Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas

by Andrew Henderson, Gloria Galeano, Rodrigo Bernal

Overview

This user-friendly and authoritative book will serve scientists, growers, and sightseers as a guide to the 67 genra and 550 species of naturally occurring palms found in the Americas. Its purpose is to give an introduction to the diversity of palms and allow almost anyone to identify a palm from this part of the world.
Andrew Henderson is Assistant Scientist at the New York Botanical Garden. Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal are Assistant Professors at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota.

Originally published in 1995.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691656120
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	04/23/2019
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #5388
Pages:	502
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrew Henderson is Assistant Scientist at the New York Botanical Garden. Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal are Assistant Professors at the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.

Table of Contents

F0REW0RD, by Robin B. Foster vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
INTRODUCTION 3
Preamble 3
Some History and Species Concepts 4
Palms and Palm Regions 8
Outline of the Book 17
Classification of American Palms 21
Morphology of American Palms 21
Key to the Genera of American Palms 25
THE PALMS OF THE AMERICAS
1. Trithrinax 37
2. Chelyocarpus 38
3. Cryosophila 39
4. Itaya 41
5. Schippia 42
6. Thrinax 43
7. Coccothrinax 45
8. Zombia 50
9. Rhapidophyllum 51
10. Colpothrinax 52
11. Acoelorraphe 53
12. Serenoa 53
13. Brahea 54
14. Copernicia 57
15. Washingtonia 61
16. Sabal 62
17. Raphia 68
18. Mauritia 69
19. Mauritiella 70
20. Lepidocaiyum 71
21. Pseudophoenix 72
22. Ceroxylon 73
23. Juania 77
24. Gaussia 77
25. Synechanthus 78
26. Chamaedorea 79
27. Wendlandiella 105
28. Dictyocaryum 106
29. Iriartella 107
30. Iriartea 108
31. Socratea 109
32. Wettinia 111
33. Manicaria 118
34. Leapoldinia 119
35. Reinhardtia 120
36. Euterpe 122
37. Prestoea 124
38. Neonicholsonia 128
39. Oenocarpus 129
40. Hyospathe 132
41. Roystonea 134
42. Butia 136
43. Jubaea 138
44. Cocos 139
45. Syagrus 140
46. Lytocaryum 150
47. Parajubaea 150
48. Allagoptera 151
49. Polyandrococos 153
50. Attalea 153
51. Barcella 164
52. Elaeis 165
53. Acrocomia 166
54. Gastrococos 167
55. Aiphanes 167
56. Bactris 175
57. Desmoncus 197
58. Astrocaryum 200
59. Pholidostachys 207
60. Welfia 209
61. Calyptronoma 210
62. Calyptrogyne 211
63. Asterogyne 213
64.Geonoma 214
65. Phyteklephas 236
66. Ammandra 239
67. Aphandra 239
DISTRIBUTION MAPS
APPENDIX I. Checklists of Species by Country 243
APPENDIX II. List of Accepted Names, Synonyms, Hybrids, and Uncertain Names 261
REFERENCES 301
INDEX OF COMMON NAMES 315
INDEX OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES 322

Editorial Reviews

"This excellently produced guide is a model of its kind, not only in providing keys and description for field taxonomists, but also in containing a wealth of information on the ecology, distribution, and economic uses of this important group of tropical and subtropical plants."

The Naturalist

"The reason why this should become a standard reference, as well as a field guide, is that the species concepts are broad and allow for the considerable variation that palms exhibit in the field. Highly recommended."—-Henk Beentje, Curtis's Botanical Magazine

"What makes this guide so significant is that, until now, the taxonomy of American palms had never been synthesized and simplified to bring order to all species in all genera and provide standard names among countries."—-Roger W. Sanders, Sida

From the Publisher

"A very useful summary of the state of knowledge of Western Hemisphere palm taxonomy."

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