New Cycad Species
New Cycad Species NEW CYCAD SPECIES FROM BRAZIL: Zamia brasiliensis is only found in Mato Grosso and Rondônia. Rosane Segalla and Michael Calonje’s new discovery is featured on the cover of Phytotaxa vol. 404, and is freely available...
MBC Welcomes the Dade Heritage Trust’s Baking in Historic Places
The Dade Heritage Trust takes over the kitchen at the beautiful and historic Montgomery Botanical Center, hidden away on Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables. A 120 acre botanical garden and research center, MBC was the home of Colonel Robert H. and Nell Montgomery. We...
Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter
Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter Spring/Summer 2019 – Volume 27, Number 1 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here. Michael Calonje and his colleagues found a new cycad in a remote part of Colombia and on pages 6 and 7, he shares their story. Joanna...
Worldwide Accreditation
Worldwide Accreditation WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION: Today, Botanic Gardens Conservation International U.S. awarded its first Advanced Conservation Practitioner accreditations. Montgomery is among 12 gardens recognized — an honor shared with Royal Botanic Garden...
Zamia Phylogeny!
Zamia Phylogeny! A paper outlining the evolutionary history of the neotropical cycad genus Zamia has recently been published in the International Journal of Plant Sciences. The paper was led by MBC’s cycad biologist Michael Calonje as part of his Ph.D....
The Very First Zamia!
The Very First Zamia! Zamia nelliae — named after our founder, Nell Montgomery — is the first confirmed Zamia fossil. Illustration by Michelle Barros, based on the study by Erdei et al., linked...
American Garden Tour Visits Montgomery Botanical Center
American Garden Tour Visits Montgomery Botanical Center NEW VIDEO OF MONTGOMERY: New American Garden tells the story of our work. Be sure to see the crocodiles! https://youtu.be/CsWzxfHtjjk Get...
Fall/Winter 2018 Newsletter
This issue highlights a new Plant Exploration Fund (page 3). Lin Lougheed, the Fund’s Founder, will give a matching gift of $100,000 to encourage others who
believe in the irreplaceable value of plants to contribute to the Fund. If you are inclined to support plant exploration, this is a good year to donate to the fund, since your donation will be matched.
For updates on reseach being conducting on Brazilian palms see pages 4-5, more research updates on other projects being conducted at Montgomery Botanical Center can be found on page 6, and to read more about our 10 new staff members see page 7!
Montgomery Botanical Center publishes two newsletters a year to keep our supporters and collaborators up to date and informed. To read more about how Montgomery Botanical Center meets our mission of “Advancing Research, Conservation, and Education through Scientific Plant Collections” please see our newsletters online.
