Vol. 41, No. 1

Front cover:  Date palm plantation, Kitna, Oman

Back cover:  Lad on burro with "arganas" woven from leaves of Coccothrinax argentata (left) and Sabal domingensis (right)

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Contents for January 1997

Seed Characteristics of African Accessions of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis)

O. Rohani, N. Rajanaidu, and S. Jalani

Susceptibility of Palms to Lethal Yellowing:  Two Species of Veitchia

F.W. Howard and N.A. Harrison

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The Utility of Palms in the Cultural Landscape of the Dominican Republic

Oscar H. Horst

Phoenix dactylifera in the United Arab Emirates

Michael Otier

The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne -- 150 Years

Mark Wuschke

Economically Important Rattans of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Stephen F. Siebert

Palm Conservation Action Plan Completed

Callus Formation from Inflorescences in Rhapis excelsa

M. Daquinta, O. Concepcion, R. Trujillo, Isabel Cobo, Maritza Escalona, and C. Borroto

Observations on Abnormal Developmental Patterns of Axillary Buds in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

Moawia Elaiderous Mohamed

Vol. 41, No. 2

Front cover:  Guihaia argyrata, habit

Back cover:  Guihaia grossefibrosa, displaying the white underside of the leaf

Contents for April 1997

A New Species of Heterospathe from Fiji

Dylan Fuller, John L. Dowe, and Michael F. Doyle

Guihaia in Cultivation:  A Case of Mistaken Identities

John Dransfield and Scott Zona

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"Palm Trees Shivering in a Surrey Shrubbery" -- A History of Subtropical Gardening

Jim Reynolds

Coccothrinax barbadensis in Antigua

Carlo Morici

Palm Communities in Western Ecuador

Finn Borschsenius

Factors Affecting the Distribution of a Threatened Madagascar Palm Species Dypsis decaryi

Joelisoa Ratsirarson and John A. Silander, J.r

Vol. 41, No. 3

Front cover:  Copernicia ekmanii along the shores of the Caribbean Sea in northwestern Haiti.  Photo by Joel C. Timyan

Back cover:  Dypsis acaulis growing beside a stream in lowland rain forest in the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar.  Photo by John Dransfield

Contents for July 1997

Raphia taedigera in the Amazon Estuary

Judith Carney and Mario Hiraoka

Embryology of Chamaedorea elegans (Arecaceae):  Microsporangium, Microsporogenesis, and Microgametogensis

Enriqueta Gonzalez-Cervantes, Alajandro Martinez Mena, Hermilo J. Quero and Judith Marquez-Guzman

Dypsis acaulis

John Dransfield

Hunting for Mr. Straw Man

Joel C. Timyan, Charles E.Hubbuch, and Suzanne Michal

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Rattans and Rheophytes -- Palms of the Mubi River

William J. Baker

Len Brass and His Contribution to Palm Discoveries in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Paul I. Forster

Vol. 41, No. 4

Front cover:  Trachycarpus oreophilus

Back cover:  Woodturnings from palm endocarps and seeds (all turnings by Gene Doren,  photo first appeared in the book The Art of the Lathe, courtesy of Chapelle Publishing)

Contents for October 1997

Name changes -- a necessary nuisance

William J. Baker

Ecological Amplitudes of Ecuadorian Palms

Finn Borchsenius and Flemming Skov

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Vegetable Ivory and Other Palm Nuts/Seeds as an Art/Craft Medium

Eugene T. Doren

Wallichia disticha in Thailand

John Dransfield

A Revision of Linospadix in Australia, with the Description of a New Species

John L. Dowe and Anthony K. Irvine

Trachycarpus oreophilus -- The Thailand Trachycarpus

Martin Gibbons and Tobias W. Spanner