2025 Articles:
The taxonomy of Charles Wright’s palm (Arecaceae) collections in Cuba in the mid-19th century is discussed and updated. Wright collected 14 genera of palms in Cuba, only Pseudophoenix eluded him. From his palm collections, six new genera were described, five of them as correct names: Acoelorraphe (1879), Colpothrinax (1879), Calyptronoma (1864), Gaussia (1865), and Hemithrinax (1883). He also collected the first specimens of the genus Leucothrinax in Cuba. Of the 621 specimens of Cuban palms that C. Wright collected, I identified 11 holotypes, 4 isotypes, 14 lectotypes, 21 isolectotypes, 1 neotypes 2 isoneotypes, 37 syntypes, and 531 without type status. A total of 84 syntypes from 14 other collectors were also identified. https://doi.org/10.21414/B1H59F
The lethal disease Ganoderma butt rot of palms is reported for the first time from California and its history, biology, symptoms, signs, and management strategies are discussed and amply illustrated. https://doi.org/10.21414/B1MW2Z