by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 23, 2012 | Research
Montgomery Botanical Center and collaborators recently conducted a field project in search of a rare palm on Mona Island. Pseudophoenix sargentii is found in many places in the Caribbean Basin, including the Florida Keys – where it is known as the Buccaneer Palm....
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 | May 12, 2011 | Research
Natalie Prior from the University of Victoria in Canada is visiting Montgomery Botanical Center for one month to study cycads. Natalie has been working with Dr. Patrick Von Aderkas collecting pollination drops from cycads and analyzing their components. For...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 9, 2011 | Grants, Research
This year Montgomery Botanical Center, along with FIU and the USDA, received a National Science Foundation grant titled, “Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the Caribbean Zamia clade.” This grant funding is supporting the investigation of patterns of genetic...
by Theresa Bramblett | Mar 23, 2011 | Research
The fieldwork component of a multi-institutional collaboration focused on conducting research on Bahamian Zamias has recently been completed. The field research, conducted on five separate trips, included fieldwork on all six islands in The Bahamas in which the genus...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 28, 2011 | Grants, Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $457,530 grant to a team of scientists from Montgomery Botanical Center, Florida International University, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the New York Botanical Garden...
