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...
by Theresa Bramblett | Jan 13, 2011 | Research
Paleontologist Kevin Aulenback gave a seminar at MBC entitled, “Conifers, Cycadeoids and Palms of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, Alberta, Canada, with a new interpretation of fossil conifer leaf arrangement.” This presentation focused on the plants of the formation...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 29, 2010 | Research
Angela Cano, a first year master’s student from The University of Geneva, working with the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of Geneva, is being hosted at Montgomery to collect DNA and voucher specimens for research on her thesis. She is working on a monographic...
