Two researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered and described a new, previously unknown palm species found in the virgin forests of Colombia. In close cooperation with a local indigenous ...

Although used for centuries by the Cacua Indigenous people in Colombia, the táam palm was, until recently, unknown to science. During fieldwork in the village of Wacará, two botanists were offered to ...

Colombia has the third highest number of palms of any country, with around 260 species — but 20% of Colombian species are in serious danger of extinction. Alberto Gomez Mejia, a botanist and founder ...

Rodrigo Cámara-Leret, a professor in the Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany at the University of Zurich and his PhD student Juan Carlos Copete returned last year from the ancient ...

Two researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered and described a new, previously unknown palm species found in the virgin forests of Colombia. In close cooperation with an indigenous ...