Monocots: Systematics and Evolution

Monocots: Systematics and Evolution presents leading work from around the world on non-grass monocotyledons and includes reviews and current research into their comparative biology, phylogeny and classification. The papers are based on presentations at the Second International Conference on the Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons, Monocots II, held in Sydney, Australia in late 1998. Many were subsequently updated or extended to take into account new information. All 72 papers have been peer-reviewed.

Table of Contents:
Phylogeny Higher-level systematics of the monocotyledons: an assessment of current knowledge and a new classification Mark W. Chase, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Paula J. Rudall, Michael F. Fay, William H. Hahn, Stuart Sullivan, Jeffrey Joseph, Mia Molvray, Paul J. Kores, Thomas J. Givnish, Kenneth J. Sytsma and J. Chris Pires A phylogenetic analysis of the monocotyledons based on morphological and molecular character sets, with comments on the placement of Acorus and Hydatellaceae Dennis W. Stevenson, Jerrold I. Davis, John V. Freudenstein, Christopher R. Hardy, Mark P. Simmons and Chelsea D. Specht Seeking the dicot sister group of the monocots M. R. Duvall Biogeography & Fossils Biogeographic studies in the monocotyledons: an overview of methods and literature John G. Conran Monocotyledons: a review of their Early Cretaceous record María A. Gandolfo, Kevin C. Nixon and William L. Crepet The Australian Cretaceous and Tertiary monocot fossil record David R. Greenwood and John G. Conran Development & Organisation Modularity in helobial flowers Usher Posluszny, W. Alan Charlton and Donald H. Les Hofmeister’s Rule and primordium shape: influences on organ position in Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae) Bruce K. Kirchoff A model of inflorescence development Elizabeth A. Kellogg Stem vasculature in climbing monocotyledons: a comparative approach P. Barry Tomlinson and Jack B. Fisher Chemotaxonomy & Cytology The potential for chemical characters in monocotyledon systematics Geoffrey C. Kite, Renée J. Grayer, Paula J. Rudall and Monique S.J. Simmonds Compositions of monocotyledon cell walls: implications for biosystematics Philip J. Harris Chromosome number variation and evolution in monocots Marcelo Guerra Variation in nuclear DNA amount (C-value) in monocots and its significance M. D. Bennett and Ilia J. Leitch Genomic organisation and systematics in the 21st century (Nancy T. Burbidge Memorial Lecture) M. D. Bennett Micromorphology, Anatomy & Embryology Distribution of calcium oxalate crystals in monocotyledons Christina J. Prychid and Paula J. Rudall Forms and sizes of sieve-element plastids and evolution of the monocotyledons H.-Dietmar Behnke The systematic significance of simultaneous cytokinesis during microsporogenesis in monocotyledons Carol A. Furness and Paula J. Rudall Pollen of the monocotyledons: selecting characters for cladistic analysis Madeline M. Harley and Michael S. Zavada Embryological development in Blandfordia and Neoastelia with comments on their systematic position N. Prakash and M. Ramsey Development of non-zygotic embryos from callus in three Australian monocots Krystyna Anna Johnson Ancestral and derived character states in seedlings of monocotyledons H.-J. Tillich Floral nectaries in monocotyledons: distribution and evolution E. F. Smets, L.-P. Ronse Decraene, P. Caris and P. J. Rudall Reproductive Biology Pollen dispersal and the floral diversity of monocotyledons Lawrence D. Harder Mating strategies in monocotyledons Spencer C.H. Barrett, Angela M. Baker and Linley K. Jesson Incompatibility and mate recognition in monocotyledons Tammy L. Sage, Vincenza Pontieri and Rosemarie Christopher Mating systems and population genetics of marine angiosperms (seagrasses) Michelle Waycott Natural hybridization, Louisiana irises and evolutionary process Michael L. Arnold and Renate A. Wesselingh Types of pollen dispersal units in monocots E. Pacini and G.G. Franchi The diversity of pollination mechanisms in the Iridaceae of southern Africa Peter Bernhardt and Peter Goldblatt Floral biology of Commelinaceae Robert B. Faden Effects of pollinator behaviour on pollination of nectarless orchids: floral mimicry and interspecific hybridisation M.R.M. Neiland and C.C. Wilcock Near-ultraviolet reflectance in Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) James O. Indsto and Peter H. Weston Diversification in pollination mechanisms in the Marantaceae Helen Kennedy Systematics of the Lilioids Asparagales & Liliales Consider the lilies: systematics of Liliales Paula J. Rudall, Kate L. Stobart, Wan-Pyo Hong, J.G. Conran, C.A. Furness, G.C. Kite and Mark W. Chase Phylogenetic studies of Asparagales based on four plastid DNA regions M. F. Fay, P. J. Rudall, S. Sullivan, K. L. Stobart, A. Y. de Bruijn, G. Reeves, F. Qamaruz-Zaman, W.-P. Hong, J. Joseph, W. J. Hahn, J. G. Conran and M. W. Chase Phylogeny of Amaryllidaceae: molecules and morphology Alan W. Meerow, Michael F. Fay, Mark W. Chase, Charles L. Guy, Qin-Bao Li, Deirdre Snijman and Si-Lin Yang Molecular phylogeny of the Convallariaceae (Asparagales) Jun Yamashita and Minoru N. Tamura Embryology and affinities of the Boryaceae (Asparagales) John G. Conran and Amanda Temby Relationships of Dietes (Iridaceae) inferred from ITS2 sequences Rino Donato, Carolyn Leach and John G. Conran The evolutionary relationships of the genera Drimia, Thuranthos, Bowiea and Schizobasis discussed in the light of morphology and chloroplast DNA sequence data Brita Stedje Asparagales – Orchidaceae Mitochondrial DNA and relationships in the Orchidaceae John V. Freudenstein, Diana M. Senyo and Mark W. Chase Ins and outs of orchid phylogeny Finn N. Rasmussen The value of early floral ontogeny in the systematics of Orchidaceae H. Kurzweil Polyphyly of mycoheterotrophic orchids and functional influences on floral and molecular characters Mia Molvray, Paul J. Kores and Mark W. Chase Phylogenetic relationships within the Diurideae (Orchidaceae): inferences from plastid matK DNA sequences Paul J. Kores, Peter H. Weston, Mia Molvray and Mark W. Chase Nuclear 18S rDNA sequences of Orchidaceae confirm the subfamilial status and circumscription of Vanilloideae Kenneth M. Cameron and Mark W. Chase DNA phylogeny and morphological diversification of Australian Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) Tomohisa Yukawa, Koichi Kita and Takashi Handa Dioscoreales & Pandanales Yams and their allies: systematics of Dioscoreales L.R. Caddick, P.J. Rudall, P. Wilkin and M.W. Chase Evaluation of pollen and vegetative characters in the systematics of South American species of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) Cecilia Carmen Xifreda Palaeotropical compound-leaved yams (Dioscorea; Dioscoreaceae): monophyly and relationships Paul Wilkin and Liz Caddick Partial cladistic analysis of Vellozia and characters for the phylogeny of Velloziaceae Renato de Mello-Silva Systematics of the Commelinoids Arecales Phylogeny of the palm family (Arecaceae) based on rps16 intron and trnL–trnF plastid DNA sequences Conny B. Asmussen, William J. Baker and John Dransfield DNA amounts and qualitative properties of nuclear genomes in palms (Arecaceae) Martin Röser Towards a biogeographic explanation of the Calamoid palms William J. Baker and John Dransfield Commelinales Homoplasy in the Commelinaceae: a comparison of different classes of morphological characters Timothy M. Evans, Robert B. Faden and Kenneth J. Sytsma Poales – Bromeliaceae & Eriocaulaceae Molecular systematic investigations in Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae) as a basis for understanding the evolution of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) Darren M. Crayn, Randall G. Terry, J. Andrew C. Smith and Klaus Winter Multidisciplinary studies on Neotropical Eriocaulaceae Ana M. Giulietti, Vera L. Scatena, Paulo T. Sano, Lara R. Parra, Luciano P. de Queiroz, Raymond M. Harley, Nanuza L. Menezes, Ana M. B. Ysepon, Antonio Salatino, Maria L. Salatino, Wagner Vilegas, Lourdes C. Santos, Carla V. Ricci, Márcia C.P. Bonfim and Elaine B. Miranda Poales – Cyperaceae Suprageneric phylogeny of Cyperaceae: a combined analysis A. M. Muasya, Jeremy J. Bruhl, D. A. Simpson, A. Culham and M. W. Chase Phylogenetic analysis of Carex (Cyperaceae): generic and subgeneric relationships based on chloroplast DNA Alan C. Yen and Richard G. Olmstead Phylogenetic relationships within the heterogeneous Scirpus s. lat. (Cyperaceae) inferred from rbcL and trnL-F sequence data A. M. Muasya, D. A. Simpson, M. W. Chase and A. Culham Achene structure and function of structure in Cyperaceae Kare Arnstein Lye Multiple evolutionary origins of C4 photosynthesis in the Cyperaceae Connie L. Soros and Jeremy J. Bruhl Eleocharis (Cyperaceae) in the New World M. Socorro González-Elizondo and Jorge A. Tena-Flores Taxonomic utility and ecological significance of comparative reproductive biology in sedges (Cyperaceae: Schoeneae) Margaret A. Wheeler and Jeremy J. Bruhl Poales – Restionaceae Restionaceae: a morphological phylogeny H. P. Linder, B. G. Briggs and L. A. S. Johnson A molecular phylogeny of Restionaceae and allies Barbara G. Briggs, Adam D. Marchant, Simon Gilmore and Carolyn L. Porter Flavonoid patterns and the phylogeny of the Restionaceae J. B. Harborne, C. A. Williams, B. G. Briggs and L. A. S. Johnson Reproductive patterns in relation to generic classification, habitat and growth form in Australian Restionaceae Kathy A. Meney Fire response and conservation biology of Western Australian species of Restionaceae John S. Pate Zingiberales A study of the infrageneric classification of Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) based on the ITS region of nuclear rDNA and the trnL-F spacer of chloroplast DNA A. Rangsiruji, M.F. Newman and Q.C.B. Cronk A preliminary phylogeny of the Hedychieae tribe (Zingiberaceae) based on ITS sequences of the nuclear rRNA cistron Rosalind J. Searle and Terry A. J. Hedderson Index