Frederick B. Essig

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Essig, F. B. 1970. New chromosome counts in Chamaedorea (Palmae). Principes 14: 136-137.
Essig, F. B. 1971. Observations on pollination in Bactris. Principes 15: 20-24.
Essig, F. B. 1972. Ptychosperma waitianum (Palmae). Principes 16: 39-41.
Essig, F. B. 1972. Palms in the Botanic Garden Lae, Papua New Guinea. Principes 16: 119-127.
Essig, F. B. 1973. Pollination in some New Guinea Palms. Principes 17: 75-83.
Essig, F. B. 1975. Brassiophoenix schumannii (Palmae). Principes 19: 100-103.
Essig, F. B. 1975. A new species of Ptychosperma (Palmae). Principes 19: 75.
Essig, F. B. 1977. Ptychosperma in cultivation. Principes 21: 3-11.
Essig, F.B.1977 . A systematic histological study of palm fruits. I. The Ptychosperma Alliance (Arecaceae). Syst.Bot. 2:151-168.
Essig, F. B. 1977 (1978). A preliminary analysis of the palm flora of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. Papua New Guinea Botany Bulletin #9:1-39.

Essig, F. B. 1978. A revision of the genus Ptychosperma Labill. (Arecaceae). Allertonia 1: 415-478.
Essig, F.B. & B.E. Young 1979. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. II. The Areca Alliance (Arecaceae). Syst. Bot. 4: 16-28.

Essig, F. B. 1979. Ptychosperma hosinoi growing in Hawaii. Principes 23(4): 174 – 175.
Essig, F. B. 1979. Sommieria affinis (Palmae) in Papua New Guinea. Principes 23(4): 156 – 157.
Essig, F. B. 1980. The genus Orania Zipp. (Arecaceae) in New Guinea. Lyonia 1: 211-233.
Essig, F. B. & B. E. Young. 1980. Palm collecting in Papua New Guinea. I. The Northeast. Principes. 24:14-28.
Essig, F. B. & B. E. Young. 1981. Palm collecting in Papua New Guinea. II. The Sepik and the North Coast. Principes. 25:3-15.

Essig, F. B. & B. E. Young. 1981. Palm collecting in Papua New Guinea. III. Papua. Principes. 25:16-28.

Essig, F. B. 1982. A synopsis of the genus Gulubia, Principes 26(4): 159-173.
Essig, F. B. & Bradford E. Young. 1985. A reconsideration of Gronophyllum and Nengella. Principes 29(3): 129-137.
Essig,_F. B. 1987. A new species of Ptychosperma (Palmae) from New Britain. Principes 31(3): 110-115.
Essig, F. B. & Y.-F. Dong. 1987. The many uses of Trachycarpus fortunei (Arecaceae) in China. Econ. Bot. 41(3): 411-417.
Essig,_F. B. & C. E. Jarvis. 1989. Lectotypification of Clematis virginiana L. Ranunculaceae). Taxon 38(2): 271-277.
Essig_F. B. 1990. The Clematis virginiana (Ranunculaceae) complex in the southeastern United States. Sida 14(1):49-68. (R)
Essig, F.B. 1991. Seedling morphology in Clematis (Ranunculaceae) and its taxonomic implications. SIDA 14(3)377-390.
Essig, F. B. 1992. A new species of Heterospathe (Palmae) from New Britain. Principes 36(1): 4-6.
Essig, F. B. 1993. Clematis in the Jepson Flora of California. University of California. Berkeley.
Essig, F. B. 1995. A new species of Gronophyllum from the Bismarck Archipelago. Principes 39(2): 100-101.
Essig, F. B. 1995. A checklist and analysis of the palms of the Bismarck Archipelago. Principes 39(3): 123-129.
Moreno, N. & F. B. Essig. 1997. Clematis subgenus Clematis in Flora North America. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Essig, F. B. 1999. Trends of Specialization in the palm pericarp, in: A. Henderson & F. Borschsenius, editors, Evolution, variation,

and classification palms. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 83:73-77.
Essig, F.B., T. J. Manka, & L. Bussard 1999. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. III. Subtribe Iguanurinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 51:307-325.
Zona, S. & F. B. Essig. 1999. How many species of Brassiophoenix? Principes 43(1):45-48.
Essig, F. B., Y. R. Taylor & D. TeStrake. 2000. Florida’s Wax Palm: The Silver Form of Serenoa repens (Arecaceae). Florida Scientist 63: 13-16.
Chapin, M. H., F. B. Essig & J.-C. Pintaud, 2001. The Morphology and Histology of the Fruits of Pelagodoxa (Arecaceae): Taxonomic and Biogeographical Implications. Systematic Botany 26(4): 779-785. (R)
Essig, F.B., L. Bussard, & N. Hernandez 2001. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. IV. Subtribe Oncospermatinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 53:466-471.
Essig, F.B. & N. Hernandez 2002. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. V. Subtribe Archontophoenicinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 54:65-71.

Essig, F.B. 2002. A systematic histological study of palm fruits. VI. Subtribe Linospadicinae (Arecaceae) Brittonia 54:196-201.

Essig, F. B. & L. Litten. 2004. A systematic histological analysis of palm fruits. VII. The Cyrtostachidinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 56(4): 375-379.

Slomba, J., Garey, J.R., & Essig, F. B. 2004. The actin I intron—a phylogenetically informative DNA region in Clematis (Ranunculaceae). Sida 21(2): 879–886.

Essig, F. B. 2004. A preliminary analysis of Clematis (Ranunculaceae) in subsaharan Africa. Sida 21(4): 861-877.

Essig, F. B. 2008. A systematic histological analysis of palm fruits. VIII. The Dypsidinae (Arecaceae). Brittonia 60: 82 - 92.