Montgomery Palm Expedition in Southern Brazil

Montgomery Palm Expedition in Southern Brazil

New discoveries, new confirmations and new collections – Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, has just returned from southern Brazil, where he has spent the last 7 weeks studying a group of fascinating “stemless” palms. New findings have confirmed that the genus Syagrus...
Montgomery Research at Fossil Conference

Montgomery Research at Fossil Conference

New findings link ancient fossils to modern plants! Dr. Boglarka Erdei, Research Fellow at Montgomery and Chief Museologist at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, discussed her findings at the 10th Conference of the North American Paleontological Convention in...
New Paper on Cycad Anatomy

New Paper on Cycad Anatomy

The oldest cycads still show features of ancient plants – this is one idea put forward in the latest paper from the Montgomery Team. The study, appearing in the latest issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences, carefully examined the leaflet anatomy of Cycas,...