@article {56,
	title = {The uniqueness of palms},
	journal = {Botanical Journal of the Linnean SocietyBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {151},
	number = {1},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {5-14},
	publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd},
	abstract = {Palms build tall trees entirely by primary growth in a way that limits their growth habit, but not their capacity for continued stem development. They achieve massive primary stature because of distinctive features of leaf development, stem vasculature and anatomical properties. They exhibit several record features of leaf and seed, and inflorescence size and leaves of great complexity. A marked ability to generate new roots allows them to be transplanted easily. As climbing plants they develop the longest unrooted stems in which there are, paradoxically, anomalous features of vascular construction compared with tree palms. It is here claimed that they are the world{\textquoteright}s longest lived trees because stem cells of several kinds remain active in differentiated tissues throughout the life of the palm. Absence of physiological dormancy may be related to this property, together with inability to withstand freezing temperatures that would cause irreversible cavitation of tracheary elements. This largely restricts them to the tropics, for which they are emblematic organisms. In these biological features palms are indeed unique organisms.~{\textcopyright} 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2006, 151, 5{\textendash}14.},
	keywords = {cell longevity, monocotyledons, palm stem cells, plant anatomy, tree morphology, vascular system},
	isbn = {1095-8339},
	author = {Tomlinson, P. B.}
}
@article {46,
	title = {The fossil history of palms (Arecaceae) in Africa and new records from the Late Oligocene (28-27 Mya) of north-western Ethiopia},
	journal = {Botanical Journal of the Linnean SocietyBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {151},
	year = {2005},
	month = {Apr 06-08},
	pages = {69-81},
	address = {Kew, U.K.},
	abstract = {The African palm fossil record is limited but the data provide an outline of palm evolution from the Late Cretaceous through the Neogene. Pollen attributed to palms is reported from the Aptian (125-112 Mya), but the earliest unequivocal record in Africa is Campanian (83.5-70.6 Mya). Palms diversified 83.5-65.5 Mya and became widespread, although most records are from the west and north African coasts. Many taxa were shared between Africa and northern South America at that time, but a few were pantropical. Extirpations occurred throughout the Palaeogene, including a notable species turnover and decline at the Eocene-Oligocene boundary (33.9 Mya), a change that resulted in the elimination of nypoid palms from Africa. The Neogene plant macrofossil record is better sampled than the Palaeogene, although few palms are documented. Thus, the low diversity of African palms today is more likely the result of Palaeogene, rather than Neogene extinctions. Newly discovered palm fossils of leaves, petioles and flowers from the Late Oligocene (27-28 Mya) of north-western Ethiopia document the abundance and dominance of palms in some communities at that time. The fossils represent the earliest records of the extant genera Hyphaene (Coryphoideae) and Eremospatha (Calamoideae). (c) 2006 The Linnean Society of London.},
	author = {Pan, A. D. and Jacobs, B. F. and Dransfield, J. and Baker, W. J.}
}
@article {15,
	title = {The genus <i>Borassus </i>(Arecaceae) in West Africa, with a description of a new species from Burkina Faso},
	journal = {Botanical Journal of the Linnean SocietyBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {150},
	number = {4},
	year = {2006},
	pages = {419-427},
	isbn = {1095-8339},
	author = {Bayton, Ross P and Ou{\'e}draogo, Amad{\'e} and Guinko, Sita}
}
@article {29,
	title = {A new Coryphoid palm genus from Madagascar},
	journal = {Botanical Journal of the Linnean SocietyBotanical Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {156},
	year = {2008},
	note = {[1][2][3][4][5]doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00742.x},
	pages = {79-91},
	author = {Dransfield, John and Rakotoarinivo, Mijoro and Baker, William J. and Bayton, Ross P. and Fisher, Jack B. and Horn, James W. and Leroy, Bruno and Metz, Xavier}
}
