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 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 admin | Apr 12, 2019 | News, 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...
by admin | Apr 2, 2019 | Conservation, News, Publications, Research
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....