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Scott Zona holds a B.S. in horticulture and an M.S. in botany from the University of Florida. His Ph.D. in botany is from Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (now the California Botanic Garden) and Claremont Graduate University, California. He has explored for plants in Florida, California, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Pacific islands, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, and Madagascar. His interests are in the diversity and natural history of tropical plants, especially palms, salvias, and bryophytes, and has published over 175 articles on these topics (and more) in various magazines, book chapters, and scholarly journals. Scott is co-editor of the International Palm Society’s quarterly journal, PALMS, and a Research Collaborator w ...more

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	A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The Biology Behind the Plants You Love, How They Grow, and What They Need 3.90 avg rating — 134 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms by Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft, Scott Zona (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms by Robert Lee Riffle, Paul Craft, Scott Zona (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The biology behind the plants you love, how they grow, and what they need 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aiphanes (Flora Neotropica Monograph No. 70) Roystonea (FN No. 71) Euterpe, Prestoea, and Neonicholsonia (FN No. 72) Allagoptera (FN No. 73) by Finn Borchsenius, Rodrigo Bernal, Scott Zona (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palm: The Palm Collection at the Jardín Botánico Culiacán by Clementina Equihua (editor), Scott Zona (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Enrique Macías (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Palmas: La colección del Jardín Botánico Culiacán en México by Clementina Equihua, Scott Zona (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Palms of New Guinea by William J. Baker, Anders S. Barfod, Rodrigo Camara-Leret 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“PLANTS ARE LIKE ANIMALS
Only about five processes are fundamental to life, no matter the kingdom. These processes are growth, feeding, defense, reproduction, and dispersal. Everything else is gravy”
― Scott Zona, A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The Biology Behind the Plants You Love, How They Grow, and What They Need

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“plants are so much more. When I look at them, I see an intricate balance of light, water, and nutrients, chemical reactions responding to environmental cues and variables. The plants and their interactions with their environment and with one another tell a story, a story of competition and victory, of deception and commerce, of sex and survival. There are enough stories to fill dozens of books”
― Scott Zona, A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The Biology Behind the Plants You Love, How They Grow, and What They Need

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