Welcome to the Hideaway Palmetum
A living archive of palms, passion, and preservation
The Hideaway Palmetum was created as both a collection and a story: a place where rare species stand beside familiar icons, where conservation meets curiosity, and where each palm is honored with its own page in this growing archive. What began as a few treasured specimens has grown into a record of life stretching across continents, a library of living green that connects the world’s tropics to one quiet corner of South Florida.
This project is more than a garden. It’s a celebration of diversity, a record of resilience, and a reminder that beauty thrives when we preserve and share it. From the Everglades paurotis palm — once nearly lost to overharvest — to towering island giants of the Pacific, each palm carries its own chapter of history, ecology, and culture in its leaves. In one place, you’ll find the palms that shaded ancient temples, sustained island communities, and still stand as symbols of endurance across the globe.
The Palmetum is also a story of people. Like Ella, who found inspiration in journeys across distant landscapes, or Eric, who turned curiosity and devotion into a living archive, the work behind these pages is a reflection of passion made tangible. Each entry here represents not just research and record-keeping, but care — hours of digging through archives, planting in sandy soil, and dreaming of a world where these species remain for generations to come.
Explore freely, wander through names and places, and discover how the world’s palms are linked together — by oceans, by winds, and now by story. From Caribbean coasts to Asian highlands, from the heart of the Amazon to your own backyard, the Hideaway Palmetum carries them all. Welcome — and may the palms inspire you as much as they inspire us.
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📚 Sources Used for Palm Data Collection
Hideaway Palmetum · Rustic Book Style Series · 2025
Primary Botanical Databases
- POWO – Plants of the World Online
Website: powo.science.kew.org
Proprietor: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (United Kingdom)
Accepted names, synonyms, taxonomy, and distribution ranges. - IPNI – International Plant Names Index
Website: ipni.org
Proprietors: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK); Harvard University Herbaria (USA); Australian National Herbarium (Australia)
Protologue citations, basionym details, publication history. - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Website: iucnredlist.org
Proprietor: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland
Conservation categories, threats, geographic risk assessments. - BHL – Biodiversity Heritage Library
Website: biodiversitylibrary.org
Proprietors: Consortium of natural history and botanical libraries; lead partner Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Historical protologue access, regional flora references.
Community & Horticultural Resource
- Palmpedia – Palm Encyclopedia
Website: palmpedia.net
Proprietor: Community-driven, maintained by international palm enthusiasts
Morphological descriptions, cultivation notes, plain-language summaries.
Supplementary Regional Sources (Selective)
- FNPS – Florida Native Plant Society
Website: fnps.org
Proprietor: Florida Native Plant Society, United States
Habitat and ecology notes for Florida-native palms. - Monaco Nature Encyclopedia
Website: monaconatureencyclopedia.com
Authors: Guido J. Braem & Giuseppe Mazza (Italy)
Occasional species overviews and regional summaries. - PFAF – Plants For A Future
Website: pfaf.org
Proprietor: Plants For A Future charity, Cornwall, UK
Supplementary ethnobotanical and cultivation notes. - ResearchGate / NCBI / PMC
Websites: researchgate.net, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc
Proprietors: Journal-hosted platforms (various publishers)
Secondary literature for ecological and phylogenetic context.
Record type: Source Appendix · Rustic Book Style
Prepared by: Hideaway Palmetum · 2025
Disclaimer & Indemnification
Hideaway Palmetum · Legal Indemnification & Disclaimer · 2025
The information presented on this website, including species profiles, descriptions, and reference materials, has been curated with the assistance of ChatGPT and subsequently reviewed by a human editor for clarity and correction of obvious errors. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the content is intended primarily as a convenient reference point for exploring the breadth of the Hideaway Palmetum collection.
Users are strongly advised to consult and verify all palm-related information against original authoritative sources (e.g., POWO, IPNI, IUCN, BHL, regional floras) before relying upon it for academic research, conservation planning, or professional use. This website and its maintainers make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the completeness, reliability, or suitability of the information provided.
By accessing this website, users acknowledge that reliance on the material is at their own discretion and agree that the Hideaway Palmetum, its contributors, and affiliates shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss, damage, or claims arising from the use or misuse of the information herein.
This disclaimer applies to all content across the Hideaway Palmetum public archive and digital resources.
Record type: Indemnification Clause · Rustic Book Style
Prepared by: Hideaway Palmetum · 2025
About Rustic Book Style
Readers sometimes pause at the phrase Rustic Book Style. What is it, and why does it appear across these pages? The answer is both practical and personal. In the earliest drafts of this archive, I built a series of templates to hold the records together. Clean, steady, archival.
Over time, Rustic Book Style became more than a placeholder. It came to represent the framework that ties these works together — palms, genealogies, profiles, and personal reflections — all kept in the same Rustic Book style. It is less a literal appendix than a reminder: this is a living record, gathered with care, designed to last.
Framework Note · Rustic Book · Rustic Book Style