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Ackerly, David, 2004. Adaptation, niche conservatism, and convergence: Comparative studies of leaf evolution in the California chaparral. Am. Nat. 163(5):654-671.

Andreasen, Katarina & Bruce G. Baldwin, 2001. Unequal Evolutionary Rates Between Annual and Perennial Lineages of Checker Mallows (Sidalcea, Malvaceae): Evidence from 18S-26S rDNA Internal and External Transcribed Spacers. Mol. Biol. Evol. 18(6): 936-944.

Andreasen, Katarina and Bruce G. Baldwin, 2003. Reexamination of relationships, habital evolution, and phylogeography of checker mallows (Sidalcea; Malvaceae) based on molecular phylogenetic data. Amer. J. Bot. 90(3): 436-444.

Aulenback, Kevin R. and Ben A. LePage, 1998. Taxodium wallisii sp. nov.: First occurrence of Taxodium from the upper cretaceous. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159(2):367-390.

Bharadwa, Kiran, Sahan Rajapaksa, Kim Tsao, Kristen Weiss and Johnathan Zhang, 2003. Factors in habitat selection of the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis. Term paper in support of UCB undergrad course: Natural History of Vertebrates, Spring 2003.

Behnke, H.-Dietmar, 2000. Forms and sizes of sieve-element plastids and evolution of the Monocotyledons. Chapter in: Monocots: Systematics and Evolution (2000). Eds. K.L. Wilson and D.A. Morrison. (CSIRO: Melbourne )

Behnke, H.-Dietmar, 1988. Sieve-element plastids, phloem protein, and evolution of flowering plants: III. Magnoliidae. Taxon 37(3):699-732.

Berg, Rolf Y., 2003. Development of ovule, embryo sac, and endosperm in Triteleia (Themidaceae) relative to taxonomy. Amer. J. Bot. 90(6): 937-948.

Bortiri, Esteban, Sang-Hun Oh, Jianguo Jiang, Scott Baggett, Andrew Granger, Clay Weeks, Megan Buckingham, Daniel Potter, Dan E. Parfitt, 2001. Phylogeny and Systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as Determined by Sequence Analysis of ITS and the Chloroplast trnL-trnF Spacer DNA. Systematic Botany 26(4): 797-807.

Carlquist, Sherwin and Edward L. Schneider, 1999. SEM studies on vessels in Ferns. 12. Marattiaceae, with comments on vessel patterns in eusporangiate ferns. Amer. J. Bot. 86(4): 457-464.

Carlquist, Sherwin and Edward L. Schneider, 1998. SEM studies on vessels in ferns. X. Selected Osmundaceae and Schizaeaceae. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159(5): 788-797.

Carlquist, Sherwin and Edward L. Schneider, 1997. SEM studies on vessels in ferns. 4. Astrolepis. Amer. Fern J. 87(2):43-50.

Carlquist, Sherwin, 1975. Wood anatomy of Onagraceae, with notes on alternative modes of photosynthate movement in Dicotyledon wood. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 62(2):386-424.

Carpenter, Kevin J. 2005. Stomatal architecture and evolution in basal angiosperms. Amer. J. Bot. 92(10):1595-1615.

Cool, Laurence G., 1996. Sesquiterpene alcohols from foliage of Fitzroya cupressoides. Phytochemistry 42(4):1015-1019.

Davis, Charles C., Peter W. Fritsch, Jianhua Li, and Michael Donoghue, 2002. Phylogeny and biogeography of Cercis (Fabaceae): evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast ndhF sequence data. Syst. Bot. 27(2): 289-302.

Dobson, Heidi E.M., 1988. Survey of pollen and pollenkitt lipids—chemical cues to flower visitors? Amer. J. Bot. 75(2):170-182.

Dortort, Fred, 2004. Under discussion: Adromischus. Cactus and Succulent Journal 76(1): 38-42.

Dortort, Fred, 2004. Under discussion: Anacampseros. Cactus and Succulent Journal 76(3): 108-113.

Doust, Andrew N. and Andrew N. Drinnan, 2004. Floral development and molecular phylogeny support the generic status of Tasmannia (Winteraceae). Amer. J Botany 91(3):321-331.

Doyle, James A., Michael J. Donoghue, and Elizabeth Zimmer, 1994. Integration of morphological and ribosomal RNA data on the origin of angiosperms. Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden . 81:419-450.

Ellstrand, Norman C., Robert Ornduff, and Janet M. Clegg, 1990. Genetic structure of the Australian cycad, Macrozamia communis (Zamiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 77(5): 677-681.

Endress, Peter K. 1994. Shapes, sizes and evolutionary trends in stamens of Magnoliidae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 115(4):429-460.

Ertter, Barbara, 1989. Revisionary Studies in Ivesia (Rosaceae: Potentilleae). Systematic Botany 14(2):231-244.

Ertter, Barbara, 1992. A re-evaluation of Potentilla drummondii and P. breweri (Rosaceae), with the new species Potentilla morefieldii. Brittonia 44(4):429-435.

Evans, Rodger C. and Timothy A. Dickinson, 1999. Floral ontogeny and morphology in subfamily Spiraeoideae Endl. (Rosaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 160(5):981-1012.

Floyd, S.K. and W.E. Friedman, 2001. Developmental evolution of endosperm in basal angiosperms: evidence from Amborella (Amborellaceae), Nuphar (Nymphaeaceae), and Illicium (Illiciaceae). Plant Syst. Evol. 228: 153-169.

Freeman, C. Edward, J. Scott Harrison, John P. Janovec, and Ron Scogin, 2003. Inferred Phylogeny in Keckiella (Scrophulariaceae) based on Noncoding Chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA Sequences. Systematic Botany 28(4):782-790.

Friedman, William E., William N. Gallup, and Joseph H. Williams, 2003. Female gametophyte development in Kadsura: Implications for Schisandraceae, Austrobaileyales, and the early evolution of flowering plants. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(5 Suppl.): S293-S305.

Guillon, Jean-Michel,2004. Phylogeny of horsetails (Equisetum) based on the chloroplast rsp4 gene and adjacent noncoding sequences. Systematic Botany 29(2): 251-259.

Hardig, Terry M., Pamela S. Soltis, and Douglas E. Soltis, 2000. Diversification of the North American shrub genus Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae): Conflicting phylogenies from nuclear ribosomal DNA and chloroplast DNA. Amer. J. Botany 87(1):108-123.

Harding, T.M., P.S. Soltis, D.E. Soltis, and R.B. Hudson, 2002. Morphological and molecular analysis of putative hybrid speciation in Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae). Systematic Botany 27(4):734-746.

Hinkle, Anya Eleanor, 2002. The Cordylines of New Zealand : a phylogenetic study. Written to satisfy course requirements of the Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley.

Jansen, Robert K. and Jeffrey D. Palmer, 1987. A chloroplast DNA inversion marks an ancient evolutionary split in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 84: 5818-5822.

Jansen, Robert K. and Jeffrey D. Palmer, 1988. Phylogenetic implications of chloroplast DNA restriction site variation int he Mutisieae (Asteraceae). Amer. J. Bot. 75(5):753-766.

Jansen, Robert K., Helen J. Michaels, and Jeffrey D. Palmer, 1991. Phylogeny and Character Evolution in the Asteraceae based on chloroplast DNA restriction site mapping. Systematic Botany 16(1):98-115.

Johnson, Leigh A., Douglas E. Soltis, and Pamela S. Soltis, 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of Polemoniaceae inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 214:65-89.

Kaplinsky, Nicholas J, David M. Braun, Jon Penterman, Stephen A. Goff, and Michael Freeling, 2002. Utility and distribution of conserved noncoding sequences in the grasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 99(9): 6147-6151

Kim, Sangtae, Chong-Wook Park , Young-Dong Kim, and Youngbae Suh, 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in family Magnoliaceae inferred from NDHF sequences. American Journal of Botany 88(4):717-728.

Kirkpatrick, Ruth, 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of cheilanthoid fern characteristics thought to be adaptive to xeric environments. Principles of Phylogenetics term project, UCB.

Koontz, Jason A., Pamela S. Soltis, and Douglas E. Soltis, 2004. Using phylogeny reconstruction to test hypotheses of hybrid origin in Delphinium Section Diedropetala (Ranunculaceae). Systematic Botany 29(2):345-357.

Lee, Joongku, Bruce G. Baldwin, and L.D. Gottlieb, 2002. Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (Compositae–Lactuceae) based on analysis of 18S–26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences. Amer. J. Botany 89(1): 160-168. Accepted for publication July 5, 2001 .

Levin, Rachel A., Warren L. Wagner, Peter C. Hoch, Molly Nepokroeff, J. Chris Pires, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, and Kenneth J. Sytsma, 2003. Family-level relationships of Onagraceae based on chloroplast RBC L and NDH F data. Amer. J. Botany 90(1):107-115.

Levy, J.M. and E.F. Connor. 2004. Are gardens effective in butterfly conservation? A case study with the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 323-330.

Lisch, Damon R., Michael Freeling, Richard J. Langham, and Ming Y. Choy, 2001. Mutator Transposase Is Widespread in the Grasses. Plant Physiology 125: 1293-1303.

Magallon, Susana, Patrick S. Herendeen, and Peter R. Crane, 2001. Androdecidua endressii gen. et sp. nov., from the late Cretaceous of Georgia ( United States ): Further floral diversity in Hamamelidoideae (Hamamelidaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 162(4):963-983.

Magallon, Susana and Michael J. Sanderson, 2002. Relationships among seed plants inferred from highly conserved genes: Sorting conflicting phylogenetic signals among ancient lineages. Amer. J. Botany 89(12):1991-2006.

Markos, Staci and Bruce G. Baldwin, 2002. Structure, molecular evolution, and phylogenetic utility of the 5’ region of the external transcribed spacer of 18S-26S rDNA in Lessingia (Compositae, Astereae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23 (2002): 214-228.

Mione, Thomas, Richard C. Olmstead, Robert K. Jansen, and Gregory J. Anderson, 1994. Systematic implications of chloroplast DNA variation in Jaltomata and selected physaloid genera (Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 81(7): 912-918.

Oh, Sang-Hun and Daniel Potter, 2003. Phylogenetic utility of the second intron of LEAFY in Neillia and Stephanandra (Rosaceae) and implications for the origin of Stephanandra. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29: 203-215.

Oh, Sang-Hun and Daniel Potter, 2005. Molecular phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Tribe Neillieae (Rosaceae) using DNA sequences of CPDNA, RDNA, and LEAFY. Amer. J. Botany 92(1):179-192.

Olmstead, Richard G., Claude W. DePamphilis, Andrea D. Wolfe, Nelson D. Young, Wayne J. Elisons, and Patrick A. Reeves, 2001. Disintegration of the Scrophulariaceae. American Journal of Botany 88(2):348-361.

Olmstead, Richard G. and Jeffrey D. Palmer, 1992. A chloroplast DNA phylogeny of the Solanaceae: subfamilial relationships and character evolution. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 79:346-360.

Ornduff, Robert, 1996. Gender performance in a cultivated cohort of the cycad Zamia integrifolia (Zamiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 83(8):1006-1015.

Oyama, Ryan K. and David A. Baum, 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of North American Antirrhinum (Veronicaceae). Amer. J. Botany 91(6):918-925.

Pires, J. Chris and Kenneth J. Sytsma, 2002. A phylogenetic evaluation of a biosystematic framework: Brodiaea and related petaloid monocots (Themidaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 89(8):1342-1359.

Plunkett, Gregory M., Douglas E. Soltis, and Pamela S. Soltis, 1997. Clarification of the relationship between Apiaceae and Araliaceae based on matK and rbcL sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 84(4):565-580.

Plunkett, Gregory M., Douglas E. Soltis, and Pamela S. Soltis, 1996. Higher level relationships of Apiales (Apiaceae and Araliaceae) based on phylogenetic analysis of rbcL sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 83(4):499-515.

Plunkett, Gregory M., Douglas E. Soltis, and Pamela S. Soltis, 1996. Evolutionary patterns in Apiaceae: inferences based on matK sequence data. Systematic Botany 21(4):477-495.

Pryer, Kathleen, Harald Schneider, Alan R. Smith, Raymond Cranfill, Paul G. Wolf, Jeffrey S. Hunt and Sedonia D. Sipes , 2001. Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants. Nature 409:618-621.

Pryer, Kathleen M., Eric Schuettpelz, Paul G. Wolf, Harald Schneider, Alan R. Smith, and Raymond Cranfill, 2004. Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (Monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences. Amer. J. Botany 91(10):1582-1598.

Rydin, Catarina, Mari Kallersjo, and Else Marie Friis, 2002. Seed plant relationships and the systematic position of Gnetales based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA: Conflicting data, rooting problems, and the monophyly of conifers. Int. J. Plant Sci. 163(2):197-214.

Rydin, Catarina and Mari Kallersjo, 2002. Taxon sampling and seed plant phylogeny. Cladistics 18:485-513.

Rydin, Catarina, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, and Else Marie Friis, 2004. On the evolutionary history of Ephedra: Cretaceous fossils and extant molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA Vol. 101 (47):16571-16576.

Santiago-Blay, Jorge, 1988. Phenology and host plant feeding preferences of Monoxia n. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Talk presented in Proceedings XVIII International Congress of Entomology, Vancouver B.C., Canada , 1988.

Schneider, H., A. Smith, R. Cranfill, C.H. Haufler, T.A. Rander, and T. Hildebrand, 2002. Gymnogrammitis dareiformis is a polygrammoid fern (Polypodiaceae) - Resolving an apparent conflict between morphological and molecular data. Plant. Syst. Evol. 234: 121-136.

Schneider, Harald, Alan R. Smith, Raymond Cranfill, Terri J. Hildebrand, Christopher H. Haufler, and Tom A. Ranker, 2004. Unraveling the phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae and Grammitidaceae): exploring aspects of the diversification of epiphytic plants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 1041-1063.

Smith, Alan and Raymond B. Cranfill, 2002. Intrafamilial Relationships of the Thelypteroid Ferns (Thelypteridaceae). American Fern Journal 92(2): 131-149

Soltis, Douglas E., Pamela S. Soltis, Daniel L. Nickrent, Leigh A. Johnson, William J. Hahn, Sara B. Hoot, Jennifer A. Sweere, Robert K. Kuzoff, Kathleen A. Kron, Mark W. Chase, Susan M. Swenson, Elizabeth A. Zimmer, Shu-Miaw Chaw, Lynn J. Gillespie, W. John Kress, and Kenneth J. Sytsma, 1997. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 84:1-49.

Soltis, Douglas E., 1984. Karyotypic relationships among Elmera, Heuchera, and Tellima (Saxifragaceae). Systematic Botany 9(1):6-11.

Strother, John L., 1976. Chromosome studies in Compositae. Amer. J. Bot. 63(2):247-250.

Sytsma, Kenneth J., Jeffrey Morawetz, J. Chris Pires, Molly Nepokroeff, Elena Conti, Michelle Zjhra, Jocelyn C. Hall and Mark W. Chase, 2002. Urticalean rosids: circumscription, rosid ancestry, and phylogenetics based on rbcL, trnL-F, and ndhF sequences. Amer. J. Botany 89:1531-1546. Accepted for publication April 18, 2002

Sytsma, Kenneth J. and James F. Smith, 1988. DNA and morphology: comparisons in the Onagraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75:1217-1237.

Suh, Youngae, Leonard B. Thien, Helena E. Reeve, and Elizabeth Zimmer, 1993. Molecular evolution and phylogenetic implications of internal transcribed spacer sequences of ribosomal DNA in Winteraceae. Amer. J. Botany 80(9):1042-1055.

Thanos, Costas A., Kyriacos Georghiou, Costas Kadis, and Christina Pantazi, 1992. Cistaceae: A plant family with hard seeds. Israel Journal of Botany 41:251-263.

Wang, Yuguo, Peter W. Fritsch, Suhua Shi, Frank Almeda, Boni C. Cruz, and Lawrence M. Kelly, 2004. Phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Symplocos (Symplocaceae) inferred from DNA sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 91(11):1901-1914.

Williams Joseph H; Friedman William E., 2002. Identification of diploid endosperm in an early angiosperm lineage. Nature 415(6871): 522-526

Williams, Joseph H. and William E. Friedman, 2004. The four-celled female gametophyte of Illicium (Illiciaceae; Austrobaileyales): Implications for understanding the origin and early evolution of monocots, eumagnoliids, and eudicots. Amer. J. Botany 91(3):332-351.

Wojciechowski, Martin F., Matt Lavin, and Michael J. Sanderson, 2004. A phylogeny of legumes (Leguminosae) based on analysis of the plastid MATK gene resolves many well-supported subclades within the family. Amer. J. Botany 91(11):1846-1862.

Wolf, Paul G., Sedonia D. Sipes, Martha R. White, Michael L. Martines, Kathleen M. Pryer, Alan R. Smith, and Kunihiko Ueda, 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic fern families Hymenophyllopsidaceae and Lophosoriaceae: evidence from rbcL nucleotide sequences. Plant Syst. Evol. 219:263-270.

Zomlefer, Wendy B., Norris H. Williams, W. Mark Whitten, and Walter S. Judd, 2001. Generic circumscription and relationships in the Tribe Melianthieae (Liliales, Melianthaceae), with emphasis on Zigadenus: Evidence from ITS and TRNL-F sequence data. Amer. J. Botany 88(9):1657-1669.

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