Vol. 37, No. 1

Front cover:  The huge tristichous palm -- which later turned out to be Chrysalidocarpus fibrosus.  Photo by H. Beentje

Back cover:  Ravenea madagascariensis ver. monticola in a south/central forest in Madagascar.  Photo by H. Beentje.

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Contents for January 1993

The Days I Didn't Find Lakatra

Henk Beentje

Thoughts on Hapaxanthy in Guyana

Peter D.H. Pritchard

Trekking on the Trachycarpus Trail

Martin Gibbons

Population Structure of Two Palm Species in a Community of Sand Dune Scrub in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Roger Orellana and Nancy N. Ayora

Feeding Sites of Some Leaf and Planthopper Insects (Homoptera:   Auchenorrhyncha) Associated with Coconut Palms

James H. Tsai and Jack B. Fisher

Hypothesizing about Palm Weevil and Palm Rhinoceros Beetle Larvae as Traditional Cuisine, Tropical Waste Recycling and Pest and Disease Control on Coconut and Other Palms -- Can They be Integrated?

Gene R. DeFoliart

A Needle Palm in the Northern Landscape

Joe Hebert

 

Vol. 37, No. 2

Front cover:  The pale silvery form of Trachycarpus nanus, growing in the wild in China.  Photo by Martin Gibbons.

Back cover:  Trachycarpus nanus sometimes develop a short trunk.  Photo by Martin Gibbons.

Contents for April 1993

In Search of Trachycarpus nanus

Martin Gibbons and Tobias Spanner

Successional Patterns of Understory Palms in an Old Cacao Plantation on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica

John Vandermeer

Physiochemical Soil Factors Influencing the Distribution of Two Coastal Palms in Yucatan, Mexico

Nancy N. Ayora and Roger Orellana

Trachycarpus fortunei and its Uses in Northwest Yunnan, China

John Dickie, Michael J. Balick, and Isabelle M. Linington

Vol. 37, No. 3

Front cover:  Chamaerops humilis blasted by winter winds and salt spray on a cliff top in northeastern Majorca, Spain.  Photo by J. Dransfield.

Back cover:  Well grown Chamaerops humilis in its limestone habitat, Majorca, Spain.  Photo by J. Dransfield.

Contents for July 1993

The Growth of Some Palms in Tahiti

Donald R. Hodel

Flowering Biology and Insect Visitation of Three Ecuadorean Aiphanes Species

Finn Borchsenius

On the Mediterranean Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis)

M.E. Merlo, M.M. Aleman, J. Cabello, and J. Penas

A New Record of Manicaria for Peru

Cesar A. Grandez Rios and Andrew Henderson

Lord Howe Island

Bill Gunther

Fasciation in the Male Rachillae of Borassus flabellifer

S. Veerasamy and Govindappa D. Arekal

Vol. 37, No. 4

Front cover:  Ravenea musicalis, mature fruiting trees in deep water.  Photo by Henk Beentje.

Back cover:  Mayon volcano on Luzon Island, The Philippines, with cadang-cadang diseases coconut on the right.  Photo by Karl Maramorosch.

Contents for October 1993

Desmoncus as a Useful Palm in the Western Amazon Basin

Andrew Henderson and Flor Chavez

The Threat of Cadang-Cadang Disease

Karl Maramorosch

A New Aquatic Palm from Madagascar

Henk J. Beentji

New Species of Vanuatu Palms

John L. Dowe

Local distribution and Ecology of "Palha Preta" -- A Pioneer and Invasive Palm in Jari, Lower Amazon

M.J. Pires-O'Brien

A New Pest of the African Oil Palm in the Neotropics:  Periphoba hircia (Lepidoptera Saturniidae Hemileucinae)

Guy Couturier and Francis Kahn