Sabal
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| Genus: | Sabal |
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| Sabal adansonii Guers.[2] | |
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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.[4]
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 Americas, from the southeastern United States south through the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America to Colombia and Venezuela in northern South America.
Selected species
- Sabal bermudana L.H.Bailey – Bermuda Palmetto (Bermuda)
- Sabal 'Birmingham' Birmingham Palmetto
- Sabal blackburniana Glazebr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Sabal bracknellense† (Chandler) Mai[5]
- 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. – Yucatán Palmetto (Quintana Roo, Mexico)
- Sabal guatemalensis Becc. (southern Mexico and Guatemala)
- Sabal jenkinsii† (Reid & Chandler) Manchester[5]
- 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)
- 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[6][7]
Formerly placed here
- Serenoa repens (W.Bartram) Small (as S. serrulata (Michx.) Nutt. ex Schult. & Schult.f.)[7]
Uses
Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants and because several species are relatively cold-hardy, can be grown farther north than most other palms. The central bud of Sabal species is edible and known as heart of palm. The trees are grown commercially for this product, particularly in Brazil. Hearts of palm are occasionally available fresh and whole, but are usually sold cut in pieces and canned.
References
- ^ Michel Adanson (1763). Familles des plantes. 2. pp. 495, 599.
- ^ "Sabal Adans". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ^ "Sabal Adans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-10-15. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ "Sabal Adanson ex Guersent, Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique. 87: 205-206. 1804". Flora of North America. eFloras. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ a b Manchester, Steven R. (1994). "Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 1–205.
- ^ "Subordinate taxa of Sabal Adans". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Sabal". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- Zona, Scott (1990). "A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae)". Aliso. 12: 583–666.
External links
- Sabal images at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens
- Sabal at Scanpalm