Vol. 40, No. 1

Front cover:  Hyphaene sp. in the Red Sea region of Saudi Arabia. 
Photo by Michael Otier.

Back cover:  Ptychosperma waitianum at Fairchild Tropical Garden on 12/26/94.  Photo by Kirsten Llamas.

Photos are not to be used elsewhere without permission. All rights reserved.

Contents for January 1996

The Reproductive Phenology and Pollination Biology of Four Calamus (Arecaceae) Species in Thailand

Anders Bogh

Natural History and Uses of Tagua (Phytelephas seemannii) in Panama

J.W. Dalling, K.I. Harms, J.R. Eberhard, and I. Candanedo

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The Red Sea Hyphaene of Saudi Arabia

Michael Otier

Some Observations on the Growing of the Chonta Palm Juania australis

Dick Endt

Miriam L. Bombard's Contributions to the Study of Palms

Dennis V. Johnson

Melvin W. Sneed

Leonard H. Goldstein

Melvin W. Sneed

Natalie W. Uhl and John Dransfield
Gertrude Cole

Lucita Hardie Wait

DeArmand L. Hull

Memories of Lucita Wait and Mel Sneed

Jim Cain

 

Vol. 40, No. 2

Front cover:  Medemia argun in its natural habitat, Nubian Desert, Sudan

Back cover:  Medemia argun.  The beautiful criss-cross pattern formed by the leafbases

Contents for April 1996

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Medemia argun Lives!

Martin Gibbon and Tobias Spanner

Diversity and Distribution of Palms in Bolivia

Monica Moraes R.

Floral Biology and Insect Visitation of the Monoecious Palm Prestoea decurrens on the Pacific Coast of Colombia

Finn Ervik and Rodrigo Bernal

Uses of Some Indigenous Vanatu Palms

John L. Dowe

Palms over LA:  Conspicuous by Their Nature, Not Their Numbers

Donald R. Hodel

In Vitro Germination of Chamaedorea seifrizii

M. Daquinta, O. Concepcion, Iris Capote, Isabel Cobo, Maritza Escalona, and C. Borroto

IPS Extends Palm-Lined Electronic Highway into CIS (CompuServe Information Service)

Lynn McKamey

 

Vol. 40, No. 3

Front cover:  Cryosophila nana in its dry-forest habitat south of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.  Photo by R. Evans

Back cover:  Root spines of Cryosophila guagara in Gamalotillo, Costa Rica. 
Photo by R. Evans

Contents for July 1996

Stem Structure of the Cuban Belly Palm (Gastrococos crispa)

Jack B. Fisher, James N. Burch, and Larry R. Noblick

Conservation Status of Cryosophila with Special Reference to the Critically Endangered Cryosophila cookii and Cryosophila williamsii

Randall J. Evans

Pelagodoxa henryana in Fiji

R.H. (Dick) Phillips

"Paradiso Principum" -- A Palm Paradise in Cuba

Celio E. Moya Lopez and Peter T. Mayotte

1996 IPS Biennial Private Garden Tours

Don Tollefson

 

Vol. 40, No. 4

Front cover:  Bactris militaris in Costa Rica with Mark Binder for scale

Back cover:  Coccothrinax yunquensis on El Yunque, a limestone mountain in southeastern Cuba

Contents for October 1996

Sabal Palmetto Naturalized in Western Louisiana

Garrie P. Landry and William D. Reese

Improving Root Development on Ground and Aerial Date Palm Offshoots

F.A. Al-Mana, M.A. Ed-Hamady, M.A. Bacha, and A.O. Abdelrahman

Ducks and Raphia australis

Paul Tuley

From Inches to Yards:  Costa Rica's Simple-leaved Palms and More

Donald R. Hodel and Mark P. Binder

Controlled Pollination of the Pejibaye Palm

Jorge Mora-Urpi and Ramon Mexzon

An Update on Palms in Puerto Rico

Ralph Velez

Coccothrinax yunquensis

Carlo Morici

Facilitation of Hurricane Recovery in Miami

DeArmand L. Hull

Two New Species of Chamaedorea from Costa Rica

Donald R. Hodel