by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 26, 2014 | Publications, Research
The MBC Team has some exciting news – Cycads share some important root features with much more “modern” flowering plants. The new paper, appearing in the latest issue of the American Journal of Botany, demonstrates that cycads use the same method of root contraction –...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 1, 2014 | Conservation, In the Press, Publications
The recent cycad expedition in Southern Belize (see March 1, below) is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Encephalartos, Journal of the Cycad Society of South Africa. The article tells the story of the recent travels by Montgomery and Belize Botanic Gardens...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 4, 2014 | Publications
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,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 6, 2014 | Publications
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) has published a new guide, Building living plant collections for conservation. The guide features example cases from Montgomery’s work, including genetic evaluation of the Sinkhole Cycad.This guide is designed to...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 4, 2014 | In the Press, Publications
The latest issue of Public Garden magazine, the journal of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA), highlights college students in public gardens. Montgomery Botanical Center’s Nursery Curator, Vickie Murphy, and Miami Dade College Service Learner, Evelyn...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 2, 2014 | In the Press, Publications
An exciting new issue of Botanical Review features work by Montgomery! The collection of papers here are the proceedings of a symposium on Genetics and Plant Conservation in Latin America, which was chaired by Angelica Cibrian Jaramillo, of Langebio, Mexico. Among the...
