WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL PALM SOCIETY WEBSITE - The Internet's comprehensive source of information on palms. This web site includes extensive information on palm horticulture, online access to over 30 years of articles published in the Palms Journal, and Principes,  a gallery of images, links to other sites, links to PalmTalk - the world's most active online forum on all aspects of Palms, and much more.

Our mission statement
The International Palm Society, Inc. is operated solely and exclusively for scientific and/or educational purposes  related to the study of palms, their propagation, culture, conservation,  care, and development.

About the IPS
The International Palm Society is the largest society of palm enthusiasts in the world. Find the IPS Affiliate most convenient to your location, communicate with other palm growers through our online forum and order or advertise palm related products.

To enjoy all the features of this web site, we invite you to become an IPS member. Click here to join or renew now. If you are not an IPS member, you are of course still welcome to use and browse this web site. However, until you join, many features of the site will not be available to you.

NEWS - Check out our news page by clicking here. If you are an IPS member, log in and add your news items to this page

BIENNIALS - check out our Biennial pages past and future

SEARCH FEATURE - Looking for all past articles on a particular topic? Interested in viewing article on Trachycarpus oreophilus?

Looking for a particular article by a specific author? Now you can instantly access the information you are looking for with a couple of clicks with the new powerful search feature. Log in and select "Site Search" from the MEMBERS ONLY section.

GENERA PALMARUM II - Order your copy today of THE authoritative book on palms - The new edition of the ground breaking Genera Palmarum - 750 pages - is a complete overhaul of the 1987 edition, and includes chapters on the structure of palms, pollen, cytology, chemistry, fossils, evolution, phylogeny, natural history and biogeography, and the classification based on the latest molecular evidence.  The book is available to IPS members for $99 - a 33% discount over the $150 cover price. If you are NOT an IPS member, we encourage you to join now in order to take advantage of this attractive price.

Click here to review the book online including images of sample pages.
Click here to order now.

Find great deals through this web site. Check out the advertising section where you can link directly to a variety of nurseries and companies selling palms, seeds and other items.

MEMBERS
To use this section you must first log in. Your login account number is the number that appears on your Palms cover sheet. Please go to the login section, or click here for more information about logging in or retrieving your account number:

The member section of the web site allows members to:

1. View and update contact information - Email addresses - Please update your profile with your latest email address so that we can send you important announcements and other information by email.
2. View you membership expiration date
3. Renew online faster and more efficiently.
4. Search the membership roster for other members.
5. Access to past copies of Palms journal online. Log in, then click here - or select the online Palms for Members under PUBLICATIONS

NEW ONLINE PALM CLASSIFICATION - The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has launched a new site that classifies Palms in a Taxon Tree format. This is an excellent source of information. Click here for more information and a direct link.

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