Acknowledgments

Several institutions and their staff members were instrumental in allowing me to photograph and collect palms. They are listed below with my sincere thanks.

Montgomery Botanical Center

• Dr. Larry Noblick, Palm Biologist
• Dr. M. Patrick Griffith, Executive Director
• Arantza Strader, Collections Database Supervisor
• Lee Anderson, Superintendent
• Tracy Magellan, Volunteer Coordinator

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden

• Dr. Carl E. Lewis, Director
• Lynka Woodbury, Herbarium Curator
• Marilyn Griffiths, Plant Records
• Christie Jones Leiva, Horticultural Supervisor
• Mary Collins, Senior Horticulturist
• Arlene Ferris, Director of Volunteer Services

The Huntington Botanical Gardens

• Kathy Musial, Curator, Living Collections and Collections Manager
• Shadi Shihab, Curator, Floristic Gardens
• Sean Lahmeyer, Plant Conservation Specialist
• Dr. Paul Meyers, Associate Curator of the Herbarium
• Cynthia Dickey, Administrative Assistant

The Arboretum of Los Angeles County

• Jim Henrich, Living Collections Curator

Fullerton Arboretum

• Chris Barnhill, Living Collections Curator

Quail Botanical Gardens (now San Diego Botanical Garden)

• Jeremy Spathe, Horticulturalist
• Dave Ehrlinger, Director of Horticulture

Jungle Music Nursery

• Phil Bergman

I appreciate the use of images generously provided by the following institutions and photographers:

• Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms
• Montgomery Botanical Center
• Starr Images, Forrest & Kim Starr

I would like to acknowledge the generosity of the following individuals who offered their expertise and encouragement to me and the project.

• Dr. Jack Fisher, Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, retired
• Dr. Gerald "Stinger" Guala, Director of Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), USDA
• Dr. Andrew Henderson, New York Botanical Garden
• Don Hodel, Los Angeles County Extension Office
• Dr. Alan W. Meerow, USDA-ARS
• Dr. Scott Mori, New York Botanical Garden
• Dr. Scott Zona, Florida International University

Several of my colleagues at DPI made it possible for me to work on this project and helped review the identification tool.

• Dr. Richard E. Weaver
• Dr. W.C. "Cal" Welbourn
• Dr. Greg Hodges
• Lou Lodyga
• Jake Farnum

Technical assistance was provided by the following DPI staff members:

• Scott Weinberg, website developer
• Katy Shepard, artist/illustrator

The project was funded in part by USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST and inspired by the staff members listed below.

• Terrence Walters
• Julia Scher
• Amanda Redford