Hector E. Pérez,^1,*,**,*** Richard A. Criley,^1,**** Carol C. Baskin<sup>2,*****

1</sup>aUniversity of Hawaii, Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, 3190 Maile Way, Room 102, Hon
²bUniversity of Kentucky, Department of Biology, Lexington, KY 40506-0225, and University of Kentucky

^* Corresponding author: heperez@ufl.edu
^** Current address: University of Florida, Department of Environmental Horticulture, Plant Restoration and Conservation, Horticulture Research Consortium, P.O. Box 11067 Gainesville, FL 32611-0675
^***Hector E. Pérez is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida. His research focuses on seed developmental physiology, germination ecology, and macro-propagation of native plants. Dr. Pérez is a founding member of the Plant Restoration and Conservation Horticulture Research Consortium at the University of Florida.
^****Richard Criley is a Professor of Horticulture at the University of Hawaii. His research has included manipulation of flowering of tropical cut flowers and potted plants and propagation of native Hawaiian plants with ornamental potential.
^*****Carol C. Baskin is a Professor in the Department of Biology and in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Kentucky. Her interests include the life cycle ecology of herbaceous plants, with particular reference to the ecology, biogeography, and evolution of seed dormancy and germination.