Welcome to the International Palm Society web site - the Internet's comprehensive source of information on every aspect of growing palms. This web site includes extensive information on palm horticulture, including information about recent issues of the Palms Journal, gallery of images, links to other sites, and much more.

MEMBERS - If your membership expired on January 1, 2009, we need to hear from you! Please pay your dues online by logging in with your account number and user name. Or download the pay by credit card form and fax it to 512.607-6468. (Mail to 6913 Poncha Pass, Austin, TX 78749).

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 incuding images of sample pages.

Click here to order now.

Important Notice To Members - The new member section of the web site is now functional and a number of features will be added over the next few weeks. This section also allows members to:

1. View and update contact information
2. View you membership expiration date
3. Renew online faster and more efficiently.
4. Search the membership roster for other members.

To use this section you must first log in. Your login account number is New and is NOT 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.

About the IPS

To enjoy 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, we hope you will join!