In the Palaeogene, pollen assemblages at low and mid latitudes are characterized by
abundant palm and palm-like (PPL) taxa. Although these taxa have been widely reported …

Two monosulcate and one disulcate palm-like pollen types are described from a Middle
Eocene lignite sample at Watupuru River, near Kalisonggo, Nanggulan, Central Java. Their …

Despite the rich biodiversity of plants in the islands of southeast Asia, modern pollen
reference collections are still sparse for this part of the world. With only limited availability of …

Arecaceae (palms) is a pantropical plant family with an ancient origin. It shows distinct
spatial patterns of species richness in tropical regions having greatest diversity within the …

Abstract The tropical Southeast Asia area is rich in plant diversity, and the current
environment conditions, especially the vegetation, were formed through a series of …

Southeast Asia is recognised as an outstanding centre of plant diversity (Mittermeier et al.
1999). Malesia, which stretches from the Malay Peninsula to New Guinea (van Steenis 195 …

Pollen analyses of surface and core sediments from the Ranong Biosphere Reserve,
Ranong Province, Thailand, were carried out to determine spatial and quantitative …

Illustrations of, and keys to, mangrove pollen and spores from extant taxa are essential to
studies of tropical Quaternary palynology and palaeoecology of estuarine and marine …

Aim Megathermal rain forests and mangroves are much smaller in extent today than in the
early Cenozoic, primarily owing to global cooling and drying trends since the Eocene …

Pollen analyses of surface sediment samples collected from the coastal mangrove swamps
of Dongzhai and Qinglan, situated in northern Hainan Island, China, were undertaken in …