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  Vol 52. No.4  December 2008

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Front cover: Ceroxylon alpinum in its natural habitat on the NW slopes of the Ecuadorean Andes
Photo by J.-C. Pintaud
Back cover: A group of Ceroxylon parvifrons in Hacienda Gualilagua de Lasso, Machachi

Photo by J.-C. Pintaud

 

 
Issue Contents    
News from the World of Palms
Growing Palms
Edited by Randal J. Moore 
Andean Palms in Ecuadorean Cities
J.-C. Pintaud and B. Ludeña
Villa Beccari - One Century Later
 C. Morici 
Rhapis puhuongensis a New Species from Vietnam
 M.S. Trudgen, T.P. Ahn & A. Henderson 
New Species of Calamus (Palmae) from Vietnam
 Andrew Henderson, Ninh Khac Ban, Nguyen Quoc Dung 
A New Areca from Western New Guinea
 C.D. Heatbun 
Letter to the Editor
  

Photo Feature
 Carlos Yamashita 
 
  Vol 52. No.3  September 2008

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Front cover: The red leaf of Chambeyronia macropcara, in cultivation in Kona, Hawaii
Photo by Angela Blakely
Back cover: A wine-read new lfe of Welfia regia, as seen in the wild during this year's Biennial in Costa Rica

Photo by Angela Blakely

 

 
Issue Contents    
News from the World of Palms
Growing Palms
Edited by Randal J. Moore 
Beneficial Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhizai Fungi on Florida Native Palms
J.B. Fisher & K. Jayachandran
Palm Literature
 Paul Craft 
Photo Feature
 John Dansfield 
Ecological Factors Affecting the Spread of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Red Palm Weevil) in Eastern Sicily
 Filadelfo Conti; Franca Sesto, Ernesto Raciti, Valentina Tamburino, Santi Longo 
Seed Predation of Attalea dubia (Arecaceae) in an Island in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil
 Carla Elizabete Steffler, Camila Iotte Donatti, Mauro Galetti 
New Species of Licuala (Palmae)
 Andrew Henderson, Ninh Khac Ban, Nguyen Quoc Dung 

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  Vol 52. No 2  June 2008

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Front cover: The inflorescence of a palm long known as Thrinax morrisii. Learn the new name on p. 84.
Photo by C.E. Lewis.
Back cover: Old ceroxylon echinulatum trees and dead trunks left in a pasture. See article by J.-C. Pintaud and F. Anthelme, p. 96.

Photo by J. -C. Pintaud.

 

 
Issue Contents    
New Species of Pinanga (Palmae) from Vietnam
A. Henderson,N.K. Ban & N.Q. Dung 
Time Bombs in Gardens: Invasive Ornamental Palms in Tropical Islands, with Emphasis on French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean) and the Mascarenes (Indian Ocean)
J.-Y. Meyer, C. Lavergne & D.R. Hodel 
Leucothrinax morrisii, a New Name for a Familiar Caribbean Palm
C. E. Lewis & S. Zona
The Decline of the Bankouale Palm in Djibouti: El Niño and Changes in Architectural Fashion
 H. Ford, G Conochie, P. Trathan & H. Gillet 
Ceroxylon echinulatum in an Agroforestry System of Northern Peru
 J. -C Pintaud & F. Anthelme 
 
  Vol 52. No 1  March 2008

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Front cover: The compound terminal inflorescence of Tahina spectabilis, a marvelous new palm from Madagascar. See article by J. Dransfield et al., p 31.
Photo by J. Dransfield
Back cover: Female plant of Ravenea delicatula with solitary inflorescence. See article by M. Rakotoarinivo, p. 11

Photo by M. Rakotoarinivo

 

 
Issue Contents    
A Remarkable Ravenea from the Montane Forest of Andilamena, Madagascar
M. Rakotoarinivo 
Gulf Stream Coconuts. The Harries-Baker Test for Discrimination between Flotsam/Jetsam and Natural Dissemination
G.C. Cadée 
Doum Palm Habit and Leaf Collecting Practices in Niger
F. Kahn & A. Luxereau
Tahina – A New Palm Genus from Madagascar
 J. Dransfield, B. Leroy, X. Metz & M. Rakotoarinivo 
The Palms of Hainan
 A. Henderson & L. Guo 
Indigenous Management Practices of Chit (Thrinax radiata) , in Quintana Roo, Mexico
 M.L. Calvo-Ibrién & A. Soberanis 
 

 

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