The palynology directory
Societies, journals, laboratories and open databases — the organisations and tools that make up the world of palynology.
Societies & federations
AASP – The Palynological Society
The largest palynological society, publisher of the journal Palynology, organiser of the annual meeting and a hub of resources and awards.
palynology.org →International Federation of Palynological Societies (IFPS)
The umbrella body linking regional, national and specialist palynology societies worldwide, and steward of the International Palynological Congress.
palyno-ifps.com →The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS)
Learned society with a dedicated Palynology Group, running conferences, workshops and publications.
tmsoc.org →Canadian Association of Palynologists (CAP)
National society promoting palynology in Canada, with a useful list of palynological societies worldwide.
canadapaly.ca →Journals
Palynology
International peer-reviewed journal on organic microfossils and their modern counterparts, published on behalf of AASP-TPS (since 1977).
Taylor & Francis →Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
Monthly international journal for palaeobotany and palynology, established in 1967 — a core outlet for the field.
ScienceDirect →Grana
International journal of palynology and aerobiology covering pollen and spore morphology, aeropalynology and more.
Taylor & Francis →Acta Palaeobotanica
Journal of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Kraków) publishing palaeobotanical, palaeoecological and palynological research.
botany.pl →Laboratories & research centres
Palynology Lab, Utrecht University
One of the world's largest palynology laboratories, processing recent and fossil pollen, spores and dinoflagellate cysts for palaeoecology and climate research.
Utrecht GeoLab →Palynology Research Laboratory, Texas A&M
Led by Vaughn Bryant, covering archaeological, palaeoenvironmental, forensic and honey (melissopalynology) analysis.
TAMU Palynology Lab →Palynology Unit, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
World-renowned centre for pollen morphology and reference collections, associated with landmark pollen imaging work.
kew.org →Open pollen databases
PalDat — Palynological Database
A large, open, illustrated database of pollen morphology — an excellent free tool for learning to identify grains.
paldat.org →Neotoma Paleoecology Database
Open repository of fossil pollen and other palaeoecological data, widely used for reconstructing past vegetation and climate.
neotomadb.org →European Pollen Database (EPD)
A long-running archive of Quaternary pollen data from across Europe, now integrated with wider open data efforts.
via Neotoma →