2019 Articles:
An article we wrote reassessing the genus Pelagodoxa was published in the journal PALMS [63(3): 113-146. 2019]. In it we document substantial and critical differences between the two species, P. henryana and P. mesocarpa, establish the validity and resurrect the name of the second species from synonymy, discuss molecular data, phylogeny and phytogeography, ethnobotany and conservation of Pelagodoxa and what impact, if any, they might have had in its speciation and insular distribution. We also summarize the cultivation requirements for these handsome and intriguing palms. Here we provide supplemental photographs with extended captions and tables illustrating the critical morphological characters of the genus and between the two species to support our findings further. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21414/B1T597
A new Fusarium wilt disease of queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) and Mexican fan palms (Washingtonia robusta), both Arecaceae, is for the first time reported in California. Here we provide a summary of this new, fatal Fusarium wilt found on queen palms in San Diego County, compare it with the original Fusarium wilt of Canary Island date palm, and discuss management strategies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21414/B1PC79
The nomenclature and types for all names in Acoelorraphe (Arecaceae) are reviewed and updated. Of the total of 87 types, 5 holotypes and 12 isotypes are identified while 11 lectotypes, 52 isolectotypes, 1 neotype, and 6 isoneotypes are designated. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21414/B1JP41