Butia is a neotropical genus of palms whose identification is based mostly on characters of external morphology, which are sometimes variable or inadequate for species differentiation. A recent study by Sant’Anna-Santos...
Tag - Palmae
William Salter
A date with history: The past, present, and future of palms…
Palm by Fred Gray 2018. Reaktion Books Ltd. Fred Gray’s Palm [hereafter referred to as … Palm] is the second title in Reaktion Books’ Botanical series I’ve reviewed. The first was Stephen Harris’ Sunflowers, a super...
Nigel Chaffey
How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
Alun Salt
Geographical ecology of the palms (Review)
Palms (Arecaceae) are an important element of tropical vegetation across the world and serve as a model system in geographical ecology.Eiserhardt et al. review how the abiotic environment, biotic interactions and...
botanyone
Phylogeny of arecoid palms
The Arecoideae is the largest, most diverse and most economically important palm subfamily and yet relationships within the group are poorly understood. Baker et al. collect nuclear DNA sequence data for the low-copy...
