The Anatomy of Palms

P. Barry Tomlinson is a Graduate (BSc and PhD) of the University of Leeds, with graduate study at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He has subsequently held appointments in Singapore, West Africa, and South Florida (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden) before moving to Harvard University. Teaching activity has been based on a broad research understanding of many tropical groups.James Horn studied botany at Cornell University (BS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MS), and Duke University (PhD). Since then has been Research Associate at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and the Smithsonian Institution and carried out systematic and phylogenetic studies of Arecaceae, Dilleniaceae and Euphorbia.Jack Fisher studied botany at Cornell University (BS and MS) and University of California, Davis (PhD). He has subsequently been Research Scientist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden studying structure, development, and function of tropical plants for 37 years. His other appointments include Visiting lecturer at University of California (Berkeley), Harvard University, University of Guelph (Canada), National University of Singapore, and Institute of Ecology (Xalapa,Mexico).