It is a luxurious hard cover book, in full color, on the Brazilian palms, considering all the species native in the Brazilian territory so far known science (approximately 300 taxa). It is the result of more than 15 years of research and survey all over the Country, written by the most knowledgeable scientists working on the subject in Brazil: Harri Lorenzi, Larry Noblick, Francis Kahn and Evandro Ferreira.