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(Sapindaceae) including fossils Evolution of the Madrean–Tethyan disjunctions and the North and South American amphitropical disjunctions in plants Intercontinental and intracontinental biogeography—patterns and methods Biogeographic diversification in Nolana (Solanaceae), a ubiquitous member of the Atacama and Peruvian Deserts along the western coast of South America A fossil-calibrated relaxed clock for Ephedra indicates an Oligocene age for the divergence of Asian and New World clades and Miocene dispersal into South America Phylogeny and Evolution of Perezia (Asteraceae: Mutisieae: Nassauviinae) Phylogenetic analysis of Toxicodendron (Anacardiaceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of north temperate and tropical intercontinental disjunctions Molecular phylogeny of Solms-laubachia (Brassicaceae) s.l., based on multiple nuclear and plastid DNA sequences, and its biogeographic implications Effects of taxon sampling on molecular dating for within-genus divergence events, when deep fossils are used for calibration. Diversity of symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium in scleractinian corals of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea Phylogeny of Ptychostomum (Bryaceae, Musci) inferred from sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and chloroplast rps4 Phylogenetic origin of Beckmannia (Poaceae) inferred from molecular evidence Phylogenetic placement of Cynomorium Karyomorphology of three species in Dipentodon (Dipentodontaceae), Perrottetia (Celastraceae), and Tapiscia (Tapisciaceae) of the order Huerteales and their phylogenetic implications Microsporogenesis and meiotic behavior in nine species of the genus Pinus Karyotype and cytogeography of the genus Heracleum (Apiaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains Anatomy and ontogeny of unisexual flowers in dioecious Woonyoungia septentrionalis (Dandy) Law (Magnoliaceae) Genetic relationship between parasitized and non-parasitized Haloxylon ammodendron in the Alxa Desert Climatic envelope of evergreen sclerophyllous oaks and their present distribution in the eastern Himalaya and Hengduan Mountains Reproductive traits associated with invasiveness in Conyza sumatrensis Floral organogenesis of Delavaya toxocarpa (Sapindaceae; Sapindales) Morphological characteristics of leaf epidermis and size variation of leaf, flower and fruit in different ploidy levels in Buddleja macrostachya (Buddlejaceae) Cytological study on the genus Syncalathium (Asteraceae-Lactuceae), an endemic taxon to alpine scree of the Sino-Himalayas Reappraisal of Microtropis macrocarpa C.Y. Cheng & T.C. Kao (Celastraceae), a critically endangered species endemic to Yunnan, China Notes on the family Brassicaceae in China Phylogenetics and biogeography of eastern Asian-North American disjunct genus Pachysandra (Buxaceae) inferred from nucleotide sequences Pollen morphology of Rhododendron subgen. Tsutsusi and its systematic implications A palynotaxonomic study of the genus Filipendula (Rosaceae) Two genetically distinct units of Sinomanglietia glauca (Magnoliaceae) detected by chloroplast PCR-SSCP Low genetic diversity and high genetic differentiation in the critically endangered Omphalogramma souliei (Primulaceae): implications for its conservation Male spike strobiles with Gnetum affinity from the Early Cretaceous in western Liaoning, Northeast China Pelagodictyon Clarke, a newly recorded nanodiatom genus for China First report of Protokeelia spinifera and Rhopalodia iriomotensis from China, with comments on their systematic positions New combination in Veronica (Scrophulariaceae s.l.) based on morphological characters and the seed storage protein polymorphism Glycosmis longipetala F. J. Mou & D. X. Zhang, a new species of Rutaceae from China The identity of some taxa of Schizophragma (Saxifragaceae) Contribution of molecular cladistics to the taxonomy of Rutaceae in China* Pollen morphology of the genus Cornukaempferia (Zingiberaceae) in Thailand List of Reviewers Musa chunii Häkkinen, a new species (Musaceae) from Yunnan, China and taxonomic identity of Musa rubra Synopsis of Leymus Hochst. (Triticeae: Poaceae) Mating system and genetic diversity of a rare desert legume Ammopiptanthus nanus (Leguminosae) Intrafloral differentiation of stamens in heterantherous flowers Eastern Asian endemic seed plant genera and their paleogeographic history throughout the Northern Hemisphere