by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 17, 2013 | Publications, Research
Michael Calonje, Montgomery cycad biologist, and his colleagues — David Knowles and Lindy Knowles from the Bahamas National Trust, Javier Francisco-Ortega at FIU and FTBG, Alan Meerow and Kyoko Nakamura from the USDA, and Patrick Griffith — just published a landmark...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 1, 2012 | Publications
Puerto Rican cycads are very intriguing! Dr. Alan Meerow and colleagues, including Montgomery staff, have just published a paper in the American Journal of Botany detailing the results of extensive fieldwork and labwork focused on the Zamia native to Puerto Rico....
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 24, 2012 | Publications
Dr. Larry Noblick’s recent research and conservation fieldwork in French Guiana was featured in the journal Palms, Volume 56(3). The cover photo for the recent issue features the unusual fruits of Astrocaryum paramaca, one of the species Larry studied there recently....
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 21, 2012 | Publications
A new hybrid palm and a ‘hidden’ island palm – the MBC team reports two new discoveries in the latest issue of PALMS. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, has described a new hybrid species, Syagrus x mirandana. This Brazilian savanna palm is a hybrid between S....
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 1, 2012 | Publications, Research
Montgomery begins the New Year with an exciting new discovery — a new species of cycad, Zamia tolimensis, from the “Cordillera Central” mountain range of Colombia. This new species is remarkable for being a large, treelike Zamia — The leaves can be up to 8 feet long,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 30, 2011 | Publications
A new paper by the Montgomery Team appears in the September 2011 issue of Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes. The paper, titled: Principles and principes: William Lyman Phillips and the palm collection at Montgomery, discusses how Phillips’...
