Botany 2008 Conference Program

Schedule 3:30 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 5:00 5:15 15010 15011 15012 15013 15014 15015 15016 15017 MONDAY, JULY 28TH Botany 2008 Luiz Orlando Oliveira - Molecular phylogeography of ipecac (Psychotria ipecacuanha) Sabine S. Jakob - Surviving the Pleistocene in situ: phylogeographic analysis and paleodistributional niche modeling of diploid Patagonian Hordeum species (Poaceae) Ke Jiang - Geographic distribution and phenology of North American grapevines (Vitis spp.) Lena Struwe - Comparative ecological analysis of sympatric and allopatric species and clades in the Andes David Giblin - Vascular plant biogeography and ﬂoristics of the San Juan Islands Natalie Jones - Isolated aspen stands: testing the Theory of Island Biogeography Alvin Yoshinaga - Desiccation Tolerance of Island Seeds and the Establishment of Island Floras Andrew Simpson - Multiple causal factors inﬂuence propagule size gradients in Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) Room 3/Woodward 1:00 PM - 5:45 PM Asteridae: Cornales, Boraginaceae, Icacinaceae, Ericales Chair: Tim Lowrey 1:00 1:15 1:30 1:45 2:00 2:15 2:30 2:45 3:00 3:15 3:45 4:00 4:15 4:30 4:45 5:00 5:15 16001 16002 6003 16004 16005 16006 16007 16008 16009 16010 16011 16012 16013 16014 16015 16016 John J. Schenk - Age Estimates of Clade Diversiﬁcation in Loasaceae Joshua Brokaw - Polyploid Evolutionary Ecology in Mentzelia section Trachyphytum Sarah J. Taylor - Phylogenetic relationships within Nama L. (Boraginaceae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast data Melanie Schori - Diversity of Gomphandra (Stemonuraceae, Icacinaceae s.l.) in the Philippines Yingjuan Su - Euryodendron and Apterosperma: evidences from cpDNA trnL-F and atpB-rbcL noncoding sequences Kenneth J. Sytsma - Evolution in Ericales: Fossil calibration and character evolution under a Bayesian frame work Ulf Swenson - Multi-gene phylogeny of the pantropical subfamily Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae): evidence of generic polyphyly and extensive morphological homoplasy Ulf Swenson - Phylogeny and generic limits in the non-staminode group of New Caledonian Sapotaceae: evidence of multiple origins of the anisomerous ﬂower Chih-Hua Tsou - Molecular phylogeny of Camellia (Theaceae) as inferred from nrITS Break Rosabelle Samuel - A phylogenetic framework for infrageneric classiﬁcation of Diospyros (Ebenaceae) with an emphasis on a radiation of species in New Caledonia M. Steven Furches - Assessment of chloroplast variation in Sarracenia in the southeastern United States Joanna Redfern - Phylogeny of Fouquieriaceae: Evidence for a recent radiation in the warm deserts of North America Catherine Bush - Phylogeny of Gaultherieae (Ericaceae) based on DNA sequence data from matK, ndhF and ITS Peter W. Fritsch - A taxonomic revision of Gaultheria (Ericaceae) in the Gaoligong Shan, a biodiversity hotspot at the border of China and Burma Emily Gillespie - Evolution and Biogeography of the Genus Phyllodoce and its Close Relatives (Ericaceae: Phyllodoceae) based on seven molecular markers Kathleen A. Kron - Evolutionary relationships among the lepidote rhododendrons (Rhododendron subgenus Rhododendron; Ericaceae) based on molecular data Symposium Room 4/Woodward 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Understanding plant evolution: morphology to molecules Chair: Amy Li� 1:30 1:30 1:45 2:15 2:45 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:15 S4SUM S4001 S4002 S4003 S4004 S4005 S4006 Introduction Amy Li� - Understanding plant evolution: morphology to molecules P. Barry Tomlinson - Rescuing Robert Brown: from gymno-ovuly to angio-ovuly Peter K. Endress - The immense diversity of ﬂoral monosymmetry and asymmetry across angiosperms Kevin Nixon - Plant Fossils as blank slates and blank checks. Break Christopher R. Hardy - New insights into the evolution of morphology, ontogeny, and biology of the ﬂowers in the spiderwort and dayﬂower family, Commelinaceae Damon Li�le - Cycads in the gymnosperm tree of life Amy Li� - Functional evolution of the APETALA1/FRUITFULL gene lineage: a molecular approach to under standing morphological evolution Concluding remarks 48

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Botany 2008 Conference Program Contents Welcome To Vancouver General Meeting Information Scientific Field Trips Scientific And Educational Workshops Botany 2008 Plenary Address Botany 2008 Special Lectures Participating Societies Exhibitors And Sponsors Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 Monday, July 28 Tuesday, July 29th Wednesday, July 30th Thursday, July 31th Poster Presentations Author Index By Session Number Week At A Glance Map - University Of British Columbia

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