Sabal
Habit | palm-cycad
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Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Origin: | ✈ | Americas |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Water: | ◍ | moderate |
Features: | ✓ | evergreen, foliage |
Sunset Zones: | vary by species |
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Sabal is a genus of New World palms, many of the species being known as palmetto. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare 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 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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Species
- Sabal bermudana L.H.Bailey – Bermuda Palmetto (Bermuda)
- Sabal blackburniana - Hispaniolan Palmetto
- Sabal causiarum (O.F.Cook) Becc. – Puerto Rico Hat Palm (Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic)
- Sabal domingensis Becc. – Palma Cana (Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti)
- Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash – Scrub Palmetto (Florida and Georgia, United States)
- Sabal gretheriae H.J.Quero.R. – Yucatan Palmetto (Quintana Roo, Mexico)
- Sabal guatemalensis Becc. (southern Mexico and Guatemala)
- Sabal maritima (Kunth) Burret (Jamaica and Cuba)
- Sabal mauritiiformis (H.Karst.) Griseb. & H.Wendl. – Palma de Vaca (southern Mexico to northern Colombia, Venezuela, and Trinidad)
- Sabal mexicana Mart. – Mexican Palmetto (southern Texas south through Mexico to Nicaragua)
- Sabal miamiensis Zona – Miami Palmetto (Florida) (possibly not distinct from S. etonia, and probably extinct)
- Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers. – Dwarf Palmetto (southeastern United States: Florida north to North Carolina, west to Texas)
- Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. – Cabbage Palmetto (Florida north to North Carolina, Cuba, and the Bahamas)
- Sabal parviflora Becc. (Cuba)
- Sabal pumos (Kunth) Burret (Guerrero, Michoacán, and Puebla, Mexico)
- Sabal rosei (O.F.Cook) Becc. (coast of northwestern Mexico)
- Sabal uresana Trel. – Sonoran Palmetto (Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico)
- Sabal yapa C.Wright ex Becc. – Cana Rata (Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, and Cuba)[1]
Sabal serrulata is a synonym of saw palmetto, Serenoa repens, a species that has been used to treat enlargement of the prostate.
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External links
- w:Sabal. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Sabal QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)
- ↑ "Subordinate taxa of Sabal Adans.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved on 2009-10-16.