by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 1, 2007 | Research
Dr. Wenheng Zhang studied live floral material at Montgomery Botanical Center during the lastith her colleague, Dr. Chuck Davis, Dr. Zhang is researching the evolution of floral development in the Malpighiaceae, which has shown transitions between radial, subradial,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 27, 2007 | Research
Dr. Angelica Cibrian Jaramillo, postdoctoral associate at the New York Botanical Garden, is studying Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) Cycas micronesica collection as part of her population genetics research. Cycas micronesica—indigenous to Guam, Rota, Yap,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 26, 2007 | Research
MBC led international cycad research efforts in Belize in August and September of 2008. The expedition was conducted in two parts. The first leg of the expedition, which was generously funded by Tim Gregory, focused on Ceratozamia robusta. The second portion, funded...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 24, 2007 | Research
During his visit to Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC), Montgomery Botanical Research Fellow, Dr. John Dowe of the Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research, collaborated with MBC executive director, Dr. Patrick Griffith, MBC palm biologist, Dr. Larry Noblick,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 14, 2006 | Research
Dr. Grenville Draper, Professor of Geology at Florida International University, brought his department’s graduate students to learn some local geology. In addition to sinkholes and other karstic features (see photo), The Silver Bluff Escarpment, an exposed limestone...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 1, 2005 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) is renowned for its quality wild-collected population samples of palms and cycads from all over the world, but, surprisingly, the Florida native palms and one native cycad are markedly under-represented in MBC’s collections. In an...
