1. Strategies of seed dispersal and germination in plants inhabiting deserts

   • Yitzchak Gutterman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 425

2. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 425 - 425

3. The role of seed coats in seed viability

   • Yasseen Mohamed-Yasseen
   • Sheryl A. Barringer
   • Suzanne Costanza

   OriginalPaper Pages: 426 - 439

4. A consensus classification for the order Gentianales with additional details on the suborder Apocynineae

   • A. Nicholas
   • H. Baijnath

   OriginalPaper Pages: 440 - 482

5. Seed germination of the Australian desert shrubEremophila (Myoporaceae)

   • Guy S. Richmond
   • Robert J. Chinnock

   OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 503

6. New books received

   Announcement Pages: 504 - 505