Scott Zona (born 1959) is an American botanist. From 1993 to 2008, he was the Palm Biologist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. From 2008 to 2017, he served as the curator for the Florida International University Wertheim Conservatory.[1] He is noted for his study of palms[2] and is co-editor for Palms, the journal of the International Palm Society.[3]
Scott Zona | |
|---|---|
| Born | US |
| Alma mater | Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden & Claremont Graduate University |
| Known for | Botany Taxonomy Palm natural history Bryophytes |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral advisor | Sherwin Carlquist |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Zona |
He has done botanical research in the Western Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, South America, Madagascar, Malesia and the continental United States[4] and published over 175 scientific and popular articles.[1] He was honored with the Jesse M. Greenman Award in 1991 for his monograph of Sabal.[5]
In late 2022, his book, A Gardener's Guide to Botany, was published by Cool Springs Press, an imprint of the Quarto Group.[6] The book won an American Horticultural Society Book Award in 2023.
A palm from New Guinea, Orania zonae A.P.Keim & J.Dransf., was named in his honor in 2012.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Evelyn Perez (2012-07-12). "Palm species named after Wertheim Conservatory curator". FIU News. 12 July 2012.
- ^ Georgia Tasker (1999-06-27). "Taxonomist does a little pruning of palms' family tree". Miami Herald. 27 June 1999: KB-2.
- ^ "Pacific Horticulture Magazine Contributors". pacifichorticulture.org. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ Josh Schonwald (2006-04-06). "Palm of His Hand". Miami New Times. 6 Apr 2006. Retrieved 10 Oct 2023.
- ^ "The 1991 Jesse M. Greenman Award" (PDF). Brittonia. 43 (3): 200. 1991. doi:10.1007/BF02821185.
- ^ https://quarto.com/books/9780760374450/a-gardener-s-guide-to-botany
- ^ Keim, A.P. & Dransfield, J. 2012. Kew Bulletin 67: 127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9356-6
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Zona.
External links
edit- Scott Zona citations on Google Scholar [1]
- Knorr, S. 1995. Scott Zona: born to be a botanist. Garden News (Fairchild Tropical Garden) 50(2): 13, 14.
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