Evolution, Variation, and Classification of Palms. Mem (83) NYBG PRESS by David B

by David B

today cycads comprise few living survivors in limited distributions in the tropics and subtropics

and endangerment

cycads are the sister group to all other extant seed groups

A new species is described and illustrated and two new combinations are made

Evolution, Variation, and Classification of Palms. Mem (83) NYBG PRESS by David BThe 26 papers in this volume were originally presented at a meeting of the same title, held at The New York Botanical Garden in June 1997. The conference was divided into four sections: sepcies and species concepts; species level data, species level case studies; and higher level classification. Held ten years after the publication of Genera Palmarum, the meeting drew together the best known palm researchers to reflect on the veritable explosion of