by admin | Dec 2, 2019 | News, Newsletter
Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter Fall/Winter 2019 – Volume 27, Number 2 Read the latest issue of our newsletter here.This issue highlights a botanical project in West Africa, funded by the Plant Exploration Fund (pages 4-5). The project involved botanists from...
by Patrick Griffith | Nov 26, 2019 | News
Guide to the Palms of Northeastern Brazil is now available! Authored by Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC’s palm Biologist, this book offers brief descriptions of 72 palm species from this highly diverse region, which includes the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado habitats. The...
by Patrick Griffith | Oct 11, 2019 | Conservation, News, Publications, Research
Montgomery teamed up with Bonaire Expert Quirijn Coolen to discover a new palm species, Sabal lougheediana. The new palm is quite rare, and very few survive. The discovery is presented in an open-access paper on the Phytotaxa website. Patrick and Quirijn (pictured...
by Patrick Griffith | Sep 4, 2019 | Conservation, Grants, News, Publications, Research
Toward the Metacollection: Coordinating conservation collections to safeguard plant diversity BGCI-US and Montgomery Botanical Center present findings of a 3-year, multi-institutional project to find the most effective ways to capture, steward and sustain plant...
by admin | Jul 31, 2019 | News, Publications, Research
New Palm Species! The Montgomery Team describe Coccothrinax viridescens, featured on the cover of the latest Phytotaxa. The new palm is only known from gardens — no wild plants have been found yet! The paper is open access and free to read on the Phytotaxa...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jun 24, 2019 | Conservation
Our international project is now a cover story! Students and staff from Montgomery Botanical Center, Carmabi Foundation, BonBèrdè, Echo, FIU School of Environment, Arts and Society, and Aeres Hogeschool Wageningen found every native palm on Bonaire and Curacao.Thank...
by admin | May 30, 2019 | News, Publications, Research
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...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 3, 2019 | Events
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...
by admin | Apr 12, 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...
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Conservation, In the Press, News
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...
