Contributors ................................................. viii
Acknowledgments .............................................. xiii
Cycad 2005 Organizing Committee and Assistants ................ xiv
In Memoriam: Leo Schibli ....................................... xv
Chapter 1: Introduction ......................................... 1
Andrew P. Vovides
Conservation
Chapter 2: Recovery Plans for Endangered Cycads: A Model Set
of Objectives and Actions Using the Example of
Cycas megacarpa from Queensland, Australia ........... 3
Paul I. Forster
Chapter 3: Ex situ Conservation of Microcycas calocoma, Zamia
amblyphyllidia, Z. integrifolia, Z. ottonis, and
Z. pygmaea germplasm at the National Botanic
Garden, Cuba ........................................ 32
Julio C. Lazcano Lara
Chapter 4: Taxonomía, Distribución у Estado
de Conservación de Zamia en Ecuador ................. 45
Fernando Nicolalde-Morejón
Chapter 5: Managing Cycad Aulacaspis Scale (Aulacaspis
yasumatusi Takagi) at Montgomery Botanical Center,
USA ................................................. 64
Christine Wiese and Catharine Mannion
Ecology
Chapter 6: Ecologia de Ceratozamia aff. robusta en la Sierra
Madre del Sur de Oaxaca ............................. 73
Alma Delia Chávez González, Beatriz Rendón Aguilar,
and Azuncena De Lourdes Luna José
Chapter 7: Herbivores and Chemical Defenses in Cycads - An
Ecological and Evolutionary Approach ................ 87
Citlalli Castillo-Guevara
Chapter 8: Seed Dispersal Agents of Two Mexican Cycads ........ 104
Jeff Chemnick
Ethnobotany
Chapter 9: Ethnobotany of Honduran Cycads ..................... 120
Mark A. Bonta
Chapter 10: Cycads in the Vernacular—A Compendium of Local
Names ............................................. 143
Mark A. Bonta and Roy Osborne
Chapter 11: The Ethnomedicinal Use of Cycads in South
Africa ............................................ 176
Errol Douwes and Christopher G. М. Dalzell
Genomics, Physiology, and Structure
Chapter 12: Genomic Studies in Cycas rumphii Miquel ........... 182
Eric D. Brenner, Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Manpreet S. Katari,
Richard W. McCombie, Stephen A. Rudd, Suzan J. Runko,
Rob A. Martienssen, and Gloria M. Coruzzi
Chapter 13: Age Influences Photosynthetic Capacity of Cycas
micronesica Leaves ................................ 194
Thomas E. Marler
Chapter 14: Water Economy of Macrozamia riedlei in the
Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) Forest of
Southwestern Western Australia .................... 204
John K. Marshall
Chapter 15: The Vascularization of the Seed of Ceratozamia
mexicana (Zamiaceae) .............................. 223
Mária Y. Sánchez-Tinoco, E. Mark Engleman,
and Stephen D. Koch
Neurobiology
Chapter 16: Defining the Role of BMAA and Its Potential
Glutamate Receptor Targets in Arabidopsis
thaliana and Cycas rumphii ........................ 236
Eric D. Brenner, Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Joanna Chiu,
Suzan J. Runko, Peter M. Palenchar, and Gloria M. Coruzzi
Chapter 17: Cyanobacteria, Cycads, and Neurodegenerative
Disease among the Chamorro People of Guam ......... 253
Paul A. Cox, Sandra A. Banack, and Susan J. Murch
Chapter 18: Cycad-Induced Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model
of ALS-PDC: Is the Culprit Really BMAA, or is a
Novel Toxin to Blame? ............................. 286
Christopher A. Shaw, Jason M. B.Wilson, Reyneil Cruz-Aguado,
Swaraj Singh, Erin L. Hawkes,Vivian Lee, and Thomas Marler
Reproductive Biology
Chapter 19: Hot and Smelly Sex! Theoretical Considerations
of the Adaptive Significance of Cone
Thermogenesis and Volatile Odors in Cycad
Reproduction ...................................... 308
John S. Donaldson
Chapter 20: Evolution of Dioecy and Sex Chromosomes in
Cycads ............................................ 326
Root Gorelick and Roy Osborne
Chapter 21: Sex Change in Cycads—Cases, Causes, and
Chemistry ......................................... 335
Roy Osborne and Root Gorelick
Chapter 22: Responses of Pollinating Thrips and Weevils to
Specific Macrozamia Cycad Cone Volatiles .......... 346
Irene Terry, Gimme H.Walter, Craig Hull, and Chris Moore
Systematics
Chapter 23: Molecular Systematics in Amorphocerine Weevils
on Encephalartos—Preliminary Results .............. 372
Douglas A. Downie and John S. Donaldson
Chapter 24: The Populations of Dioon caputoi in the
Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Biosphere Reserve .............. 388
Juan C. Flores-Vázquez, Silvia Salas-Morales,
and Alfredo Saynes-Vásquez
Chapter 25: Genetic Structure and Diversity of Dioon edule:
A Comparison with Other Cycads .................... 400
Jorge González-Astorga and Andrew P. Vovides
Chapter 26: An Emended Description of Dioon mejiae Standl.
and L.O. Williams (Zamiaceae) ..................... 418
Jody L. Haynes and Mark A. Bonta
Chapter 27: Overview of the Cycad Flora of Honduras ........... 444
Jody L. Haynes
Chapter 28: The World List of Cycads [La Lista Mundial de
Cíadas] ........................................... 454
Ken D. Hill, Dennis Wm. Stevenson, and Roy Osborne
Chapter 29: Unlocking the Coontie Conundrum: The Potential
of Microsatellite DNA Studies in the Caribbean
Zamia pumila complex (Zamiaceae) .................. 484
Alan W. Meerow, Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Jeremy Moynihan,
and Javier Francisco-Ortega
Chapter 30: Variación morfológica у genética del complejo
Ceratozamia miqueliana H. A.Wendl. (Cycadales,
Zamiaceae) ........................................ 519
Miguel A. Pérez-Farrera, Andrew P. Vovides, Dolores González,
Luis H. Sandoval y Mahinda Martínez
Chapter 31: Cycas annaikaknsis from the Western Ghats of
India with a Discussion on the Specific Limits
of Cycas circinalis L. ............................ 542
Rita Singh, P. Radha, and Prabha Sharma
Chapter 32: Variability of Natural Populations and
Conservation Issues Facing Plicate-leaved Zamia
Species in Central and Western Panama ............. 557
Alberto S. Taylor, Jody L. Haynes, Gregory Holzman,
and Jorge Mendieta
Chapter 33: Morphological Variation of Dioon (Zamiaceae)
from the Pacific Slope of Mexico using
a Multivariate Analysis ........................... 578
Georgina Vargas Amado, Jorge Alberto Pérez de la Rosa,
José Pablo Torres Morán, and Waldina Patricia Reyes Velázquez
Chapter 34: Subdivision of Encephalartos ...................... 597
Piet Vorster
Chapter 35: The Cycads of Mexico: 25 Years of Research and
Conservation ...................................... 611
Andrew P. Vovides, Jorge González-Astorga,
Miguel Angel Pérez-Farrera, Dolores González,
Christina Bárcenas, and Carlos Iglesias
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