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A Century Of Wood Anatomy and 75 Years Of IAWA
A tribute to Lawrence R. Blinks: Ions, light, and algae
Botanical Cyberinfrastructure: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities, and Initiatives
Bringing Together the Living and Dead: Integrating Extant and Fossil Biodiversity in Evolutionary Studies
Deep Time Colloquium
Ecological Responses of Bryophytes to Changing Climate
Ecology and Floristics in Northern California - Current Knowledge and Unexplored Realms
Flora of North America: Synergy with other Botanical Projects
Human Transformation of California: Botany, History, and Sociology
Hybridization as a Stimulus for the Evolution of Invasiveness in Plants
Land Plant Evolution: Phylogenetics and Beyond
Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Quality
New Advances in Fern Ecology
Paleobotany in the Post-Genomics Era
Plenary Symposium: New Directions in Molecular and Organismal Botany
The Comparative - Phylogenetic Method of Reconstructing Evolutionary History
The Evolution of Ericales: Recent Insights using both Morphology and Molecules

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Sunday, July 30th

Sunday, July 30th
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm · 204/Bell Memorial Union
Meeting: American Fern Society Council Meeting
Presiding: Tom A. Ranker, University of Colorado
July 30th
6:00 pm
204/Bell Memorial UnionAmerican Fern Society Council Meeting
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Monday, July 31st

Monday, July 31st
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · 114/MODOC
Session 1: Symposium: New Advances in Fern Ecology
Presiding: K. Mehltreter, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.; W. Carl Taylor, National Science Foundation
1-1July 31st
8:00 am
114/MODOCNew Advances in Fern Ecology
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SymposiumMehltreter, K., Taylor, W. Carl.fern ecology
pteridophytes
phenology
long-term studies
tropical fern diversity
plant demography
habitat specialization
fern-animal interaction
plant conservation
1-2July 31st
8:15 am
114/MODOCComparative functional ecology of tropical epiphytic and terrestrial fern gametophytes
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SymposiumWatkins, Jr., James E., Mack, Michelle C., Mulkey, Stephen S..plant demography
desiccation-tolerance
uptake kinetics
nitrogen isotopes
Pteridophyte
fern ecology
1-3July 31st
8:45 am
114/MODOCDesiccation-tolerance in American cheilanthoid ferns
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SymposiumKirkpatrick, Ruth.desiccation-tolerance
cheilanthoid ferns
photosynthesis
chlorophyll fluorescence
phylogenetic perspective
biogeographic perspective
1-4July 31st
9:15 am
114/MODOCDiversity and structure of rainforest communities of Hymenophyllaceae on the islands of Guadeloupe and La Reunion: a comparative ecological and historical approach
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SymposiumDubuisson, Jean-Yves, Hennequin, Sabine, Reeb, Catherine, Dajoz, Isabelle.Hymenophyllaceae
epiphytism
tropical island
rainforest
community
biogeography
Guadeloupe
La Reunion
July 31st
9:45 am
114/MODOCBreak
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1-5July 31st
10:00 am
114/MODOCLong-term studies of ferns in Puerto Rico
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SymposiumSharpe, Joanne M..fern
Pteridophyte
plant demography
leaf life span
hurricane
long-term study
fern ecology
phenology
1-6July 31st
10:30 am
114/MODOCFlagship of the Understory: Population Structure of Hapu`u, the Hawaiian Tree Fern ( Cibotium chamissoi ) within Intact and Degraded Forests on O`ahu, Hawai`i
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SymposiumArcand, Naomi N..fern ecology
Hawai`i
biogeography
Hapu`u tree fern
intact and disturbed tropical island forest
sporeling recruitment
1-7July 31st
11:00 am
114/MODOCPhenology of 16 ferns in a subtropical forest of northeastern Taiwan
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SymposiumChiou, Wen-Liang, Lin, Tzer-Tung, Lee, Pei-Hsuan.fern
frond emergence
life span
phenology
Pteridophyte
spore maturation
1-8July 31st
11:30 am
114/MODOCLeaf phenology of three fern epiphytes in a Mexican cloud forest
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SymposiumMonge González, M. L., Mehltreter, K..ferns
pteridophytes
epiphytes
México
phenology
cloud forest
Terpsichore asplenifolia
Elaphoglossum lonchophyllum
Pecluma sursumcurrens
Monday, July 31st
1:00 pm to 5:35 pm · 170/Holt
Session 20: Symposium: Land Plant Evolution: Phylogenetics and Beyond
Presiding: Brent D. Mishler, University of California, Berkeley; Khidir W. Hilu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
20-1July 31st
1:00 pm
170/HoltLand Plant Evolution: Phylogenetics and Beyond
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SymposiumMishler, Brent D., Hilu, Khidir W..green plants
evolution
Phylogenetics
20-2July 31st
1:15 pm
170/HoltA Land Plant Phylogeny Inferred from Eight Chloroplast, Mitochondrial, and Nuclear Genes
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SymposiumQiu, Yin-Long.liverworts
hornworts
life cycle
alternation of generations
land plant phylogeny
20-3July 31st
1:35 pm
170/HoltLand plant evolution: a perspective from fast evolving chloroplast regions
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SymposiumQuandt, Dietmar, Borsch, Thomas, Wicke, Susann, Won, Hyosig, Renner, Susanne S., Hilu, Khidir W..trnK/matK
secondary structure
Gnetales
seed plant phylogeny
trnL-F
20-4July 31st
1:55 pm
170/HoltPhylogeny of land plants - Information from comparative genomics
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SymposiumMishler, Brent D., Kelch, Dean.Physcomitrella
Land plants
phylogeny
Genomics
20-5July 31st
2:15 pm
170/HoltThe evolutionary diversification of land plant transcription factors: Crawling through new genomes
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SymposiumdePamphilis, Claude W., Wall, P. Kerr, Duarte, Jill Ricker, Zahn, Laura, Cui, Liying, Müller, Kai, Leebens-Mack, Jim, Carlson, John, Frohlich, Mike, Ma, Hong.evo-devo
flower
MADS-box gene
Selaginella
Physcomitrella
Transcription factor
20-6July 31st
2:35 pm
170/HoltWhat do fossils tell us about the evolution of land plants?
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SymposiumKenrick, Paul.fossils
phylogeny
evolution
Land plants
July 31st
2:55 pm
170/HoltBreak
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20-7July 31st
3:15 pm
170/HoltEarly land plant evolution: A biophysical perspective
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SymposiumNiklas, Karl J..biomechanics
plant evolution
allometry
20-8July 31st
3:35 pm
170/HoltFungi and early land plants; predictions from molecular phylogenetics and the fossil record
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SymposiumBerbee, Mary L., Taylor, John W..
20-9July 31st
3:55 pm
170/HoltLand plant evolution from the sperm’s eye view
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SymposiumRenzaglia, Karen S..character evolution
Land plants
motile gametes
20-10July 31st
4:15 pm
170/HoltDesiccation-tolerance: A case study of physiological trends in the evolution of Land Plants
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SymposiumOliver, Melvin J., Mishler, Brent D..
20-11July 31st
4:35 pm
170/HoltGene tempo, phylogeny and molecular dating of land plant lineages
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SymposiumHilu, Khidir W., Magallón, Susana, Quandt, Dietmar.Land plants
phylogeny
molecular dating
rates of evolution
plastid genes
July 31st
4:55 pm
170/HoltDiscussion
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Monday, July 31st
1:45 pm to 5:00 pm · 268/Holt
Session 25: Contributed Papers: Biogeography, Evolution and Ecology of Ferns
Presiding: David S. Barrington, University of Vermont
25-1July 31st
1:45 pm
268/HoltAlternate pathways of fern dispersal to the Hawaiian Islands, Part 1: Hypolepis & Diplopterygium
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PaperGeiger, Jennifer M. O., Wright, Margaret E., Christensen, Kris, Fehlberg, Shannon D., Ranker, Tom A..Hawaii
biogeography
dispersal
Diplopterygium
Hypolepis
25-2July 31st
2:00 pm
268/HoltAlternate pathways of fern dispersal to the Hawaiian Islands, Part 2: Grammitids
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PaperPlume, Olofron, Wright, Margaret E., Ranker, Tom A., Geiger, Jennifer M. O..Hawaii
dispersal
biogeography
Adenophorus
Grammitis
Lellingeria
25-3July 31st
2:15 pm
268/HoltAlternate pathways of fern dispersal to the Hawaiian Islands, Part 3: Cibotium
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PaperKleist, Annabelle C., Nelson, Christine L., Geiger, Jennifer M. O., Korall, Petra, Ranker, Tom A., Pryer, Kathleen M..Hawaii
biogeography
Cibotium
dispersal
25-4July 31st
2:30 pm
268/HoltOrigin of Hawaiian Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae): evidence from rbcL and trnL-F IGS sequences
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PaperDriscoll, Heather, Barrington, David S..biogeography
chloroplast DNA
Dryopteridaceae
Hawaii
Phylogenetics
Polystichum
rbcL
trnL-F
ferns
25-5July 31st
2:45 pm
268/HoltThe two lineages of northern hemisphere Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn (Dennstaedtiaceae): A biogeographical perspective based on chloroplast rps4 plus rps4-trnS sequences
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25-6July 31st
3:30 pm
268/HoltStructural evolution of fern chloroplast genomes
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PaperRoper, Jessie M., Hansen, S. Kellon, Wolf, Paul G..chloroplast genome
Genome Evolution
cp genome
ferns
fern
inverted repeat
inversion
25-7July 31st
3:45 pm
268/HoltPolyploids and reticulate voids: the Cheilanthes fendleri complex revisited
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PaperGrusz, Amanda L., Windham, M. D., Metzgar, Jordan S., Pryer, Kathleen M..Cheilanthes
Polymerase Chain Reaction
polyploidy
hybridization
25-8July 31st
4:00 pm
268/HoltInferring Paleopolyploidy in Homosporous Ferns from Age Distributions of Duplicate Genes
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PaperBarker, Michael S..Paleopolyploidy
polyploidy
ferns
Ceratopteris
Adiantum
Duplicate Genes
25-9July 31st
4:15 pm
268/HoltRestricted migration in an intragametophytic selfing species—an analysis of genetic structure in Botrychium simplex at Grass Lake, California
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PaperFarrar, Donald, Nason, John.migration
fern
Botrychium
25-10July 31st
4:30 pm
268/HoltThe peculiar reproductive biology of Woodwardia areolata
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PaperFarrar, Donald.reproductive biology
fern
Woodwardia
25-11July 31st
4:45 pm
268/HoltSalinity tolerance ecophysiology of the giant horsetail, Equisetum giganteum, in the Atacama Desert, Chile
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PaperHusby, Chad E, Oberbauer, Steven, Delatorre, José, Oreste, Vittorio.salinity
water potential
osmotic adjustment
osmotic potential
chlorophyll fluorescence
plant stress
stomatal conductance
sodium
postassium
physiological ecology
environmental physiology
Equisetaceae

Tuesday, August 1st

Tuesday, August 1st
8:30 am to 11:45 am · 121/Tehama
Session 40: Contributed Papers: Phylogeny of Free-sporing Vascular Plants
Presiding: Tom A. Ranker, University of Colorado
40-1August 1st
8:30 am
121/TehamaEvolutionary origin of the leptosporangiate ferns: sorting through conflicting evidence
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PaperMurdock, Andrew G., Smith, Alan R., Mishler, Brent D., Renzaglia, Karen S..ferns
leptosporangiate ferns
eusporangiate ferns
Marattiaceae
Ophioglossaceae
Equisetaceae
Psilotaceae
40-2August 1st
8:45 am
121/TehamaToward a comprehensive phylogeny of extant ferns
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PaperSchuettpelz, Eric.classification
fern phylogeny
molecular phylogenetics
plastid DNA
40-3August 1st
9:00 am
121/TehamaIs Osmunda paraphyletic?
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PaperMetzgar, Jordan S., Skog, Judith E., Zimmer, Elizabeth, Pryer, Kathleen M..Osmunda
Osmundaceae
ferns
phylogeny
divergence time estimates
40-4August 1st
9:15 am
121/TehamaPhylogeny of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae)
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PaperKorall, Petra, Metzgar, Jordan S., Conant, David S., Schneider, Harald, Pryer, Kathleen M..scaly tree ferns
Cyatheaceae
phylogeny
Hymenophyllopsis
40-5August 1st
9:30 am
121/TehamaGreen spore evolution in ferns
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PaperSchneider, Harald, Pryer, Kathleen M., Smith, Alan R..phylogeny
Grammitidaceae
Adaptive Radiation
Heterochrony
Key Innovation
40-6August 1st
10:15 am
121/TehamaBreaking with tradition: recent change in evolutionary mode among tropical American Polystichum(Dryopteridaceae)
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PaperBarrington, David S..Polystichum
evolution
biogeography
neotropical
40-7August 1st
10:30 am
121/TehamaPhylogeny and Biogeography of Isoetes (Isoetaceae)
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PaperTaylor, W. Carl, Hoot, Sara B..phylogeny
biogeography
Isoetes
40-8August 1st
10:45 am
121/TehamaReconstructing the diversification of the Neotropical epiphytic fern genus Serpocaulon (Polypodiaceae)
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PaperKreier, Hans-Peter, Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R..Polypodium
Adaptive Radiation
Neotropical plant diversity
Andean
molecular phylogenetics
40-9August 1st
11:00 am
121/TehamaPhylogeny, character evolution, and a proposed taxonomic revision for pellaeoid ferns and their relatives
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PaperKirkpatrick, Ruth.Cheilanthoid fern phylogeny
Pellaea
Astrolepis
Argyrochosma
Cheilanthes
rps4
rps4-trnS
trnL-F
40-10August 1st
11:15 am
121/TehamaA global phylogeographic study of the chloroplast genome in bracken (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae)
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PaperDer, Joshua P., Thomson, John A., Wolf, Paul G..bracken
phylogeny
phylogeography
chloroplast DNA
rps4
Tuesday, August 1st
11:45 am to 12:45 pm · 304/Bell Memorial Union
Meeting: Pteridological Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Karen S. Renzaglia, Southern Illinois University
August 1st
11:45 am
304/Bell Memorial UnionPteridological Section Business Meeting
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Tuesday, August 1st
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm · Auditorium/Bell Memorial Union
Session 48: Contributed Posters: Pteridology Posters
Presiding: Unknown,
48-122August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionThe effects of consumer-available herbicides on the germination of monospecific fern spores
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Poster: Pteridological Section/AFSSinn, Brandon T., Chuey, Carl F..monospecific
Onoclea sensibilis L.
Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro
herbicide
48-123August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionResponses of Botrychium pumicola to habitat manipulation in forested sites in central Oregon
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Poster: Pteridological Section/AFSAmsberry, Kelly, Meinke, Robert J..disturbance ecology
rare plant conservation
Botrychium
48-125August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionPhylogenetic significance of perispore morphology in the fern genus Lomariopsis (Lomariopsidaceae)
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Poster: Pteridological Section/AFSMcClelland, Donald, Moran, Robbin, Rouhan, G., Garrison Hanks, Judith.spores
ferns
phylogeny
monilophytes

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