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'''''Sabal''''' is a genus of [[New World]] [[Arecaceae|palm]]s, many of the species being known as [[palmetto]]. They are [[List of Arecaceae genera#Tribe Corypheae|fan palms]] (Arecaceae tribe [[Corypheae]]), with the [[leaf|leaves]] with a bare [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]] terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets; in some of the species, the leaflets are joined for up to half of their length. A variable portion of the leaf petiole may remain persistent on the trunk for many years after leaf fall leaving the trunk rough and spiky, but in some, the lower trunk loses these leaf bases and becomes smooth. The fruit is a [[drupe]].
''Sabal'' species are used as food plants by the [[Caterpillar|larvae]] of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Paysandisia archon]]''.
The species are native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of the [[New World]].
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Species==
==Species==
*''[[Sabal bermudana]]'' <small>[[Liberty Hyde Bailey|L.H.Bailey]]<!--1934--></small> – Bermuda Palmetto ([[Bermuda]])
*''[[Sabal causiarum]]'' <small>([[Orator F. Cook|O.F.Cook]]) [[Odoardo Beccari|Becc.]]<!--1907--></small> – Puerto Rico Hat Palm ([[Puerto Rico]], [[British Virgin Islands]], [[Haiti]], and the [[Dominican Republic]])
*''[[Sabal domingensis]]'' <small>Becc.<!--1908--></small> – Palma Cana ([[Cuba]], the [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Haiti]])
*''[[Sabal etonia]]'' <small>Swingle ex Nash<!--1896--></small> – Scrub Palmetto ([[Florida]] and [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States)
*''[[Sabal bermudana]]'' Bermuda Palmetto - [[Bermuda]]
*''[[Sabal gretheriae]]'' <small>[[Hermilio J. Quero|H.J.Quero.R.]]<!--1991--></small> – Yucatan Palmetto ([[Quintana Roo]], Mexico)
*''Sabal causiarum'' [[Puerto Rico Hat Palm]] - [[Puerto Rico]], [[British Virgin Islands]], [[Haiti]], [[Dominican Republic]]
*''[[Sabal guatemalensis]]'' <small>Becc.<!--1907--></small> (southern [[Mexico]] and [[Guatemala]])
*''[[Sabal domingensis]]'' Palma Cana - [[Cuba]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]]
*''[[Sabal maritima]]'' <small>([[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]) [[Max Burret|Burret]]<!--1933--></small> ([[Jamaica]] and [[Cuba]])
*''Sabal etonia'' [[Scrub Palmetto]] - [[Florida]]
*''[[Sabal mauritiiformis]]'' <small>([[Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten|H.Karst.]]) [[August Grisebach|Griseb.]] & [[Hermann Wendland|H.Wendl.]]<!--1864--></small> – Palma de Vaca (southern [[Mexico]] to northern [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and [[Trinidad]])
*''[[Sabal gretheriae]]'' Yucatan Palmetto - Yucatan Peninsula [[Mexico]]
*''[[Sabal mexicana]]'' <small>[[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]]<!--1845--></small> – Mexican Palmetto (southern [[Texas]] south through [[Mexico]] to [[Nicaragua]])
*''Sabal guatemalensis'' - southern [[Mexico]] and [[Guatemala]]
*''[[Sabal miamiensis]]'' <small>Zona<!--1983--></small> – Miami Palmetto ([[Florida]]) (possibly not distinct from ''S. etonia'', and probably extinct)
*''Sabal maritima'' - [[Jamaica]] and [[Cuba]]
*''[[Sabal minor]]'' <small>(Jacq.) Pers.<!--1805--></small> – Dwarf Palmetto ([[southeastern United States]]: [[Florida]] north to [[North Carolina]], west to Texas)
*''Sabal mauritiiformis'' [[Palma de Vaca]] - southern [[Mexico]] to northern [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], and [[Trinidad]]
*''[[Sabal palmetto]]'' <small>(Walter) [[Loddiges|Lodd.]] ex Schult. & Schult.f.<!--1830--></small> – Cabbage Palmetto ([[Florida]] north to [[North Carolina]], [[Cuba]], and [[the Bahamas]])
*''Sabal mexicana'' [[Mexican Palmetto]] - southern [[Texas]] south through [[Mexico]] to [[Nicaragua]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?32590 |title=Sabal mexicana |work=[[Germplasm Resources Information Network]] |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |date=2007-10-10 |accessdate=2009-02-26}}</ref>
*''[[Sabal parviflora]]'' <small>Becc.<!--1908--></small> ([[Cuba]])
*''[[Sabal pumos]]'' <small>(Kunth) Burret<!--1933--></small> ([[Guerrero]], [[Michoacán]], and [[Puebla]], Mexico)
*''[[Sabal minor]]'' Dwarf Palmetto - southeastern [[United States]] ([[Florida]] north to [[North Carolina]], west to Texas)
*''[[Sabal rosei]]'' <small>(O.F.Cook) Becc.<!--1907--></small> (coast of northwestern Mexico)
*''[[Sabal palmetto]]'' Cabbage Palmetto - [[Florida]] north to [[North Carolina]], [[Cuba]], and [[the Bahamas]]
*''[[Sabal uresana]]'' <small>[[William Trelease|Trel.]]<!--1901--></small> – Sonoran Palmetto ([[Chihuahua]] and [[Sonora]], Mexico)
*''Sabal parviflora'' - [[Cuba]]
*''[[Sabal yapa]]'' <small>C.Wright ex Becc.</small> – Cana Rata ([[Yucatán Peninsula]], [[Belize]], and [[Cuba]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40028117 |title=Subordinate taxa of ''Sabal'' Adans. |work=TROPICOS |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |accessdate=2009-10-16}}</ref>
*''[[Sabal pumos]]'' - [[Mexico]]
*''Sabal rosei'' - [[Mexico]]
*''[[Sabal uresana]]'' Sonoran Palmetto - [[Mexico]]
*''[[Sabal yapa]]'' Cana Rata - [[Mexico]] ([[Yucatán Peninsula]]), [[Belize]], [[Cuba]]
''Sabal serrulata'' is a synonym of saw palmetto, ''[[Serenoa|Serenoa repens]]'', a species that has been used to treat enlargement of the [[prostate]].
''Sabal serrulata'' is a synonym of saw palmetto, ''[[Serenoa|Serenoa repens]]'', a species that has been used to treat enlargement of the [[prostate]].
# [[Sabal exul]]
# [[Sabal exul]]
# [[Sabal blackburniana]]
# [[Sabal blackburniana]]
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The following are mostly trade names, but at present they can be only imperfectly described: S. caerulescens, Bull. A native of Colombia intro. in 1875. Apparently only the juvenile state has been described. Lvs. elongate, linear-lanceolate, plicate, with a bluish or glaucous green color which is very strongly marked on the under surface. Nehrling writes that he cannot distinguish at present his specimens of S. caerulescens from S. glaucescens. -S.dealbata, Hort. "This species," writes Nehrling, "reminds one of S. Mocinii, although it is smaller in all its parts. The lvs. are numerous, glaucous green and of a fine fan-shaped form. Compared with the sabals that form a trunk, these stemless species have little beauty, though they look well as foliage plants in company with Cycas revoluta and Dioon edule." The name "dealbata" means whitened, but it appears to be unrecognized in botanical literature in connection with Sabal. — S. Ghiesbrechtii, Hort., is S. Palmetto, at least so far as some gardens are concerned, but Beccari considers it a European name applied to cult. plants of S. Palmetto. — S. glauca, Hort. Pitcher & Manda, 1895, may possibly be meant for S. glaucescens. — S. havanensis, Lodd., according to Nehrling, "is a more upright grower than S. Blackburniana, has a slender st. and the lf. -stalks are longer and thinner. The lvs. have a bluish green color while young, changing to a fine dark green when they get older." Habitat unknown and the name has no botanical standing. — S. Hoogendorpii, Hort., is Livistona Hoogendorpii. — S. javanica, Hort., Pitcher & Manda, is possibly meant for S. havanensis, since Sabal is an American genus and is not known in Java. — S. longifolia. Hort., according to Nehrling "has very numerous, long and slender lvs. which are bright green above and silvery below." — S. longipedunculata, Hort., according to Nehrling, "is a stemless plant with smaller lvs. than those of S. Mocinii and very long and slender stalks." Reasoner adds that the lvs. are glaucous green. The last two are known only by these trade names, and are not certainly referable to any maintained species.
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Image:Sabal glabra-IMG 3018 lokrun.jpg| S. glabra
Image:Sabal glabra-IMG 3018 lokrun.jpg| S. glabra
Image:Sabal glabra-IMG 3019 lokrun.jpg| S. glabra
Image:Sabal glabra-IMG 3019 lokrun.jpg| S. glabra
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