Recently added articles from The Botanical Review:
Foreword.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... The International Botanical Congress, held in Vienna, Austria in July of 2005, included two symposia on the family Cyperaceae. The cosmopolitan Cyperaceae are the world's seventh largest plant family, with about 105 genera and perhaps 5,500 species. The largest genus, Carex (ca. 2,000 ...
Phylogeny of cyperaceae based on DNA sequence data: current progress and future prospects.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Cyperaceae comprise 109 genera and approximately 5,500 species and have an almost cosmopolitan distribution (Govaerts et al., 2007). About 35% of the genera are monotypic, 26% have two to five species, and there are a seven (6%) genera with over 200 species, the ...
A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the Rhynchosporeae (Cyperaceae).(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction The tribe Rhynchosporeae comprise two genera, Rhynchospora (ca. 250-300 species) and Pleurostachys with ca. 32 species (Goetghebeur, 1998). Molecular analysis (Muasya et al., 1998, 2000) confirms the close relationship between these two genera and indicates that ...
A floral ontogenetic approach to questions of homology within the Cyperoideae (Cyperaceae).(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Based on recent molecular phylogenetic analyses, Simpson et al. (2007) and Muasya et al. (this volume A) proposed maintenance of only two subfamilies within Cyperaceae, Mapanioideae and Cyperoideae. Cyperoideae comprise all genera of Cyperaceae previously classified ...
What is a genus in Cypereae: phylogeny, character homology assessment and generic circumscription in Cypereae.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Taxa included in tribe Cypereae are annual or perennial herbs that vary in stature from minute to 5 m tall. Leaves generally have well-developed blades, but are reduced to lobes in some species; there also may be a ligule. Inflorescences are capitate or anthelate ....
Insights on using morphologic data for phylogenetic analysis in sedges (Cyperaceae).(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction The sedges (Cyperaceae) constitute a large, morphologically diverse, geographically widespread, and ecologically and economically important family. The family contains more than 5,000 species in 108 genera (Goetghebeur, 1998; Simpson et al., 2005). Despite the ...
The evolution of chromosome arrangements in Carex (Cyperaceae).(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Chromosomes evolve more dynamically in sedges than in any other group of flowering plants. The genus Carex L. exhibits a particularly exceptional aneuploid series, ranging from n=6 to n=66 (Tanaka, 1949), with every number from n=6 to n=47 represented by at least ...
Phylogeny and evolution in Cariceae (Cyperaceae): current knowledge and future directions.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction The Cyperaceae (5,000 spp., 109 genera, 14 tribes; Goetghebeur, 1998) is a cosmopolitan clade (Jones et al., 2007) of mainly anemophilous, herbaceous plants that is the third largest monocot family after orchids and grasses. Even within such a remarkable family, ...
Phylogeny, species richness, and ecological specialization in Cyperaceae tribe Cariceae.(Report)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Introduction Species-rich genera of plants, especially those with broad geographic distribution, are both a challenge and an opportunity for the integration of ecological and evolutionary perspectives on diversity. Phylogenetic analysis is complicated not only by the sheer size ...
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae).(Part 1)(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Introduction In the taxonomic history of the family Asteraceae, two significant classification systems, one by Cassini (1819) and the other by Bentham (Bentham & Hooker, 1873), were proposed. Cassini (1816, formally 1819) established 19 tribes, among them the Mutisieae and ...
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae).(Part 2)(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Ainsliaea DC. Prodr. 7: 13. 1838. TYPE: Ainsliaea pteropoda DC. [= Ainsliaea latifolia (D. Don) Sch. Bip.]. 6 of Figs. 3-6. Diaspananthus Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 186. 1866, as Diaspanthus. TYPE: Diaspananthus uniflorus (Miq.) Kitam. [-Ainsliaea ...
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae).(Part 3)(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Leibnitzia Cass. Dict. sci. nat. 25: 420. Nov. 1822. TYPE: Tussilago anandria L. [= Leibnitzia anandria (L.) Turcz.]. 28 of Figs. 27-30. Anandria Less., Linnaea 5: 241. 1830, nom. illeg. Cleistanthium Kunze, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 9: 40. 1851. TYPE: ...
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae).(Part 4)(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Holocheilus Cass. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris: 73. 1818. TYPE: Perdicium brasiliense L. [= Holocheilus brasiliensis (L.) Cabrera]. 54 of Figs. 51-54. Cleanthes D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16: 194. 1830. TYPE: Cleanthes hieracioides D. Don [= Holocheilus ...
The subfamily Mutisioideae (Asteraceae).(Part 5)(Report)
Dec 01, 2008; ... Wunderlichia Riedel ex Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. pl. 2: 489. 1873. TYPE: Wunderlichia mirabilis Riedel ex Baker (lectotype designated by Hind & Semir, 1998b). 76 of Figs. 75-76. Etymology. Named in honor of Mr. Wunderlich, a collector of Russian and Asian ...
Homologous versus antithetic alternation of generations and the origin of sporophytes.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Introduction For more than a century, theories of the 'antithetic' origin of sporophytes have been juxtaposed with theories of their 'homologous' origin. During this same period, there have been profound changes in our knowledge of the phylogeny of land plants and of mechanisms ...
A tale of plant Glutathione S-transferases: since 1970.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Introduction Glutathione S-Transferases (GSTs, EC.2.5.1.18) are a superfamily of multifunctional enzymes that detoxify endobiotic and xenobiotic compounds by conjugating glutathione (GSH) to a hydrophobic substrate. In plants, the resulting water soluble and less toxic ...
Pollen and the evolution of Arctotideae (Compositae).(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Introduction In recent years, great advances have been made in phylogeny reconstruction, classification, morphological and anatomical study in flowering plants as a whole and Compositae in particular (Jansen et al., 1991; Kim & Jansen, 1995; Funk et al., 2005). One group that ...
Molecular phylogenetic studies of Caribbean palms (arecaceae) and their relationships to biogeography and conservation.(ERRATUM)(Correction notice)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The primary address where all authors conducted the research for this article, which was published in Volume 74, Number 1, p. 78, is Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 11935 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, FL 33156, USA. The secondary ...
A synopsis of chromosome number variation in the Cyperaceae.(Report)
Jun 01, 2008; ... Introduction The Cyperaceae is a large cosmopolitan family with approximately 5,400 species in 103 genera currently recognized (Simpson et al., in prep., World Checklist of Cyperaceae). The family is well known, along with the Juncaceae, for having a suite of cytological ...
Table 1 An annotated checklist of chromosome numbers in the cyperaceae: Part 1.(A Synopsis of Chromosome Number Variation in the Cyperaceae)(Table)
Jun 01, 2008; ... <Pre> Table 1 An Annotated Checklist of Chromosome Numbers in the Cyperaceae Species Haploid no. Diploid no. Ref. Abildgaardia mexicana (Palla) Kral see Fimbristylis mexicana Palla Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral see Fimbristylis ovata ...