barcoding plant island radiation, what works and what does not. A case study in Lotus (Leguminosae) in the Macaronesia ECONOMIC BOTANY: APPLIED PLANT BIOLOGY PEV006 Ashley Christensen - Evolution of the SEPALLATA gene lineages, LEAFY HULL STERILE1 (LHS1) and Oryza sativa MADS5 (OsMADS5), and their contribution to the origin of the grass floret PEV007 Daniel Woods - Phylogenetic and evolutionary-developmental analyses of BARREN STALK1-like genes in flowering plants PEA001 Shaikhamar Patel - Incidence of air borne spores of alternaria and effect of climatic variation on early blight disease of PEV008 Lori Glenwinkel - Developmental gene evolution of SEPALLATA 3 (SEP3) genes in graminoid Poales tomato at Nashik, India PEA002 suresh nandan - Ecobiodiversity of Cyanophyceae from Amaravati Dam of Dhule District of Maharashtra (India) PEA003 M.T. Cimino - Molecular systematic analysis of Hypericum perforatum and its close relatives PEA004 Mike Petefish - Inheritance of cannabinoid phenotype in a segregating population of Cannabis sativa PEA005 Yu-chung Chiang - Allelopathic Potential of Litchi chinensis Sonn PEA006 Nabeeh A. Hasan - Reading Tea Leaves: Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Té Gastronol Constituents 72 73 Botany 2008 Poster Presentations

ECONOMIC BOTANY SECTION Poster Presentations Mexico using matrix population models PEC027 Stephen Ingalls - Influence of Seed Size on the Density of Arctostaphylos Seed Banks PEB001 Anastasia Markantonatou - SyMiC: A novel methodology for the location and exploitation of “economically important PEC028 David Susko - Effect of Pa�ern of Defoliation on Performance of Canola (Brassica napus) metabolites” of wild plants bearing glandular trichomes. PEC029 Linda E. Tackaberry - Got the climate change blues? Soil properties may impact mycorrhiza communities, early growth PEB002 Donald B. Pra� - Hybrid status of the Nanjing Beauty cultivar of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich var. distichum x var. and relocation success of whitebark pine mexicanum Gordon PEC030 Alejandro Flores Martnez - Population dynamics of an endangered endemic rupiculous cactus PEB004 R. N. Reese - Nutritional and antioxidant content of buffaloberry in comparison to autumnberry PEC031 Emily Drummond - The consequences of genetic diversity for invasion success in populations of dandelions, Taraxacum officinale ECOPHYSIOLOGY PEC032 Iman Sylvain - Comparison of Seedling Fitness in the Hyperaccumulator, Alyssum murale Waldst and Kit. (Brassicaceae) in Soils With and Without Nickel PEC033 Laura Super - Plant community changes over 20 years in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, Canada PEP001 Rebecca E. Drenovsky - Potential impacts of soil salinity and salt tolerance on plant nutrient resorption PEC034 M. C. Mandujano - Dispersion and establishment of aborted fruits from Opuntia microdasys in three habitats of the PEP002 Bonnie Ma�hews - Inter-specific differences in area-based photosynthetic rates among herbaceous wetland species, and Chihuahuan Desert the relationship with the species’ biomass turnover strategy PEC035 Gerardo Sanchez-Ramos - Plant-animal interaction in a mexican cloud forest PEP003 Kevin Simonin - Biophysical constraints to Angiosperm leaf size PEC036 Suzanne Koptur - Gardening for pollinators of native plants - pine rockland restoration in Miami schoolyards PEP004 Robert D. Guy - Natural variation in seasonal growth traits and ecophysiology of Populus balsamifera based on prove- nance tests ECOLOGY / ECOLOGIE (CBA/ABC) EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (EVO-DEVO) PEG001 Irene M. McKechnie - Fungal and Soil Inoculation Influence on Seedling Growth and Survival of Black Huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum Douglas ex Torr.) and Velvet-Leaf Huckleberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.) PEV001 Clare Bruggeman - Investigating the effects of phytohormones on leaf dissection in the California Poppy, Eschscholzia PEG002 Camille Graves - Local Adaptation and Sex Ratios in Ceratodon purpureus Growing at Extreme Temperatures in Geother- californica mal Vents PEV002 Rachel Meyer - Tomato and flowering tobacco fruit maturation is differently affected by ethylene, as seen through down- PEG003 Emily Wyszynski - Assessing Population Demography of Eastern White Cedar in the Sudbury region regulation of ETR4 PEG004 Lisa M.K. Robinson - Changes in microenvironment and plant community characteristics following partial harvest: impli- PEV003 Claire Lorts - Evolution of Angiosperm Fruit Type and Seed Dispersal cations for regenerating red oak in Great Lakes - St. Lawrence (GLSL) forests PEV004 Christine M Woollaco� - Genetic control of petal morphology: the hooded mutant of sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) PEG005 Peter Nosko - Herbivory chlorophyll and phenol levels of northern red oak leaves under partial harvest treatments PEV005 Isidro Ojeda - Barcoding plant island radiation, what works and what does not. A case study in Lotus (Leguminosae) in the Macaronesia ECONOMIC BOTANY: APPLIED PLANT BIOLOGY PEV006 Ashley Christensen - Evolution of the SEPALLATA gene lineages, LEAFY HULL STERILE1 (LHS1) and Oryza sativa MADS5 (OsMADS5), and their contribution to the origin of the grass floret PEV007 Daniel Woods - Phylogenetic and evolutionary-developmental analyses of BARREN STALK1-like genes in flowering plants PEA001 Shaikhamar Patel - Incidence of air borne spores of alternaria and effect of climatic variation on early blight disease of PEV008 Lori Glenwinkel - Developmental gene evolution of SEPALLATA 3 (SEP3) genes in graminoid Poales tomato at Nashik, India PEA002 suresh nandan - Ecobiodiversity of Cyanophyceae from Amaravati Dam of Dhule District of Maharashtra (India) PEA003 M.T. Cimino - Molecular systematic analysis of Hypericum perforatum and its close relatives PEA004 Mike Petefish - Inheritance of cannabinoid phenotype in a segregating population of Cannabis sativa PEA005 Yu-chung Chiang - Allelopathic Potential of Litchi chinensis Sonn PEA006 Nabeeh A. Hasan - Reading Tea Leaves: Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Té Gastronol Constituents 72 73 Poster Presentations Botany 2008

GENETICS SECTION MOLECULAR ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

PGN001 Wm. Vance Baird - Identification of chromosomal regions associated with tolerance to Peach Tree Short Life, a serious PME001 Maria Mandujano - Using microsatellites to assess seed dispersal in a metapopulation of the epiphyte Tillandsia recurvata disease syndrome of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (Rosaceae) (Bromeliaceae) in a Mexican semidesert PGN002 Po-Hung Pan - The Development of a pollen-mediated gene transformation system for Spathoglottis plicata (Orchidaceae) PME002 Heather Ramsay - Explaining Evolutionary Rate Variation in Metabolic Pathways in Plants PGN003 Wei-Li Wang - Molecular evolution of Ribosome-inactivating protein gene family in Momordica charantia L PME003 Leigh A. Johnson - Phylogeographic Pa�erns of Fragmentation and Expansion of the Endemic Perennial Legume PGN004 Yu-Chung Chiang - Pa�ern of genetic diversity and introgression among two endemic eusporangiate ferns, Archangiopter- Anarthrophyllum desideratum (DC) Benth. in Southern Patagonia is somai and itoi, and wide distributed eusporangiate fern, Angiopteris lygodiifolia PME004 Kirsten Wright - Chromosomal Analysis of Natural Allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica PGN005 Vivian Panes - Breaking the Grounds in Molecular Plant Genetics Research on Selected Medicinal Plants of Asteraceae and PME005 Maria Mandujano - Clonal diversity and optimum crosses in Opuntia rastrera Weber (Cactaceae) Lamiaceae in the Philippines PME006 Leigh A. Johnson - Large scale phylogeographic study of the Patagonian species Calceolaria polyrhiza Cav. (Calceolariaceae) PGN006 Olatunji Oyelana - Assessment of a pentaploid hybrid from Solanum macrocarpon L. and its induced multiploid mutant (Solanaceae) PME007 Mary M. Guisinger-Bellian - Genome-wide analyses reveal pa�erns of increased nonsynonymous substitutions in plastids PGN007 Robert Gove - Mathematical modeling of resource allocation strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata of the flowering plant family Geraniaceae PGN008 Martha Coleman - RAPDs: a molecular diagnostic tool to distinguish between known non-native plant pests and their PME008 Tanya Renner - Chitinases and the Evolution of Plant Carnivory closest relatives in Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bi�er (Solanum L.; Solanaceae) PME009 Scott Black - Mapping landrace genetic diversity in a heterogeneous landscape - the case of Noug (Guizotia abyssinica) in Ethiopia PGN009 Jae-Min Chung - The genetic variation of four endangered plant species endemic to Korea and implications for conservation PME010 S.J. Taylor - Hybrid fitness in Louisiana Iris PGN010 Peter Zhang - Rapid divergence in alternative splicing pa�erns following gene and genome duplication MYCOLOGICAL/MYCOLOGIE SECTION GENOMICS / PROTEOMICS PMY001 Jonathan Frank - Aquatic gilled mushrooms: Psathyrella fruiting in the Rogue River in southern Oregon PGP001 Louie Dinh - Orthology assessment in EST data sets by whole genome guided phylogenies PMY002 Angela Uwayemen Ejale - Preservation of fresh tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) fruits with leaf extract of Momordica PGP002 Ruth E. Timme - EST survey of the Charophytes charantia L

ECOLOGY / ECOLOGIE (CBA/ABC) PALEOBOTANICAL SECTION

PGP003 Rose L. Andrew - Seed size variation associated with ecology in sand dune sunﬂowers PPB001 Caroline A. E. Strmberg - New perspectives on the Late Cretaceous Big Cedar Ridge ﬂora, Wyoming PPB002 E.A. Wheeler - InsideWood: a web-accessible resource for dicot wood anatomy HISTORICAL SECTION PPB003 Ma�hew Cheetham - Aerodynamic Characteristics of Saccate Pollen

PHYCOLOGICAL SECTION PHS001 Mauricio Diazgranados - Unraveling the Science of Discovery: Dr. José Cuatrecasas’ 1932 expedition to South America PHS002 Lena Struwe - The Establishment and Persistence of Plants Introduced to New Jersey by Solid Ballast on Ships PHS003 Marissa Jernegan - Botany at Eastern Illinois University PPC001 Asmita Patil - Biodiversity Study of Order Chroocuccales of Blue-Green Algae of North Maharashtra of India PPC002 suresh nandan - Ecobiodiversity Of Cyanophyceae From Amravati Dam Of Dhule District Of Maharashtra (India) MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PPC003 Kendra D. Bunner - Description of Zoospore Structure and Development in Entransia ﬁmbriata (Charophyceae) PPC004 Susan Leta Clayden - Characterization of Canadian members of the genus Acrochaetium (Rhodophyta)

PMB001 Meagan Lebeau - Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: The Role of Membrane Bound Hydrogen Pumps In Cadmium Induced Cell PHYSIOLOGICAL SECTION Expansion. PMB002 Birgit Gemeinholzer - Establishment of a DNA-Bank-Network PMB003 Songhita Das - Understanding the Mechanisms and Functions of French Bean PvPRP1 Gene Down-regulation During the PPS001 Ed Etxeberria - The linear phase of sucrose uptake concentration curve in sink organs is largely mediated by ﬂuid phase Defense Response in Transgenic Arabidopsis. endocytosis PPS002 Nicole M. Hughes - Coordination of anthocyanin decline and photosynthetic maturation in juvenile leaves of three decidu- ous tree species PPS003 Sara Saadatmand - The study of the physiological eﬀects of lead pollution on the growth parameters and protein content in Medicago sativa L

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GENETICS SECTION MOLECULAR ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

PGN001 Wm. Vance Baird - Identification of chromosomal regions associated with tolerance to Peach Tree Short Life, a serious PME001 Maria Mandujano - Using microsatellites to assess seed dispersal in a metapopulation of the epiphyte Tillandsia recurvata disease syndrome of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (Rosaceae) (Bromeliaceae) in a Mexican semidesert PGN002 Po-Hung Pan - The Development of a pollen-mediated gene transformation system for Spathoglottis plicata (Orchidaceae) PME002 Heather Ramsay - Explaining Evolutionary Rate Variation in Metabolic Pathways in Plants PGN003 Wei-Li Wang - Molecular evolution of Ribosome-inactivating protein gene family in Momordica charantia L PME003 Leigh A. Johnson - Phylogeographic Pa�erns of Fragmentation and Expansion of the Endemic Perennial Legume PGN004 Yu-Chung Chiang - Pa�ern of genetic diversity and introgression among two endemic eusporangiate ferns, Archangiopter- Anarthrophyllum desideratum (DC) Benth. in Southern Patagonia is somai and itoi, and wide distributed eusporangiate fern, Angiopteris lygodiifolia PME004 Kirsten Wright - Chromosomal Analysis of Natural Allopolyploid Arabidopsis suecica PGN005 Vivian Panes - Breaking the Grounds in Molecular Plant Genetics Research on Selected Medicinal Plants of Asteraceae and PME005 Maria Mandujano - Clonal diversity and optimum crosses in Opuntia rastrera Weber (Cactaceae) Lamiaceae in the Philippines PME006 Leigh A. Johnson - Large scale phylogeographic study of the Patagonian species Calceolaria polyrhiza Cav. (Calceolariaceae) PGN006 Olatunji Oyelana - Assessment of a pentaploid hybrid from Solanum macrocarpon L. and its induced multiploid mutant (Solanaceae) PME007 Mary M. Guisinger-Bellian - Genome-wide analyses reveal pa�erns of increased nonsynonymous substitutions in plastids PGN007 Robert Gove - Mathematical modeling of resource allocation strategies in Arabidopsis lyrata of the flowering plant family Geraniaceae Poster Presentations PGN008 Martha Coleman - RAPDs: a molecular diagnostic tool to distinguish between known non-native plant pests and their PME008 Tanya Renner - Chitinases and the Evolution of Plant Carnivory closest relatives in Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bi�er (Solanum L.; Solanaceae) PME009 Scott Black - Mapping landrace genetic diversity in a heterogeneous landscape - the case of Noug (Guizotia abyssinica) in Ethiopia PGN009 Jae-Min Chung - The genetic variation of four endangered plant species endemic to Korea and implications for conservation PME010 S.J. Taylor - Hybrid fitness in Louisiana Iris PGN010 Peter Zhang - Rapid divergence in alternative splicing pa�erns following gene and genome duplication MYCOLOGICAL/MYCOLOGIE SECTION GENOMICS / PROTEOMICS PMY001 Jonathan Frank - Aquatic gilled mushrooms: Psathyrella fruiting in the Rogue River in southern Oregon PGP001 Louie Dinh - Orthology assessment in EST data sets by whole genome guided phylogenies PMY002 Angela Uwayemen Ejale - Preservation of fresh tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M.) fruits with leaf extract of Momordica PGP002 Ruth E. Timme - EST survey of the Charophytes charantia L

ECOLOGY / ECOLOGIE (CBA/ABC) PALEOBOTANICAL SECTION

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PHYTOCHEMICAL SECTION PTERIDOLOGICAL SECTION/AFS PPT001 Sara Saadatmand - The study of essential components in the fruit carpel essence of Citrus limon by GC-Mass and the inves- tigation of its antibacterial eﬀects on E.coli and Staphylococcos aureus PPD001 Fay-Wei Li - Tissue-Direct PCR, a rapid and extraction-free method for fern barcoding PPT002 Gerald Seiler - Evaluation of rare and endangered wild Helianthus species from the southeastern United States for fa�y PPD002 Emily Y. Butler - In the Light of Evolution: A Proposal to Integrate Phylogeny and Ecophysiology in New World Dryopteris acid composition in the oil PPD003 Eyup Erdogan - Chorological and ecological investigations on Cheilanthoid ferns in Turkey PPT003 Charles Vaudry - Biosurfactants in the dwarf mistletoe, Arceuthobium americanum (Viscaceae) PPD004 Li-Yaung Kuo - Cytogeography and Polyploidy Evolution in Deparia lancea group PPD005 Jay F. Bolin - Isoetes (Isoetaceae: Lycopsida) in Lebanon and Syria

PLANT DEVELOPMENT / DÉVELOPPEMENT DES PLANTES (CBA/ABC) STRESS TOLERANCE

PPA001 Julia Nowak - A novel adaxialized mutant of canola PPA002 Xiaofeng Yin - Analysis of phyllotactic pa�ern transition in seedlings of Thuja occidentalis PST001 Justin Ancheta - Herbivore damage and saline stress tolerance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster PPA003 Christian Lacroix - Developmental morphology of the flower of Anaphyllopsis americana (Araceae) PST002 Ryan Pearlman - Larger-leaved Dioscorea species are able to maintain photosynthetic capacity under higher temperatures PPA004 Laura Sand - Effects of Plant Growth Regulators and Temperature on Floral Induction of Exacum Styer Group than smaller-leaved species PPA005 Ryan Pe�ersson - Senescence-related changes in climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala) leaves during development PST003 Maren Veatch-Blohm - Screening of Calla Lily Varieties for Response to Moderate Salt Stress PPA006 Earl Alikpala - Physiological studies of leaf senescence, gas exchange rate, and protein profiles in Western Red Cedar (Thuja PST004 Bernade�e Roche - The Effects of Different Calcium to Magnesium Ratios on Calciferous and Serpentine Populations of plicata) leaves Arabdopsis lyrata PPA007 Eunhee Park - Involvement of plant hormones in hypocotyl and cell growth in le�uce (Lactuca sativa) seedlings

SYMBIOSES: PLANT, ANIMAL, AND MICROBE INTERACTIONS POLLINATION BIOLOGY

PPL001 Gerardo Arceo-Gomez - Reproductive biology of enantiostylous Chamaecrista chamaecristoides (Leguminosae): a mixed PSY001 Kelly McDonald - Ectomycorrhizae Associated with Cercocarpus ledifolius and Quercus garryana var. brewerii in Southern mating system? Oregon PPL002 Donald R. Drake - Pa�erns of nectar feeding by birds on Lobeliad flowers in montane forests in Hawai’i PSY002 Katie Becklin - The good, the bad, and the costly: Effects of shading and drought on the costs and benefits of mycorrhizae PPL003 Ms. Gulshan Chaudhary - Reproductive biology of Boerhaavia diffusa (L)- An over-exploited medicinal plant PSY003 S R Barnum - Nif genes in symbiotically-capable Nostoc: More than one form? PPL004 Paula Sosenski - The evolution of flower morphology during the breakdown of tristyly, the combined effects of optimizing, PSY004 Misty Wellner - Dark Septate Endophyte and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Status of Vegetation Recolonizing a Remnant density-dependent and frequency dependent selection in Oxalis alpina Bo�omland Hardwood Forest in East Texas PPL005 Nelson S. Bi�encourt Jr - Evidence of post-zygotic self-pollinated pistil rejection in Tabebuia impetiginosa (Bignoniaceae), a species with late-acting self-incompatibility SYSTEMATICS/PHYTOGEOGRAPHY / TAXONOMIE/ SECTION PPL006 Boris O. Schlumpberger - Reproductive assurance through secondary pollinators in hawkmoth-adapted cactus flowers

PSP001 Gilberto Ocampo - Phylogenetics of Portulaca (Portulacaceae) POPULATION GENETICS PSP002 Chuck Miller - Botanicus - A freely accessible, Web-based encyclopedia of digitized 18th, 19th and early 20th century botanical reference literature PSP003 Rosabelle Samuel - Molecular systematics of Polystachya (Orchidaceae) Taraxacum PPO001 Donald M. Campanella - Genetic equilibrium of -type apomixis in autonomous triploid lineages PSP004 Chang Liu - Phylogenetic investigations in Myoporum (Scrophulariaceae: Myoporeae): sequence analysis of one nuclear PPO002 Luiz Orlando Oliveira - A comparative assessment of genetic diversity and geographic differentiation among Atlantic and and six chloroplast loci. Psychotria ipecacuanha Amazonian populations of (Rubiaceae) by ISSR markers PSP005 Susanne S Renner - A phylogenetic classification of the Cucurbitaceae and a treatment for Families and Genera of Vascular PPO003 Carol Auer - When hybrids go wrong: Assessing potential environmental risk from the release of herbicide-resistant cree- Plants ping bentgrass (Agrostis) PSP006 Jianhua Li - Maple Phylogenetics Inferred from Sequences of Nuclear and Chloroplast Genomes PPO004 Susanne S. Renner - Divergence of the X and Y homologs of a sex-linked SCAR marker in the Cucurbitaceae Bryonia PSP007 Laura Schmidt - Pollen Grain Diversity among the 28 Tribes of the Brassicaceae dioica, a species with XY sex determination PSP008 Clark A. Danderson - Resolving phylogenetic relationships within the Arracacia clade (Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae) Agrostis PPO005 Jay R. Reichman - Characterization of nuclear microsatellite markers from species using ITS and cpDNA sequence data PPO006 Rajanikanth Govindarajulu - Are small forest fragments more heterogeneous among themselves than large fragments? PSP009 Kurt Neubig - Phylogenetic utility of ycf1 in Orchids: an underappreciated plastid DNA region PPO007 Moira Scascitelli - Genome-wide analysis of the effects of inter-specific gene flow in annual sunflowers PSP010 Eyup Erdogan - Comparative Anatomical Studies on Hyocyamus L. (Solanaceae) in Turkey Crataegus PPO008 Eugenia Lo - Reticulate history and population genetic structure of black-fruited hawthorns ( ; Rosaceae) in the PSP011 Ruth Jaén-Molina - Testing the performance of 10 universal cp-microsatellite sequences as a new technical tool to investi- Pacific Northwest. gate micro-evolutionary problems in the Canarian Flora

76 77 Botany 2008 Poster Presentations

PLANT DEVELOPMENT / DÉVELOPPEMENT DES PLANTES (CBA/ABC) STRESS TOLERANCE

PPA001 Julia Nowak - A novel adaxialized mutant of canola PPA002 Xiaofeng Yin - Analysis of phyllotactic pa�ern transition in seedlings of Thuja occidentalis PST001 Justin Ancheta - Herbivore damage and saline stress tolerance in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster Poster Presentations PPA003 Christian Lacroix - Developmental morphology of the flower of Anaphyllopsis americana (Araceae) PST002 Ryan Pearlman - Larger-leaved Dioscorea species are able to maintain photosynthetic capacity under higher temperatures PPA004 Laura Sand - Effects of Plant Growth Regulators and Temperature on Floral Induction of Exacum Styer Group than smaller-leaved species PPA005 Ryan Pe�ersson - Senescence-related changes in climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala) leaves during development PST003 Maren Veatch-Blohm - Screening of Calla Lily Varieties for Response to Moderate Salt Stress PPA006 Earl Alikpala - Physiological studies of leaf senescence, gas exchange rate, and protein profiles in Western Red Cedar (Thuja PST004 Bernade�e Roche - The Effects of Different Calcium to Magnesium Ratios on Calciferous and Serpentine Populations of plicata) leaves Arabdopsis lyrata PPA007 Eunhee Park - Involvement of plant hormones in hypocotyl and cell growth in le�uce (Lactuca sativa) seedlings

SYMBIOSES: PLANT, ANIMAL, AND MICROBE INTERACTIONS POLLINATION BIOLOGY

76 77 Poster Presentations Botany 2008

SYSTEMATICS/PHYTOGEOGRAPHY / TAXONOMIE/ SECTION (cont’d.)

PSP012 Carole Sinou - Phylogeny of the genus Bauhinia (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Cercideae) PSP040 Michael Wright - Cuscuta salina (Salt marsh dodder; Convolvulaceae): one species or two? PSP013 Young-Dong Kim - Molecular evidence for diploid hybrid origin of Aster chusanensis, an endemic species of Ulleung PSP041 Frank R. Bla�ner - Phylogenetic relationships within Crocus (Iridaceae) based on ITS sequences of nuclear rDNA Island, Korea PSP042 Andrea E. Schwarzbach - A phylogeny of the Cupressaceae based on the combined analysis of chloroplast and nuclear markers PSP014 Genevieve K. Walden - Phylogenetic analysis of Phacelia (Boraginaceae) inferred from chloroplast ndhF and nuclear PSP043 J. Antonio Vazquez-Garcia - Floristic and phytogeographical pa�erns of parasitic species in Mexico ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) region sequences PSP044 Johannes C. Vogel - Molecular phylogeny of bluebells, Hyacinthoides (Aspearagaceae) PSP015 Soo-Young Kim - Chromosomes on endemic plants to Korea PSP045 Jianhua Li - Generic Limits in the subtribe Pyrinae (Rosaceae): Evidence from Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data PSP016 Frank R. Bla�ner - A cladistic analysis of Hypericum (Hypericaceae) based on morphological characters PSP046 Susan J. Rolfsmeier - Presenting a unique biodiversity collection for the central Great Plains: digital initiatives of the Kansas PSP017 Frank R. Bla�ner - Molecular markers infer cryptic species within Allium subg. Melanocrommyum State University Herbarium PSP018 Roger W. Sanders - Origin and morphological diversification of Scalesia (Asteraceae), Galpagos Islands PSP047 Antione�e C Gray - Resolution of phylogenetic pa�erns within the monocot order Asparagales PSP019 Marcia Waterway - Phylogenetic pa�ern in the ability of North American sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae) to form dauciform PSP048 Elizabeth Georgian - A new molecular phylogeny for the apetalous passionflowers (Passiflora subgenus Decaloba supersec- roots in low phosphorus conditions tion Cieca) PSP020 Kunjani Joshi - Phylogenetics of Swertia L. (Gentianaceae- Swertiinae) and Molecular Differentiation of Swertia Species in PSP049 Mario A. Blanco - Phylogeny of Lockhartia (Orchidaceae) based on multiple DNA regions Nepalese Medicinal Herbs PSP050 Susannah B. Johnson-Fulton - Phylogenetic Relationships in Amoreuxia (Cochlospermaceae) Based on Chloroplast and PSP021 Jenny M. Cordes - Molecular systematic evidence supporting distinction of a rare Greek endemic and its southern African Nuclear DNA Sequences relatives: the genus Conium (Apiaceae) redefined PSP051 Eyup Erdogan - Phylogenetic relationships among some Crocus taxa based on morphology and anatomy in Turkey PSP022 Enoch G. Achigan-Dako - Phylogenetic evaluation of Cucurbitaceae by nrDNA ITS sequences with special emphasis on the PSP052 Steven R. Manchester - Phylogenetic distribution of fin-winged fruits and the identification of fossils tribe Benincaseae PSP053 Eyup Erdogan - The Stem and Leaf Anatomy of the Lycium anatolicum A. Baytop et R. Mill (Solanaceae) Which is An PSP023 Kelli Lackey - Does the plastid inverted repeat loss support conifer monophyly? Endemic Species in Turkey PSP024 Janet C. Barber - Molecular phylogenetics of Cuphea: evolution of floral morphology, chromosome number, seed and PSP054 Chunghee Lee - Taxonomic reconsideration of the Leontopodium coreanum Nakai (Asteraceae) pollen characters and habit PSP055 Chan-Soo Kim - Endangered Plants in Jeju Island, Korea PSP025 Nuri B. Pierce - Polyaperturate pollen types and ratios of heteromorphism in the monocot genus Conostylis R. Br. (Haemo- PSP056 Rhiannon Peery - Exploring the utility of the nuclear XDH gene for gymnosperm phylogenetics doraceae) are described and evaluated as phylogenetically informative PSP057 Firouzeh Javadi - Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography within the subgenus Ceratotropis (Leguminosae) based on PSP026 Mark Welsh - Pollen evolution and its systematic significance in Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae) the four plastid non-coding region sequences PSP027 Sterling C. Keeley - Relationships among North and South American species within two genera of Vernonieae (Compositae) PSP058 Rebecca Peters - A Treatment of Violaceae for the Flora of Chiapas PSP028 Sterling C. Keeley - Preliminary phylogenetic relationships in Thai Vernonieae (Compositae) PSP059 Mohammad Vatanparast - Phylogeography of a pantropical plant with sea-dri�ed seeds, Canavalia rosea (Fabaceae), based PSP029 David Bogler - Interactive Key to the Grasses of the United States on cpDNA PSP030 John J. Schenk - Effects of substitution models on divergence time estimates: an empirical study of model uncertainty using PSP060 Koji Takayama - Remarkable genetic structure of mangrove genus Rhizophora (Rhizophoraceae) in the Atlantic-East Pacific Cornales PSP061 Barbara S. Carlsward - Perianth anatomy of Maxillaria and related genera (Orchidaceae) PSP031 K. Levings - A Preliminary Anatomical Study of Hybrid Betula in Alaska PSP062 Julian R. Starr - Barcoding sedges (Carex and Kobresia; Cyperaceae) of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago PSP032 J. A. Peirson - Ecological and Phenological Divergence of Solidago simplex Populations in the Glaciated Great Lakes PSP063 K.E. Hasenstab - Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Cryptantha (Boraginaceae) Region: Implications for Reproductive Isolation and Speciation PSP064 Michael Silveira - Systematics of the Mesamints: Pogogyne (Lamiaceae) PSP033 Nicholas P. Tippery - Taxonomic revision of Villarsia (Menyanthaceae) in Australia: Molecular and morphological evidence PSP065 Julie A Knight - An Ecological and Phylogenetic study of Draba kassii (Brassicaceae), an endemic species of the Deep Creek PSP034 Luc Brouillet - Phylogenetic relationships among diploid species of Symphyotrichum (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on two Mountains of Western Utah nuclear markers PSP066 Patrick J. Alexander - Identification of Leucaena using SAIKS (SLIKS-Alike Interactive Key So�ware) PSP035 E. Ann Powell - An analysis of morphological variation and species limits in the Satyria clade (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae) PSP067 Young-Dong Kim - Molecular phylogeny of Astilbe: implications for phylogeography and morphological evolution PSP036 Eyup Erdogan - Morphological, Anatomical and Ecological Study on Some Micromeria Bentham (Lamiaceae) Distributed in PSP068 Julia Gertsen - Molecular Phylogeny of Boraginaceae The West of Turkey PSP069 Joanne L. Birch - A preliminary phylogeny of Astelia (Asteliaceae): implications for identifying pathways of long-distance PSP037 Suk-Pyo Hong - Systematic implication of floral micromorphology in Glechoma and related genera (Nepetinae-Lamiaceae) dispersal in the Pacific PSP038 Min-Jung Kong - The foliar and floral micromorphological characters of the Valerianaceae and their systematic implications PSP070 Zack E. Murrell - Bioinformatics and the regional herbarium network SERNEC PSP039 Hong-Keun Choi - Genetic diversity and relationship of diploid and polyploid species of Isoetes in East Asia based on PSP071 Kate Halpin - Species delimitation in Hastingsia (Agavaceae): insights from chloroplast DNA amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis

78 79 Botany 2008 Poster Presentations

SYSTEMATICS/PHYTOGEOGRAPHY / TAXONOMIE/ SECTION (cont’d.)

PSP018 Roger W. Sanders - Origin and morphological diversification of Scalesia (Asteraceae), Galpagos Islands Poster Presentations PSP019 Marcia Waterway - Phylogenetic pa�ern in the ability of North American sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae) to form dauciform PSP048 Elizabeth Georgian - A new molecular phylogeny for the apetalous passionflowers (Passiflora subgenus Decaloba supersec- roots in low phosphorus conditions tion Cieca) PSP020 Kunjani Joshi - Phylogenetics of Swertia L. (Gentianaceae- Swertiinae) and Molecular Differentiation of Swertia Species in PSP049 Mario A. Blanco - Phylogeny of Lockhartia (Orchidaceae) based on multiple DNA regions Nepalese Medicinal Herbs PSP050 Susannah B. Johnson-Fulton - Phylogenetic Relationships in Amoreuxia (Cochlospermaceae) Based on Chloroplast and PSP021 Jenny M. Cordes - Molecular systematic evidence supporting distinction of a rare Greek endemic and its southern African Nuclear DNA Sequences relatives: the genus Conium (Apiaceae) redefined PSP051 Eyup Erdogan - Phylogenetic relationships among some Crocus taxa based on morphology and anatomy in Turkey PSP022 Enoch G. Achigan-Dako - Phylogenetic evaluation of Cucurbitaceae by nrDNA ITS sequences with special emphasis on the PSP052 Steven R. Manchester - Phylogenetic distribution of fin-winged fruits and the identification of fossils tribe Benincaseae PSP053 Eyup Erdogan - The Stem and Leaf Anatomy of the Lycium anatolicum A. Baytop et R. Mill (Solanaceae) Which is An PSP023 Kelli Lackey - Does the plastid inverted repeat loss support conifer monophyly? Endemic Species in Turkey PSP024 Janet C. Barber - Molecular phylogenetics of Cuphea: evolution of floral morphology, chromosome number, seed and PSP054 Chunghee Lee - Taxonomic reconsideration of the Leontopodium coreanum Nakai (Asteraceae) pollen characters and habit PSP055 Chan-Soo Kim - Endangered Plants in Jeju Island, Korea PSP025 Nuri B. Pierce - Polyaperturate pollen types and ratios of heteromorphism in the monocot genus Conostylis R. Br. (Haemo- PSP056 Rhiannon Peery - Exploring the utility of the nuclear XDH gene for gymnosperm phylogenetics doraceae) are described and evaluated as phylogenetically informative PSP057 Firouzeh Javadi - Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography within the subgenus Ceratotropis (Leguminosae) based on PSP026 Mark Welsh - Pollen evolution and its systematic significance in Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae) the four plastid non-coding region sequences PSP027 Sterling C. Keeley - Relationships among North and South American species within two genera of Vernonieae (Compositae) PSP058 Rebecca Peters - A Treatment of Violaceae for the Flora of Chiapas PSP028 Sterling C. Keeley - Preliminary phylogenetic relationships in Thai Vernonieae (Compositae) PSP059 Mohammad Vatanparast - Phylogeography of a pantropical plant with sea-dri�ed seeds, Canavalia rosea (Fabaceae), based PSP029 David Bogler - Interactive Key to the Grasses of the United States on cpDNA PSP030 John J. Schenk - Effects of substitution models on divergence time estimates: an empirical study of model uncertainty using PSP060 Koji Takayama - Remarkable genetic structure of mangrove genus Rhizophora (Rhizophoraceae) in the Atlantic-East Pacific Cornales PSP061 Barbara S. Carlsward - Perianth anatomy of Maxillaria and related genera (Orchidaceae) PSP031 K. Levings - A Preliminary Anatomical Study of Hybrid Betula in Alaska PSP062 Julian R. Starr - Barcoding sedges (Carex and Kobresia; Cyperaceae) of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago PSP032 J. A. Peirson - Ecological and Phenological Divergence of Solidago simplex Populations in the Glaciated Great Lakes PSP063 K.E. Hasenstab - Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Cryptantha (Boraginaceae) Region: Implications for Reproductive Isolation and Speciation PSP064 Michael Silveira - Systematics of the Mesamints: Pogogyne (Lamiaceae) PSP033 Nicholas P. Tippery - Taxonomic revision of Villarsia (Menyanthaceae) in Australia: Molecular and morphological evidence PSP065 Julie A Knight - An Ecological and Phylogenetic study of Draba kassii (Brassicaceae), an endemic species of the Deep Creek PSP034 Luc Brouillet - Phylogenetic relationships among diploid species of Symphyotrichum (Asteraceae: Astereae) based on two Mountains of Western Utah nuclear markers PSP066 Patrick J. Alexander - Identification of Leucaena using SAIKS (SLIKS-Alike Interactive Key So�ware) PSP035 E. Ann Powell - An analysis of morphological variation and species limits in the Satyria clade (Vaccinieae, Ericaceae) PSP067 Young-Dong Kim - Molecular phylogeny of Astilbe: implications for phylogeography and morphological evolution PSP036 Eyup Erdogan - Morphological, Anatomical and Ecological Study on Some Micromeria Bentham (Lamiaceae) Distributed in PSP068 Julia Gertsen - Molecular Phylogeny of Boraginaceae The West of Turkey PSP069 Joanne L. Birch - A preliminary phylogeny of Astelia (Asteliaceae): implications for identifying pathways of long-distance PSP037 Suk-Pyo Hong - Systematic implication of floral micromorphology in Glechoma and related genera (Nepetinae-Lamiaceae) dispersal in the Pacific PSP038 Min-Jung Kong - The foliar and floral micromorphological characters of the Valerianaceae and their systematic implications PSP070 Zack E. Murrell - Bioinformatics and the regional herbarium network SERNEC PSP039 Hong-Keun Choi - Genetic diversity and relationship of diploid and polyploid species of Isoetes in East Asia based on PSP071 Kate Halpin - Species delimitation in Hastingsia (Agavaceae): insights from chloroplast DNA amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis

78 79 SYSTEMATICS/PHYTOGEOGRAPHY / TAXONOMIE/ SECTION (cont’d.) A C PSP072 Kevin Weitemier - Phylogenetic analysis of the Lupinus lepidus species complex from noncoding cpDNA sequence data Barrington, David S. 8010 Abirhire, Oghenemise 10001 PSP073 Chris Lee - Townsendia: Disentangling an asexually frustrating genus Bartlett, Madelaine 48002 Cameron, Duncan D 40001 Achigan-Dako, Enoch G. 15004, PSP022 Beaulieu, Jm 28007 Cameron, Kenneth M. 47008 PSP074 Ellen A. Dean - Growing a rare plant mapping and floristic project with local support Adams, Keith S8005 Beck, James 34002 Campanella, Donald M. PPO001 PSP075 Lia Walker - A preliminary study of the genetic variation between sympatric Mimulus, a soil endemic, and its widespread Adesalu, Taofikat 10004 Becklin, Katie PSY002 Campbell, Jocelyn S9002 progenitor Adewale, Daniel B. 32006 Bekele, Endashaw S7005 Cantino, P. D. 14011 PSP076 Frank R. Bla�ner - Genetic structure in and among populations of the Southeast Asian tropical ant-plants of Macaranga Akhtar, Naeem 59004 Bell, Hester L. 36012 Carlson, Kitrina PEC001 Akond, Harun 38008 (Euphorbiaceae) Bell, Timothy S1006 Carlsward, Barbara S. PSP061 Albouyeh, Rokneddin 003 PSP077 Kevin Weitemier - Phylogenetic perspectives on speciation and biogeography of Primula sect. Parryi, endemic to western Benedict, John C. 17001 Carpenter, Kevin, J. 10005 Alexander, Patrick J. PSP066 Berry, Eric S1004 Carstens, Bryan S2002 North America Alikpala, Earl PPA006 Berry, Paul E. 56006 Cellinese, Nico 62009 PSP078 khalil ebrahimi - The morphology of hair in species of Plantago L sect.Coronopus Pilger in Iran Allen, Geraldine A. S2007 Berryman, Shanti S9003 Cervantes, Sandy D. PCB005 PSP079 Frank R. Bla�ner - AFLPs resolve phylogenetic relationships in a narrow group of diploid New World Hordeum species Allphin, Loreen 12003 Bhaskar, Radika 30002 Chang, Ying 34001 (Poaceae) Alvarez-Fuentes, Orlando 8008 Biernacki, Maciej 44003 Chase, Mark W. 26001 PSP080 Mehdi Yousofi - Taxonomic review of the Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. complex (Poaceae: Triticeae) in Iran Amend, Anthony 40004 Biggs, L S3004 Chaudhary, Ms. Gulshan 52007, PPL003 Ames, Mercedes 62003 PSP081 Andrew L. Hipp - A phylogeny of elms (Ulmus) based on chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data Birch, Joanne L. PSP069 Cheetham, Matthew PPB003 Amos, Bonnie S1003 PSP082 Huei-Jiun Su - Phylogenetic relationships of Balanophoraceae and Santalales based on floral B homeotic genes Bittencourt Jr, Nelson S. PPL005 Chen, Iju 13003 Ancheta, Justin PST001 PSP083 Sara Manafzadeh - Systematics and evolution of the Irano-Turanian genus Haplophyllum A. Juss. (Rutaceae) Bjork, Curtis S9001 Chhetri, Hari 36013 Andrew, Rose L. 57005, PGP003 Bjorkman, Anne 39004 Chiang, Yu-Chung PGN004 PSP084 Juan Carlos Villarreal A. - Phylogenetic relationships within the Nothoceros alliance: the origin of the asexual Appalachian Angeles, Guillermo 50001 Black, Scott PME009 Chiang, Yu-Chung PEA005 endemic Megaceros Angyalossy, Veronica 50006 Blackman, Benjamin K. 5001 Choi, Hong-Keun PSP039 PSP085 Diana D. Jolles - Maintenance of phenotypic polymorphism in Pyrola picta (Pyroleae: Monotropoideae: Ericaceae) Applequist, Wendy L. C1002 Blackmore, Stephen C2005 Chou, Yen-Wei 15009 Arafa, Raafat 57006 Blanco, Mario A. PSP049 Chouinard, Brianna N 14005 Araki, Kiwako PEC013 Blattner, Frank R. PSP016, PSP017, PSP041, Christensen, Ashley PEV006 TEACHING SECTION Arceo-Gomez, Gerardo PPL001 PSP076, PSP079 Christianson, Michael L. 50005 Archambault, Mariannick 45003 Boatwright, James S. 35011 Chumley, Timothy W. 34004 PB 81 Armstrong, Joseph S5003 Bogler, David PSP029 Chung, Jae-Min PGN009 PTS001 Pei-Luen Lu - A theory of geometric application in plant morphology Armstrong, Joseph E. 21002 Bolin, Jay F. 8004, PPD005 Churchill, Amber 23002 PTS002 Alfredo J. Huerta - A hands-on field/laboratory method for developing an understanding of global carbon balance issues Athar, Habib-Ur-Rehman 64005 Borer, Catherine H. 22005 Cimino, M.T. PEA003 using forest trees Auer, Carol PPO003 Bourque, Laura 19005 Clark, John L. 55016 Axsmith, Brian 37001 PTS003 Ma�hew J. Valente - Pollen trapping as a tool for introducing middle school students to pollen analysis for paleoenviron- Boyce, C. Kevin 60004, 60006 Clarkson, James J. 5004 mental reconstruction Braly, S. Katharine PEC003 Clayden, Susan Leta PPC004 Brokaw, Joshua 16002 Clemants, Steven 51002 PTS004 Susan E. Yost - Utilizing campus trees for botanical education - creation of a labeled Campus Tree Walk B Brouillet, Luc PSP034 Coe, Felix G. 52003 Brouillette, Larry 22002 Cohen, Jim 33008 Bachelier, Julien B. 33005 Bruggeman, Clare PEV001 Coleman, Martha PGN008 TROPICAL BIOLOGY SECTION Bacon, Christine D. 36003, 46002 Bruneau, Anne 35001, S2001 Conti, Elena 15001 Bailey, C. Donovan 63002 Brunell, Mark S 10002 Cordes, Jenny M. PSP021 Bain, John F S2005 Cornwell, W K 22003 PTB001 Jackeline Salazar - Tabebuia species from Hispaniola: An example of radiation and endemism of the family Bignoniaceae in Buggs, Richard J. A. 43006 Baird, Wm. Vance PGN001 Bunner, Kendra D. PPC003 Cortes B., Rocio 55001 the Greater Antilles Baker, Stokes S5006 Burgess, Michael B. 46007 Cortés-Palomec, Aurea C. 32001 PTB002 G. A. Wahlert - New Species and Diversification in the Rinorea arborea complex (Violaceae) from Madagascar Baker, Stokes S. 31006, W7001, W9001 Burke, Janelle 6005 Costea, Mihai 62001 PTB003 Tatyana A. Lobova - Overview and Analysis of Seed Dispersal by Bats Featured in an Upcoming Monograph Bakshi, Vibhu PDS013 Burr, Kari L 10003 Cowan, Peter D 44001 Baldwin, Bruce G. 54005 PTB004 José C. Fagua - Spatial distribution, Habitat preference, Population Structure, and Conservation Status of Aniba perutilis Busch, Andrea 53009 Cozza, John S5007 Ballard, H. E. 66002 (Lauraceae) in Andean forests Bush, Catherine 16013 Craft, Kj 5010 Barber, Janet C. 6012, PSP024 Butler, Emily Y. PPD002 Crandall, Raelene 51005 Barker, Michael S. 5012, S6006, S8004 Byrne, Mary K. S12002 Crawford, Daniel J. 45009 Barkworth, Mary 36015, 61001, W14001 Bérubé, Vicky PCB009 Creese, Chris 22006 Barnum, S R PSY003 Crepet, William 41004 Barrett, Craig F. 43005 Culley, Theresa M. 32011

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