The Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, published quarterly since 1914, contains peer-reviewed papers primarily devoted to systematic botany and evolution. The Annals reflect the global mission of the Garden, with contributing authors from the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australasia.
CONTENTS OF THE ANNALS OF THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, VOL. 78, NUMBER 2
Biological Extinction in Western Ecuador. C. H. Dodson & A. H. Gentry
Studies of Angiosperm Phylogeny Using Protein Sequences. P. G. Martin & J. M. Dowd
Phytogeographical Relationships of the Genera of Angiosperms in the Fanjing Shan Mountain Range, Northeastern Guizhou, China. Tsun-shen Ying, David E. Boufford & Yuling Tu
Revisión del Género Streptostachys (Poaceae—Panicoideae), su Posición Sistematíca dentro de la Tribu Paniceae. Osvaldo Morrone & Fernando Zuloaga
A Key to the Genera of Lauraceae in the New World. Henk van der Werff
Two New Genera of Neotropical Lauraceae and Critical Remarks on the Generic Delimitation. Jens G. Rohwer, Hans Georg Richter & Henk van der Werff
Gamanthera (Lauraceae), a New Genus from Costa Rica. Henk van der Werff & Peter K. Endress
New Species of Lauraceae from Ecuador and Peru. Henk van der Werff
Revisionary Studies in the Eriocaulaceae of Venezuela. Nancy Hensold
Revision and Redefinition of the Genus Rondonanths Herzog (Eriocaulaceae). Nancy Hensold & Ana Maria Giulietti
Synonymization of the Genera Comanthera and Carptotepala with Syngonanthus (Eriocaulaceae). Ana Maria Giulietti & Nancy Hensold
Studies in Neotropical Paleobotany. X. The Pliocene Communities of Panama--Composition, Numerical Representations, and Paleocommunity Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions. Alan Graham
Leaf Architecture of the Chloranthaceae. Carol A. Todzia & Richard C. Keating
Notes on the Systematics of Aristolochia Subsect. Hexandrae. Favio González G.
Calydorea Herbert (Iridaceae--Tigridieae): Notes on This New World Genus and Reduction to Synonymy of Salpingostylis, Cardiostigma, Itysa, and Catila. Peter Goldblatt & James E. Henrich
Chromosome Numbers in the Genus Nassauvia (Compositae--Mutisieae). J. H. Hunziker, A. F. Wulff, T. F. Stuessy, D. J. Crawford & J. V. Crisci
Desylirion wheeleri var. durangense: An New Combination in the Nolinaceae. Joseph E. Laferrière
NOTES
Two New Species of Hillia subg. Ravnia (Rubiaceae) from Venezuela and Mexico. Charlotte M. Taylor
Ardisia lundelliana, a New Species of Myrsinaceae from Panama. John J. Pipoly III
Peltostigma parviflorum (Rutaceae), Nueva Especie de Costa Rica y Colombia. Quírico Jiménez M. & Roy E. Gereau
Two New Species of Trixis (Asteraceae--Mutisieae) from Paraguay. Nelida Soria & Elsa Zardini
Intraspecific Variation in Pavetta rigida (Rubiaceae): Estimates of Reliability of Taxonomic Information. Stephen D. Manning