by Patrick Griffith | Oct 26, 2020 | News, Publications, Research
The Proceedings of Cycad 2015 is now available as an open-access book. Please see the Cycad Specialist Group website to view or download a copy. This volume provides a record of the important findings of the 10th international Cycad Conference in Colombia, and...
by Patrick Griffith | Jul 2, 2020 | Conservation, News
Can palms help make architecture more “green?” A fascinating new student project explores that question. John Correa, one of our 2019-2020 Conservation Horticulture Fellows, studied how palm leaves reflect and trap heat, and applied these findings to ...
by Patrick Griffith | Nov 26, 2019 | News
Guide to the Palms of Northeastern Brazil is now available! Authored by Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC’s palm Biologist, this book offers brief descriptions of 72 palm species from this highly diverse region, which includes the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado habitats. The...
by Patrick Griffith | Oct 11, 2019 | Conservation, News, Publications, Research
Montgomery teamed up with Bonaire Expert Quirijn Coolen to discover a new palm species, Sabal lougheediana. The new palm is quite rare, and very few survive. The discovery is presented in an open-access paper on the Phytotaxa website. Patrick and Quirijn (pictured...
by Patrick Griffith | Sep 4, 2019 | Conservation, Grants, News, Publications, Research
Toward the Metacollection: Coordinating conservation collections to safeguard plant diversity BGCI-US and Montgomery Botanical Center present findings of a 3-year, multi-institutional project to find the most effective ways to capture, steward and sustain plant...
