American Journal of Botany

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First Bignoniaceae liana from the Miocene of South America and its evolutionary significance	77
Direct tracking of pollen with quantum dots reveals surprising uniformity in dispersal distance across 11 populations of an annual plant	66
Molecular framework underlying floral bilateral symmetry and nectar spur development in Tropaeolum, an atypical member of the Brassicales	59
Green light attenuates blue‐light‐induced chloroplast avoidance movement in Arabidopsis and Landoltia punctata	55
Genetic variation of the relict maple Acer miyabei: uncovering its history of disjunct occurrence and the role of mountain refugia in shaping genetic diversity	53
Young evolutionary origins of dioecy in the genus Asparagus	51
Heterotic growth of hybrids of Arabidopsis thaliana is enhanced by elevated atmospheric CO2	49
Differences in individual flowering time change pollen limitation and seed set in three montane wildflowers	46
Reconstructing the introduction history of the invasive grass Taeniatherum caput‐medusae subsp. asperum in the western United States: Low within‐population genetic diversity does	43
Corrigendum to “The tiny drivers behind plant ecology and evolution”	43
Symbiotic fungi alter plant resource allocation independent of water availability	42
Scaling relationships of leaf vein and areole traits versus leaf size for nine Magnoliaceae species differing in venation density	34
Anatomy of a mega‐radiation: Biogeography and niche evolution in Astragalus	33
Night and day: Contributions of diurnal and nocturnal visitors to pollen dispersal, paternity diversity, and fruit set in an early‐blooming shrub, Daphne jezoensis	31
Hyperaccumulation of nickel but not selenium drives floral microbiome differentiation: A study with six species of Brassicaceae	30
Effects of temperature on seed dormancy and germination of the coastal dune plant Viola grayi: germination phenology and responses to winter warming	28
Jack pine of all trades: Deciphering intraspecific variability of a key adaptive trait at the rear edge of a widespread fire‐embracing North American conifer	27
The first Gondwanan Euphorbiaceae fossils reset the biogeographic history of the Macaranga‐Mallotus clade	25
Molecular phylogeny and evolution of inflorescence types in Eperua	25
Botany and geogenomics: Constraining geological hypotheses in the neotropics with large‐scale genetic data derived from plants	25
Relationships among sporophytic and gametophytic traits of 27 subtropical montane moss species	24
Growth and tissue nutrient responses of adults of Sarracenia alata to prey exclusion, nutrient addition, and neighbor reduction	23
Variations in morphological and epidermal features of shade and sun leaves of two species: Quercus bambusifolia and Q. myrsinifolia	23
How early does the selfing syndrome arise? Associations between selfing ability and flower size within populations of the mixed‐mater Collinsia verna	23
Nitrogen‐fixing bacteria boost floral attractiveness in a tropical legume species during nutrient limitation	22

Pollinators exert selection on floral traits in a pollen‐limited, narrowly endemic spring ephemeral	21
Investigating historical drivers of latitudinal gradients in polyploid plant biogeography: A multiclade perspective	20
Population‐specific responses of floral volatiles to abiotic factors in changing environments	20
Functional traits mediate individualistic species‐environment distributions at broad spatial scales while fine‐scale species associations remain unpredictable	19
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Sex‐linked gene expression and the emergence of hermaphrodites in Carica papaya	19
Biodiversity at the global scale: the synthesis continues	18
How does a self‐incompatible individual transition to self‐compatibility during its lifetime?	18
The unexplored effects of artificial selection on urban tree populations	18
Floral morphogenesis of Celtis species: implications for breeding system and reduced floral structure	18
Highlighted articles for December 2022	18
Incongruent phylogenies and their implications for the study of diversification, taxonomy, and genome size evolution of Rhododendron	18
The pollen virome: A review of pollen‐associated viruses and consequences for plants and their interactions with pollinators	18
Analyzing trait‐climate relationships within and among taxa using machine learning and herbarium specimens	18
The phylogeny of the Triticeae: Resolution and phylogenetic conflict based on genomewide nuclear loci	17
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The evolution of Ericaceae flowers and their pollination syndromes at a global scale	15
Leaf shape and size variation in bur oaks: an empirical study and simulation of sampling strategies	15
Hawkmoth and bee pollinators impact pollen dispersal at the landscape but not local scales in two species of Oenothera	15
Fine‐scale genetic structure in the orchidGymnadenia conopseais not associated with local density of flowering plants	15
Silky dogwood (Swida amomum) seed dispersal by freshwater turtles	15
Flower position within plants influences reproductive success both directly and via phenology	15
Towards a species‐level phylogeny for Neotropical Myrtaceae: Notes on topology and resources for future studies	14
Foliar spectra accurately distinguish most temperate tree species and show strong phylogenetic signal	14
Rapid detection of RNase‐based self‐incompatibility in Lysimachia monelli (Primulaceae)	14
Genetic relatedness can alter the strength of plant–soil interactions	14
Measuring leaf and root functional traits uncovers multidimensionality of plant responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi	14
A new phylogeny of the cladoxylopsid plexus: contribution of an early cladoxylopsid from the Lower Devonian (Emsian) of Quebec	14
Episodic defoliation rapidly reduces starch but not soluble sugars in an invasive shrub, Tamarix spp.	14
Eco‐phylogenetic study of Trebouxia in southern Africa reveals interbiome connectivity and potential endemism in a green algal lichen photobiont	14
Idahoa and Subularia: Hidden polyploid origins of two enigmatic genera of crucifers	14
Sexual reproduction is light‐limited as marsh grasses colonize maritime forest	14
Landscape genetics of the tropical willowSalix humboldtiana: influence of climate, salinity, and orography in an altitudinal gradient	13
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Genetic diversity, gene flow, and differentiation among wild, semiwild, and landrace chile pepper (Capsicum annuum) populations in Oaxaca, Mexico	13
The immediate metabolomic effects of whole‐genome duplication in the greater duckweed, Spirodela polyrhiza	13
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Changes in female function and autonomous selfing across floral lifespan interact to drive variation in the cost of selfing	13
Airborne ascospore discharge with co‐dispersal of attached epihymenial algae in some foliicolous lichens	13
Leaf traits linked to structure and palatability drive plant–insect interactions within three forested ecosystems	13
Biomass allocation ofVincetoxicum rossicumandV. nigrumin contrasting competitive environments	13
Rapid‐cycling Brassica rapa evolves even earlier flowering under experimental drought	13
Genotype accounts for intraspecific variation in the timing and duration of multiple, sequential life‐cycle events in a willow species	12
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Highlighted articles for August 2022	12
Phenotypic trait variation in the North American Tragopogon allopolyploid complex	12
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Are plant traits drivers of endophytic communities in seasonally flooded tropical forests?	12
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Lineage diversification and rampant hybridization among subspecies explain taxonomic confusion in the endemic Hawaiian fern Polypodium pellucidum	11
Evolvability and constraint in the evolution of three‐dimensional flower morphology	11
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Seed size–seed number trade‐offs: influence of seed size on the density of fire‐stimulated persistent soil seed banks	11
Does the abiotic environment influence the distribution of flower and fruit colors?	11
Corrigendum to “Oomycete communities in lowland tropical forest soils vary in species abundance and comprise saprophytes and pathogens of seeds and seedlings of multiple plant species”	11
Causes and consequences of variation in heterospecific pollen receipt in Oenothera fruticosa	11
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Opportunities to improve our understanding of the impact of photosynthetic acclimation on terrestrial ecosystem processes under global change	11
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Older populations of the invader Solidago canadensis exhibit stronger positive plant‐soil feedbacks and competitive ability in China	11
Largely invariant communities of bacterial endophytes in the nonphotosynthetic mycoheterotrophic plant Pterospora andromedea	11
Disruptive selection via pollinators and seed predators on the height of flowers on a wind‐dispersed alpine herb	11
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Antheridiogen controls spatial dynamics of sex expression in naturally occurring gametophytes of the tree fern Cyathea multiflora	11
Moss functional trait ecology: Trends, gaps, and biases in the current literature	10
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Embracing uncertainty: The way forward in plant fossil phylogenetics	10
Evolution and development of inflorescences and floral symmetry in Solanaceae	10
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Spatiotemporal variation in population dynamics of a narrow endemic, Ranunculus austro‐oreganus	10
Intraspecific plant–soil feedback in four tropical tree species is inconsistent in a field experiment	10
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Pushing the boundaries of organ identity: Homology of the grass lemma	10
A phylogenomic analysis of Lonicera and its bearing on the evolution of organ fusion	9
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Beyond pollen:ovule ratios: Evolutionary consequences of pollinator dependence and pollination efficiency for pollen and ovule production in angiosperms	9
Locations of seed abortion in response to defoliation differ with pollen source in a native perennial legume herb	9
Highlighted articles for June 2022	9
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Carbon stress causes earlier budbreak in shade‐tolerant species and delays it in shade‐intolerant species	9
Selection against early flowering in geothermally heated soils is associated with pollen but not prey availability in a carnivorous plant	9
Leaf functional traits and ecological niche of Fagus grandifolia and Oreomunnea mexicana in natural forests and plantings as a proxy of climate change	9
Herbarium specimens reveal links between leaf shape of Capsella bursa‐pastoris and climate	9
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Pollinators differ in their contribution to the male fitness of a self‐incompatible composite	9
Bee species visiting Medicago sativa differ in pollen deposition curves with consequences for gene flow	9
A first complete phylogenomic hypothesis for diploid blueberries (Vaccinium section Cyanococcus)	9
The consequences of winter climate change for plant performance	9
The selective advantage of mast flowering in Veratrum album subsp. oxysepalum: Implications of the predator satiation hypothesis	9
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The spatial distribution of a hummingbird‐pollinated plant is not strongly influenced by hummingbird abundance	9
Highlighted articles for March 2022	8
Comparative diversification analyses of Hydrangeaceae and Loasaceae reveal complex evolutionary history as species disperse out of Mesoamerica	8
Structural changes in Nelumbo flower petals during opening and closing	8
Testing hypotheses of hybrid taxon formation in the shrubby beardtongues (PenstemonsubgenusDasanthera)	8
Impacts of ramet density and herbivory on floral volatile emissions and seed production in Solidago altissima	8
Unravelling plant diversification: Intraspecific genetic differentiation in hybridizingAnacyclusspecies in the western Mediterranean Basin	8
Fossils of an endangered, endemic, giant dipterocarp species open a historical portal into Borneo's vanishing rainforests	8
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The soil microbiome affects patterns of local adaptation in an alpine plant under moisture stress	8
Diversification in the Rosales is influenced by dispersal, geographic range size, and pre‐existing species richness	8
High‐intensity light promotes adaptive divergence of photosynthetic traits between sun‐exposed and shaded populations in Saxifraga fortunei	8
No phylogenomic support for a Cenozoic origin of the “living fossil” Isoetes	8
Looking beyond history: tracing the dispersal of the Malaysian complex of crops to Africa	8
Species‐tree topology impacts the inference of ancient whole‐genome duplications across the angiosperm phylogeny	8
Trait plasticity and adaptive strategies of vascular epiphytes to a large‐scale experimental reduction of fog immersion in a tropical montane cloud forest	8
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Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species‐rich alpine plant community	8
Genetic consequences of Last Glacial–Holocene changes in snowfall regime in Arnica mallotopus populations: A plant confined to heavy‐snow areas of Japan	8
Phylogenomic and morphological data reveal hidden patterns of diversity in the national tree of Brazil, Paubrasilia echinata	8
Importance of habit and environmental characteristics in shaping patterns of richness and range size of ferns and lycophytes in the Atlantic Forest	8
Deep sequencing across multiple host species tests pine‐endophyte specificity	8
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Tree height and not climate influences intraspecific variations in wood parenchyma fractions of angiosperm species in a mountain forest of eastern China	7
Adaptive function of duodichogamy: Why do chestnut trees have two pollen emission phases?	7
Functional responses to climate change may increase invasive potential ofCarpobrotus edulis	7
The role of maternal age, growth, and environment in shaping offspring performance in an aerial conifer seed bank	7
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Simulated pollinator decline has similar effects on seed production of female and hermaphrodite Lobelia siphilitica, but different effects on selection on floral traits	7
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Seasonal patterns of callose deposition and xylem embolism in five boreal deciduous tree species	7
The quiet evolutionary response to cellular challenges	7
Genetic variation in reproductive timing in a long‐lived herbaceous perennial	7
An updated infra‐familial classification of Sapindaceae based on targeted enrichment data	7
Early Cretaceous abietoid Pinaceae from Mongolia and the history of seed scale shedding	7

Vessel dimorphism and wood traits in lianas and trees among three contrasting environments	7
Evaluating niche changes during invasion with seasonal models in Capsella bursa‐pastoris	7
What determines the evolutionary trajectories of wild plant species? Approaches to the study of quantitative fitness‐related traits	7
The link between ancient whole‐genome duplications and cold adaptations in the Caryophyllaceae	7
Unraveling subcellular functional traits: Adaptive insights into chloroplast ultrastructure in nonmodel species	7
Aging varies greatly within a single genus: A demographic study of Rhododendron spp. in botanic gardens	7
Apocynaceae wood evolution matches key morphological innovations	7
Spring and autumn phenology in an understory herb are uncorrelated and driven by different factors	7
Evaluation of tropical–temperate transitions: An example of climatic characterization in the Asian Palmate group of Araliaceae	7
Phylogenomics and plastome evolution of a Brazilian mycoheterotrophic orchid, Pogoniopsis schenckii	7
Differential reward in “male” versus “female” pollen of functionally dioecious Solanum	7
Early Eocene infructescences from Argentine Patagonia expand the biogeography of Malvoideae	7
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Selective forces on the maintenance of outcrossing in an almost exclusively cleistogamous violet species	7
Characterizing each step of pollination in Phlox drummondii reveals that a single butterfly species predominates in the pollinator assemblage	7
The changing biodiversity of the Arctic flora in the Anthropocene	7
A metabolic perspective on polyploid invasion and the emergence of life histories: Insights from a mechanistic model	7
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Drought mediates Sphagnum defense response to herbivory	6
Herbaria as critical resources for studying plant‐virus biodiversity and epidemiology	6
Grass functional traits reflect the long history of fire and grazers in the savannas of Texas	6
Fossil papilionoids of the Bowdichia clade (Leguminosae) from the Paleogene of North America	6
Hundreds of nuclear and plastid loci yield novel insights into orchid relationships	6
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Halophytes and heavy metals: A multi‐omics approach to understand the role of gene and genome duplication in the abiotic stress tolerance of Cakile maritima	6
Limited reproductive interference despite high rates of heterospecific pollen transfer among co‐occurring bat‐pollinated Burmeistera	6
Where did they come from, where did they go? Niche conservatism in woody and herbaceous plants and implications for plant‐based paleoclimatic reconstructions	6
Conflicting constraints on male mating success shape reward size in pollen‐rewarding plants	6
Light signals counteract alterations caused by simulated microgravity in proliferating plant cells	6
Phylogenetics and population structure of the western North American endemic Pacific Laurasian clade of Isoëtes	6
Gelatinous fibers develop asymmetrically to support bends and coils in common bean vines (Phaseolus vulgaris)	6
Living collections: Biodiversity cultivated at public gardens has the power to connect ecological questions and evolutionary context	6
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Effects of snow on reproduction of perennial Thalictrum dioicum: Plants survive but seedlings fail to recruit with reduced snow cover	6
As prey and pollinators, insects increase reproduction and allow for outcrossing in the carnivorous plant Dionaea muscipula	6
Ploidy and local environment drive intraspecific variation in endoreduplication in Arabidopsis arenosa	6
Epiphytic bryophyte and lichen transplant niches along an elevational gradient in Pacific Northwest coniferous forests	6
A quick glance at noteworthy articles for August 2021	6
Plastid phylogenomics of the Gynoxoid group (Senecioneae, Asteraceae) highlights the importance of motif‐based sequence alignment amid low genetic distances	6
Evolutionary patterns of variations in chromosome counts and genome sizes show positive correlations with taxonomic diversity in tropical gingers	6
Loss of branches due to winter storms could favor deciduousness in oaks	6
Once more unto the breach, dear friends: Resolving the origins and relationships of the Pellaea wrightiana hybrid complex	6
The vessel wall thickness–vessel diameter relationship across woody angiosperms	6
Ocean exposure and latitude drive multiple clines within the coastal perennial ecotype of the yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus	6
Strong conservatism of floral morphology during the rapid diversification of the genus Helianthemum	6
Natural and anthropogenic factors influence flowering synchrony and reproduction of a dominant plant in an inter‐Andean scrub	6
Neopolyploidy has variable effects on the diversity and composition of the wild strawberry microbiome	6
Fossil evidence for sporeling development of a Mesozoic osmundaceous fern	6
Correction to “Fruit and seed structure in the ANA‐grade angiosperms: Ancestral traits and specializations”	6
Flowers that self‐shade reduce heat stress and pollen limitation	6
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What explains the high island endemicity of Philippine Rafflesia? A species distribution modeling analysis of three threatened parasitic plant species and their hosts	6
PaleogeneFicusleaves from India and their implications for fig evolution and diversification	6
Can biocrust moss hide from climate change? Fine‐scale habitat sheltering improves summer stress resistance in Syntrichia caninervis	6
A Hyb‐Seq phylogeny of Boechera and related genera using a combination of Angiosperms353 and Brassicaceae‐specific bait sets	6
Resurrected seeds from herbarium specimens reveal rapid evolution of drought resistance in a selfing annual	5
A missing link: Connecting plant and pollinator population structure	5
Comprehending Cornales: phylogenetic reconstruction of the order using the Angiosperms353 probe set	5
Local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity drive leaf trait variation in the California endemic toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)	5
Extreme fire severity interacts with seed traits to moderate post‐fire species assemblages	5
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Functional traits and trait coordination change over the life of a leaf in a tropical fern species	5
Floral traits differentiate pollination syndromes and species but fail to predict the identity of floral visitors to Castilleja	5
Corrigendum to “Inter‐archipelago dispersal, anagenetic evolution, and the origin of a rare, enigmatic plant genus on a remote oceanic archipelago”	5
Lichen ecophysiology in a changing climate	5
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Neopolyploidy‐induced changes in giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) alter herbivore preference and performance and plant population performance	5
Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated Coffea canephora in northeastern DR Congo and the implications for conservation	5
Identification of key regulatory genes involved in the sporophyte and gametophyte development in Ginkgo biloba ovules revealed by in situ expression analyses	5
Arabidopsis response to copper is mediated by density and root exudates: Evidence that plant density and toxic soils can shape plant communities	5
Compartmentalization of specialized metabolites across vegetative and reproductive tissues in two sympatric Psychotria species	5
Highlighted articles for December 2021	5
Is Santaniella a ranunculid? Reassessment of this enigmatic fossil angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian, Crato Konservat‐Lagerstätte, Brazil) provides a new interpretation	5
Diminishing returns among lamina fresh and dry mass, surface area, and petiole fresh mass among nine Lauraceae species	5
An early snapshot of plant–herbivore interactions: Psilophyton diakanthon sp. nov. from the Early Devonian of Gaspé (Quebec, Canada)	5
Evolution and conservation genetics of an insular hemiparasitic plant lineage at the limit of survival: the case of Thesium sect. Kunkeliella in the Canary Islands	5
Ontogenetic changes in ecophysiology are an understudied yet important component of plant adaptation	5
When it only takes one to tango: assessing the impact of apomixis in the fern genus Pteris	5
Trade‐off between dispersal traits in a heterocarpic plant across its invasion route	5
Ploidy effects on the relationship between floral phenotype, reproductive investment, and fitness in an autogamous species complex	5
Not dead yet: Diatom resting spores can survive in nature for several millennia	5
Herbivory exacerbates pollen limitation by isolating unconsumed plants from prospective mates	5
Linkages among stem xylem transport, biomechanics, and storage in lianas and trees across three contrasting environments	5
Multiple genotypes of Phelipanche ramosa indicate repeated introduction to the Americas	5
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Multiplexed shotgun genotyping (MSG) data resolve phylogenetic relationships within and among archipelagos in Macaronesian Tolpis	5
Pollen competition in hybridizingCakilespecies: How does a latecomer win the race?	5
Will molecular phylogenetics help decrease nomenclatural instability?	5
The phylogeny of Syntrichia: An ecologically diverse clade of mosses with an origin in South America	5
Insights from an ancient gymnosperm lineage: ambient temperature and light and the timing of thermogenesis in cycad cones	5
Plastic and quantitative genetic divergence mirror environmental gradients among wild, fragmented populations of Impatiens capensis	4
Polyploid goldback and silverback ferns (Pentagramma) occupy a wider, colder, and wetter bioclimatic niche than diploid counterparts	4
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