by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 6, 2009 | Publications
Dr. Alan Meerow and his colleagues have published an extensive study of palm relationships focusing on the Coconut Palm, Cocos nucifera, and its relatives. The study appears in the latest issue of PLoS One, a prestigious, broad-based, open-access science journal. The...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 25, 2009 | Publications
A new species, Syagrus evansiana, was described in the latest issue of Palms, the journal of the International Palm Society. Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, named this species in honor of Don Evans, an experienced horticulturist, who originally brought this...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jul 25, 2009 | Publications
Michael Calonje and his colleagues have described two new species of Zamia in Belize, and worked to clarify another species. Three new research papers appeared in the current issue of Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, which has generously made...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 6, 2008 | Events, Publications, Research
Dr. Alan Meerow, Research Geneticist at Chapman Field (USDA-ARS-SHRS) gave a public lecture at MBC on Wednesday, August 6, titled, Phylogeny of Cocoseae subtribe Attaleinae (Areceaceae) based on eight WRKY transcription factor loci. Dr. Meerow’s work involves a large...
by Theresa Bramblett | Aug 1, 2008 | Publications
A study of how palms are affected by high winds was recently published in Annals of Botany. This work describes patterns of variation in palms’ tolerance for high winds, and natural selection for wind tolerance. An online version of the study can be found on the...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 13, 2006 | Publications
Dr. Larry Noblick, Montgomery Botanical Center’s palm biologist, has described, for the first time, two rarely collected Butia species — B. exospadix and B. marmorii. Butia exospadix and B. marmorii (at center of photo) imitate grass and were discovered in...
