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 admin | May 30, 2020 | Conservation, Grants, In the Press, News, Publications, Research
New Paper Published in the International Journal of Plant Sciences! PALM CONSERVATION STUDY on the cover of International Journal of Plant Sciences! The paper looks at how botanic gardens can help conserve Cacheito Palm (Pseudophoenix ekmanii). A collaboration of...
by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | Conservation, Grants, News, Publications, Research
New Research Paper in Proceedings B! LARGE SCALE STUDY PUBLISHED: Novel genetic data for conserving plants in botanic gardens. A team of 21 experts from The Morton Arboretum, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, BGCI Education, Center for Plant...
by admin | Jan 23, 2020 | News, Publications
New Issue of CYCADS! Please see http://www.cycadgroup.org/ for the latest info on cycad conservation....
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...
