Create your own conference schedule! Click here for full instructions

Location Browser

Click on the location you would like to browse.

550/Convention Center550A/Convention Center550B/Convention Center
551A/Convention Center551B/Convention Center552A/Convention Center
552B/Convention Center553A/Convention Center553B/Convention Center
554/Convention Center554A/Convention Center554B/Convention Center
555/Convention Center555A/Convention Center555B/Convention Center
556A/Convention Center556B/Convention Center557/Convention Center
558B/Convention CenterBallroom A/Convention CenterBallroom B/Convention Center
Ballroom C/Convention CenterBallroom D/Convention CenterBallroom E/Convention Center
Grand Ballroom/BiltmoreHall A/Convention CenterPrefunction A/Convention Center
Prefunction B/Convention CenterPrefunction C/Convention CenterRotunda/Convention Center

Sessions for Room: 556B/Convention Center

Click on the Abstract you would like to read.

SessionDate/TimeTitleSection/TopicTypeAuthorsKeywords

Sunday, August 1st

Sunday, August 1st
8:00 am to 10:00 am · 556B/Convention Center
Session WS04: Workshop: Photographing plants: Standarized photographs and their use in plant identification
Log in to add this item to your schedule
WS04001August 1st 8:00 amPhotographing plants: Standarized photographs and their use in plant identification
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Conference WideWorkshopKirchoff, Bruce K..
Sunday, August 1st
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session WS09: Workshop: I've Completed the Research, Compiled the Results and Written My Manuscript: Now What? Behind the Scenes at an Editorial Office
Log in to add this item to your schedule
WS09001August 1st 1:00 pmI've Completed the Research, Compiled the Results and Written My Manuscript: Now What? Behind the Scenes at an Editorial Office
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Conference WideWorkshopMcPherson, Amy; Hund, Richard.
Sunday, August 1st
3:15 pm to 5:15 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session WS15: Workshop: Preparing Digital Images for Publication
Log in to add this item to your schedule
WS15001August 1st 3:15 pmPreparing Digital Images for Publication
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Conference WideWorkshopVanderberg, Mike.

Monday, August 2nd

Monday, August 2nd
8:00 am to 11:45 am · 556B/Convention Center
Session 2: Contributed Papers: Pteridology Section/AFS
Presiding: Michael Windham, Duke University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
2001August 2nd 8:00 amCheilanthes lanosa spore germination initiates without measurable imbibition
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperLoucks, K.A.; Hoffman, D.R.; Stephens, A.R.; Theisen, A.N.; Swatzell, Lucinda J..spore
Cheilanthes
Germination
water
2002August 2nd 8:15 amThe Nature of the Extra-Cellular Matrix Surrounding the Female Gamete of Ceratopteris richardii
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperLopez-Smith, Renee A..callose
egg cell
extra-cellular matrix
2003August 2nd 8:30 amSporophores in Psilotum: ferns, shoots, and leaves
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperBuzgo, Matyas; Lucas, Cran M; Miller, Annie Phanid; Witherington, Sarah.Monilophyta
Pteridophyta
Psilotaceae
Ophioglossaceae
morphology
EvoDevo
organ identity
meristem maintenance
homeosis
2004August 2nd 8:45 amδ15N Natural abundance and nitrogen use of tropical fern gametophytes and sporophytes
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperWatkins, Jr., James (Eddie); Mack, Michelle C..Pteridophyte
Fern
Nitrogen
uptake kinetics
resource competition
epiphyte
community assembly
2005August 2nd 9:00 amEffects of light, flooding, and weeding on Marsilea villosa growth in a common garden experiment: Implications for in situ restoration and management
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperChau, Marian M.; Ranker, Tom A..Marsilea villosa
Restoration Ecology
Endangered species
ferns
outplanting
management
Hawaii
2006August 2nd 9:15 amEffects of a simulated hurricane experiment on terrestrial ferns in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperSharpe, Joanne M.; Shiels, Aaron B..ferns
pteridophytes
hurricane
disturbance
2007August 2nd 9:30 amThree new quillworts from the southeastern United States
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperMatthews, Richard A.; Musselman, Lytton John; Taylor, W. Carl; Bray, Rebecca D.Isoetes
Sandstone outcrops
Granite outcrops
August 2nd 9:45 amBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFS
2009August 2nd 10:15 amExamining Botrychium species using genetics and morphology
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperWilliams, Evelyn; Bochte, Crys.Botrychium
cryptic species
AFLP
morphology
2010August 2nd 10:30 amAn ISSR Investigation of North American grapefern species (Sceptridium; Ophioglossaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperCao, Daniel; Hauk, Warren.Sceptridium
grapefern
ISSR
species concept
2011August 2nd 10:45 am
Canceled
Ecology of alpine and subalpine populations of Botrychium pumicola (pumice moonwort), a rare Cascade Range endemic
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperRoe-Andersen, Susan.Fern
Botrychium
rare plants
Cascade Range
pumice
Mycorrhizae
2012August 2nd 11:00 amRelationships of New World Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) 
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperSessa, Emily B.; Givnish, Thomas J.; Zimmer, Elizabeth. fern systematics
Neotropics
hybridization
reticulate evolution
2013August 2nd 11:15 amBroad-scale integrity and local divergence in the fiddlehead fern Matteuccia struthiopteris (L) Todaro (Onocleaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperKoenemann, Daniel; Maisonpierre, Jacqueline; Barrington, David S.. Matteuccia
phylogeography
AFLP
2014August 2nd 11:30 amOf genes, scales and venation: Detecting patterns of variation in the Pleopeltis polypodioides species complex (Polypodiaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFSPaperSprunt, Susan V; Bailer, John A.; Watson, Linda E.; Schneider, Harald; Hickey, R. James. fern
morphology
phylogenetic analysis
Pleopeltis
Monday, August 2nd
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session M19: Meeting: Pteridological Section Meeting
Presiding: Michael Windham, Duke University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
August 2nd 5:00 pmPteridological Section Meeting
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Pteridological Section/AFS
Monday, August 2nd
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session M22: Meeting: Herbarium Curator Meeting
Presiding: Carolyn J. Ferguson, Kansas State University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
August 2nd 7:00 pmHerbarium Curator Meeting
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics Section

Tuesday, August 3rd

Tuesday, August 3rd
8:00 am to 10:30 am · 556B/Convention Center
Session 26: Contributed Papers: Monocots: Grasses
Presiding: Mary E. Barkworth, Utah State University
Log in to add this item to your schedule
26001August 3rd 8:00 amPlastome sequence phylogeny of commelinid monocots implies five origins of wind pollination in Poales
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperGivnish, Thomas J.; Ames, Mercedes S.; McKain, Michael R. ; Steele, P. Roxanne; dePamphilis, Claude W.; Graham, Sean W.; Pires, J. Chris; Stevenson, Dennis Wm.; Zomlefer, W. B.; Briggs, Barbara; Duvall, Melvin R.; Moore, Michael; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Thiele, Kevin; Leebens-Mack, James H.. commelinids
correlated evolution
cyperids
graminids
long branch attraction
monocots
plastid
plastome
restiids
xyrids
26002August 3rd 8:15 amPhylogeny of the Arthrostylidiinae: the Glaziophyton clade (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperViana, Pedro L.; Tyrrell, Christopher D.; Triplett, Jimmy K.; Clark, Lynn G..Arthrostylidiinae phylogeny
Glaziophyton
neotropical Bambuseae
26003August 3rd 8:30 amReticulate evolution in the temperate bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Arundinarieae): evidence from low-copy nuclear gene sequences
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperTriplett, Jimmy K.; Clark, Lynn G.; Wen, Jun; Peterson, Paul M.; Li, De-Zhu.Poaceae
low-copy nuclear gene
Bamboo phylogeny
intergeneric hybridization
Allopolyploidy
26004August 3rd 8:45 am
Canceled
Chloroplast genomes from Anomochlooideae show fewer synapomorphies than expected with other Poaceae
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperDuvall, Melvin R.; Morris, Leah M.; Jones, Samuel S..Poaceae
August 3rd 9:00 amBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics Section
26006August 3rd 9:30 amTowards a better phylogeny in the Chloridoideae (Poaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperPeterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Johnson, Gabriel.classification
Chloridoideae
grasses
phylogeny
plastid DNA
Poaceae
taxonomy
Biogeography
26007August 3rd 9:45 amPhylogenetics, biogeography, and taxonomy of the Uniola clade (Poaceae, Chloridoideae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperColumbus, J. Travis; Zúñiga, José D.; Macfarlane, Terry D; Simon, Bryan K..Biogeography
Chloridoideae
phylogeny
Poaceae
taxonomy
Uniola
26008August 3rd 10:00 amEvolutionary history of small-spikeleted Stipeae formerly included in the Oryzopsis/Piptatherum assemblage
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperRomaschenko, Konstantin; Peterson, Paul M.; Soreng, Robert J..classification
grasses
phylogeny
plastid DNA
Poaceae
Pooideae
Stipeae
taxonomy
26009August 3rd 10:15 amMorphological, geographic, and phylogenetic studies in Melica (Poaceae: Meliceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperBarkworth, Mary E.; Bushman, B. Shaun.Melica
Meliceae
phylogeography
morphology
phylogeny
Tuesday, August 3rd
1:00 pm to 4:45 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session 37: Contributed Papers: Asterids: Aquifoliales, Apiales, Dipsacales, Solanales
Presiding: Frank T. Farruggia, ; Sandra Knapp, Natural History Museum
Log in to add this item to your schedule
37001August 3rd 1:00 pmA phylogenetic analysis of Gomphandra (Stemonuraceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperSchori, Melanie.Gomphandra
Stemonuraceae
Aquifoliales
molecular phylogeny
trnL-F spacer
trnL intron
matK
37002August 3rd 1:15 pmPhylogenetic relationships among and within the Asian and Neotropical groups of Schefflera (Araliaceae) based on six molecular markers
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperPlunkett, Gregory; Nicolas, Antoine N.; Lowry, Porter P. II; Fiaschi, Pedro; Frodin, David G.. Schefflera
Araliaceae
phylogenetics
Neotropics
Asia
37003August 3rd 1:30 pmAfrican-Malagasy Schefflera (Araliaceae), revisited: Expanded sampling reveals insights into morphological and biogeographic patterns
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperGostel, Morgan R.; Plunkett, Gregory; de Villiers, Bernard J.; Lowry, Porter P. II.Araliaceae
Africa
Madagascar
Biogeography
molecular phylogenetics
37004August 3rd 1:45 pmThe influence of climate on dispersal and life history evolution in Lomelosia (Dipsacaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperCarlson, Sara E. ; Evans, Margaret E.K. ; Donoghue, Michael J..climate
Lomelosia
life history
diaspore
mediterranean
37005August 3rd 2:00 pmHomoploid hybridization and recombination in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperKelly, Laura; Leitch, Andrew R.; Clarkson, James J.; Chase, Mark W.. recombination
hybridization
low copy nuclear markers
37006August 3rd 2:15 pmDiversity of phenolic content in Asian eggplant landraces and near wild relatives
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperMeyer, Rachel; Whitaker, Bruce; Litt, Amy.Solanum
AFLP
S. melongena
polyphenolic
medicinal plants
ITS
antioxidant
domestication
37007August 3rd 2:30 pmA Thorny Tangle in the genus Solanum : Phylogenetic study of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum.
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperStern, Stephen; Bohs, Lynn.Solanum
Solanaceae
COSII
August 3rd 2:45 pmBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics Section
37009August 3rd 3:15 pm
Canceled
A total evidence phylogenetic investigation of Solanum sections Irenosolanum and Dunaliana
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperMcClelland, Donald; Nee, M..Solanum
Solanaceae
phylogenetics
total evidence
37010August 3rd 3:30 pmA phylogeny of Solanum sect. Crinitum (Solanaceae) and its relationships within the Leptostemonum Clade.
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperFarruggia, Frank T.; Bohs, Lynn.Solanum
Solanaceae
Biogeography
phylogeny
Amazonia
taxonomy
37011August 3rd 3:45 pmTravels in East Africa – a quest for species boundaries in the wild spiny aubergines
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperVorontsova, Maria.Solanaceae
Solanum
species delimitation
field trips
Herbarium Collections
Africa
Kenya
Tanzania
37012August 3rd 4:00 pmTaxonomy of cultivated potatoes (Solanum section Petota: Solanaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperKnapp, Sandra; Ovchinnikova, Anna; Krilova, Ekaterina; Gavrilenko, Tatjana; Smekalova, Tamara; Dorofeyev, Vladimir; Zhuk, Mikhail; Spooner, David M..cultivated potato
nomenclature
Solanum
37013August 3rd 4:15 pmUnraveling the evolutionary history of wild potatoes and tomatoes
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperRodriguez, F.; Ané, Cecile; Mueller, Lukas; Bonierbale, Meredith; Spooner, David M..COSII
Solanum
37014August 3rd 4:30 pmComplex multiple reticulate origins of potato polyploids
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperCai, Danying; Teng, Yuan Wen; Rodriguez, F.; Mueller, Lukas; Bonierbale, Meredith; Spooner, David M..COSII
Solanum
polyploidy

Wednesday, August 4th

Wednesday, August 4th
8:00 am to 12:30 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session SY6: Symposium: Broader Impact: Connecting Basic Research With Education
Presiding: Stokes S. Baker, University of Detroit Mercy
Log in to add this item to your schedule
SY6SUMAugust 4th 8:00 amBroader Impact: Connecting Basic Research with Education
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with EducationSymposiumBaker, Stokes S.. Broader Impacts
education
outreach
science teaching
National Science Foundation
funding
K-16 education
K-12 education
teachers
plant science education
botany education
Science Education
inquiry-based research
research partnerships
teaching science
model organism
August 4th 8:30 amIntroduction
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with Education
SY6002August 4th 8:45 amEffective Broader Impacts
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with EducationSymposiumKellogg, Elizabeth.education
outreach
SY6003August 4th 9:15 amHistory of Wisconsin Fast Plants
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with EducationSymposiumWilliams, Paul H.. Fast Plants
rapid cycling brassicas
Wisconsin Fast Plants
impact assessment
SY6004August 4th 9:45 amCeratopteris richardii in classrooms, community organizations and beyond: how to engage a new generation of learners
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with EducationSymposiumRenzaglia, Karen S.; Lopez-Smith, Renee A..education
C-Fern
Inquiry
August 4th 10:15 amBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with Education
SY6006August 4th 10:45 amOutreach across age groups and NSF grants
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with EducationSymposiumGandolfo, Maria; Stevenson, Jan W.; Stevenson, Dennis Wm.. Broader Impacts
NSF
Teaching
SY6007August 4th 11:15 amResearch Experience for Pre-service Teachers: A model for training future science teachers
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with EducationSymposiumGerber, D. Timothy; Thomsen, Meredith.Pre-service teacher
Teacher-scientist partnership
Broader impacts
GK-12 fellows
August 4th 11:45 amUnsubmitted Abstract
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with Education
August 4th 12:15 pmDiscussion
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Broader Impact: Tying Basic Research with Education
Wednesday, August 4th
1:00 pm to 5:30 pm · 556B/Convention Center
Session 56: Contributed Papers: Rosids: Sapindales, Malvales, Brassicales, Myrtales
Presiding: Allison Miller, Saint Louis University; Susan K. Pell, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Log in to add this item to your schedule
56001August 4th 1:00 pmFurther adventures in the phylogenetics of Boechereae (Brassicaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperAlexander, Patrick J.; Windham, Michael; Beck, James; Allphin, Loreen; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan; Bailey, C. Donovan.Boechera
Boechereae
Brassicaceae
phylogenetics
56002August 4th 1:15 pmMicrosatellites provide new insights into the origin and distribution of Duchesne rock-cress (Boechera duchesnensis: Brassicaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperAllphin, Loreen; Beck, James; Windham, Michael.Boechera
Brassicaceae
microsatellites
hybridization
apomixis
56003August 4th 1:30 pmPhylogenetic approaches to understanding sterility in crop species: origin and evolution of horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, Brassicaceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperMiller, Allison; Sampliner, Danielle; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan; Romero-Hernandez, Carolina; McAllister, Chrissy. domestication
Brassicaceae
clonal reproduction
hybridization
Armoracia
56004August 4th 1:45 pm
Canceled
Phylogenetics, genome evolution and biogeography of the Brassica crops and wild relatives (Brassiceae, Brassicaceae): Understanding the origin and domestication of mustards
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperArias, Tatiana; Edger, Patrick; Tang, Michelle; Pires, J. Chris.Brassiceae
Brassicaceae
phylogenetics
phylogenomics
mediterranean
chloroplast genome
whole-genome duplication
56005August 4th 2:00 pmWood anatomy of Gerrardinaceae and its relevance to the circumscription of Huerteales
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperAlford, Mac; Dold, Anthony.Gerrardinaceae
Tapisciaceae
Dipentodontaceae
Huerteales
wood anatomy
56006August 4th 2:15 pmDNA Characterization and Quantification of Family Sapindaceae in Western Cameroon
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperAdeyemi, Temitope O.; Ogundipe, Oluwatoyin T.; Olowokudejo, Dele J..DNA Characterization
Sapindaceae
Cameroon
August 4th 2:30 pmBreak
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics Section
56008August 4th 3:00 pmPhylogenetics, Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Caribbean species of Bursera (Burseraceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperMartinez-Habibe, Maria Cristina.Burseraceae
Caribbean
phylogenetics
semi-deciduous forests
Bursera
56009August 4th 3:15 pmPhylogenetic analysis of Comocladia (Anacardiaceae) using chloroplast and nuclear sequence data
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperCamacho, Francine; Pell, Susan K.; Mitchell, John D.; Atha, Daniel E..Sapindales
systematics
Caribbean
56010August 4th 3:30 pmTowards a Revision of Bakeridesia (Malvaceae): Preliminary Findings
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperDonnell, Aliya A..Malvaceae
Mexican flora
Bakeridesia
new species
56011August 4th 3:45 pmThe Myrtales: Dating, Character Evolution and a New Family?
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperBerger, Brent A.; Sytsma, Kenneth J..Myrtales
Combretaceae
Strephonema
character evolution
Dating
phylogeny
56012August 4th 4:00 pmProgress towards a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis and revised classification of the Melastomataceae
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperPenneys, Darin S.; Almeda, Frank; Michelangeli, Fabian A..Melastomataceae
molecular phylogenetics
classification
56013August 4th 4:15 pmA phylogenetic analysis of Neotropical Melastomeae (Melastomataceae), with an emphasis on Tibouchina
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperGuimaraes, Paulo J. F.; Penneys, Darin S.; Michelangeli, Fabian A..Melastomataceae
Melastomeae
56014August 4th 4:30 pmIntroduction to the Miconieae of the Greater Antilles: I. Major clades
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperJudd, Walter S.; Ionta, Gretchen M.; Skean Jr., J. Dan; Becquer-Granados, Eldis R.; Michelangeli, Fabian A..Melastomataceae
Greater Antilles
Miconieae
56015August 4th 4:45 pmIntroduction to the Miconieae of the Greater Antilles: II. Clidemia sect. Sagraea
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperIonta, Gretchen M.; Judd, Walter S.; Nicolas, Antoine N.; Michelangeli, Fabian A..Melastomataceae
Greater Antilles
Miconieae
Clidemia sect. Sagraea
56016August 4th 5:00 pmPhylogeny and character evolution in the Blakeeae (Melastomataceae)
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperPenneys, Darin S.; Judd, Walter S..Melastomataceae
Blakea
Topobea
phylogenetics
pollination
mutualisms
56017August 4th 5:15 pmVochysiaceae of Serra do Cipo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Log in to add this item to your schedule
Systematics SectionPaperShimizu, Gustavo; Yamamoto, Kikyo.Vochysiaceae
taxonomy
Floristic survey

Copyright © 2000-2010, Botanical Society of America. All rights