Policies & Notices
Compiled 2025-12-11 · v1.0
Compiled 2025-12-11 · v1.0
When referencing species records or verification charters from the Hideaway Palmetum, please use the following format:
Hideaway Palmetum (2025). Species Monograph: Acoelorraphe wrightii. Rustic Book Style – Palm Records, Hideaway Palmetum Digital Archive. Available at: https://palmetum.ericgraham.xyz (Accessed 22 October 2025).
This ensures that our records are recognized as stable, citable references and remain part of the scholarly conversation on palm taxonomy and ecology.
Citation Standard · Rustic Book Style · 2025
Prepared by Hideaway Palmetum · October 2025
Hideaway Palmetum · Rustic Book Style Series · 2025
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Record type: Privacy & Data Protection Notice · Rustic Book Style
Prepared by: Hideaway Palmetum · 2025
Hideaway Palmetum · Rustic Book Style Series · 2025
The information presented on this website, including species profiles, descriptions, and reference materials, has been curated with the assistance of ChatGPT and subsequently reviewed by a human editor for clarity and correction of obvious errors. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, the content is intended primarily as a convenient reference point for exploring the breadth of the Hideaway Palmetum collection.
Users are strongly advised to consult and verify all palm-related information against original authoritative sources (e.g., POWO, IPNI, IUCN, BHL, regional floras) before relying upon it for academic research, conservation planning, or professional use. This website and its maintainers make no warranties, express or implied, regarding the completeness, reliability, or suitability of the information provided.
By accessing this website, users acknowledge that reliance on the material is at their own discretion and agree that the Hideaway Palmetum, its contributors, and affiliates shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential loss, damage, or claims arising from the use or misuse of the information herein.
This disclaimer applies to all content across the Hideaway Palmetum public archive and digital resources.
Record type: Indemnification Clause · Rustic Book Style
Prepared by: Hideaway Palmetum · 2025
Hideaway Palmetum · Rustic Book Style Series · 2025
The materials made available on this website, including but not limited to species monographs, descriptions, images, and reference data, are provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. Content has been developed in part with the assistance of ChatGPT, and subsequently skim-reviewed by a human editor for obvious inaccuracies. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose of the information contained herein.
Users assume full responsibility for any use of this website and agree to independently verify all palm-related information against authoritative sources prior to reliance. The Hideaway Palmetum, its maintainers, contributors, successors, and assigns expressly disclaim any and all liability for damages, losses, or claims — whether direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or otherwise — arising out of or in connection with access to, use of, or reliance upon the website content.
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This indemnification clause shall apply to the fullest extent permitted by law and shall be governed by the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which the Hideaway Palmetum operates.
Record type: Indemnification Clause (Legal) · Rustic Book Style
Prepared by: Hideaway Palmetum · 2025
Readers sometimes pause at the phrase Rustic Book Style. What is it, and why does it appear across these pages? The answer is both practical and personal. In the earliest drafts of this archive, I built a series of templates to hold the records together. They were labeled in sequence — Appendix A, B, C — and by the time I reached “G,” the structure felt right. Clean, steady, archival. The name stayed.
Over time, Rustic Book Style became more than a placeholder. It came to represent the framework that ties these works together — palms, genealogies, profiles, and personal reflections — all kept in the same Rustic Book style. It is less a literal appendix than a reminder: this is a living record, gathered with care, designed to last.
Framework Note · Rustic Book · Rustic Book Style