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Information about several papers discussed at a symposium entitled "Generalist Flowers: Their Evolution, Biology and Animal Associations" is presented. Topics include the pollination modes in tropical floras, gymnospermous pollination systems, and the classical morphological view of botany. Papers on how pollination ecologists examine generalist flowers and how to compare the ecological, functional, and phenotypical generalization of fruits are also presented in the symposium.

Information about several papers discussed at the symposium entitled Mitochondrial DNA Sequences in Plant Phylogenetics and Evolution in Vienna, Austria on July 17-23, 2005 is presented. The symposium featured seven papers including the studies by H. Ong, C. de Pamphilis and J. D. Palmer. The ability of land plant mitochondrial genomes to export or import DNA is discoursed. The topics also involved RNA editing.

Information about the symposium "Concepts of Systematic Biology From Linnaeus to the Present" which was held on July 11, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois is presented. The symposium was designed to chronicle many of the changes and attendant perspectives, with papers discussed by Gordon Reid who assessed the contributions of Carl Linnaeus. In addition, Peter Stevens gave comments on the developments of the natural system of plant taxonomy.