Harold E. Moore
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Professor of Botany, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1960β80. Author of several articles on the palm order.
Primary Contributions (1)
Palm, (family Arecaceae), family of nearly 190 genera and more than 2,450 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants (order Arecales). Members of the palm family are of major ecological importance to many tropical ecosystems and provide food and habitat to a wide range of wildlife. Economically,β¦
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