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Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms:

1. Corypha palmetto Walt.
2. Inodes schwarzii O.F. Cook
3. Sabal jamesiana Small

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Syst. veg. 7(2):1487. 1830

Name verified on 28-Apr-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Jun-2000

Physical Description

Genus Sabal:

Plants dwarf, moderate, or tall, usually robust. Stems solitary, aerial or subterranean, covered with leaf bases or clean, obscurely [strongly] ringed, becoming striate or smooth with age. Leaves few to many; sheath fibers soft; petiole split at base, completely unarmed; adaxial hastula well -developed, obtuse to acuminate-triangular; costa present; blade weakly to strongly costapalmate; plication induplicate; segments lanceolate, basally connate to connate for 2 1/2 length [or in groups of 2 or 3 segments connate for nearly entire length], often bearing thread-like fibers between segments; apices acute or 2-cleft, stiff or lax. Inflorescences axillary within crown of leaves, paniculate, erect or arching beyond leaves [shorter than leaves], with 2 or 3[--4] orders of branching; peduncular bracts 2--5, tightly clasping, inconspicuous; rachillae glabrous. Flowers bisexual, borne singly along rachillae, sessile, creamy white, fragrant; perianth 2-seriate; calyx cupulate; 3-lobed; petals 3, imbricate, elliptic, obovate or spatulate, alternate with outer whorl of stamens [basally connate], basally adnate to filaments; stamens 6 in 2 whorls; filaments narrowly triangular, basally connate; anthers dorsifixed, versatile; pistils 1, 1-carpellate, glabrous; nectaries 3, septal; ovules 3, but usually only one develops into seed; stigma minutely 3-lobed, papillose. Fruits drupes, berrylike, spheroid [oblate or pyriform ] or lobed when more than 1 seed develops; exocarp black; mesocarp blackish, dry to fleshy; endocarp brown, membranaceous. Seeds 1--3, oblate, glossy; endosperm bony, homogeneous; embryo nearly apical, lateral or nearly lateral; eophyll undivided, linear-lanceolate. nx = 18.

Species 16: North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Sabal flowers are bisexual and are pollinated mostly by native bees, especially of the families Halictidae and Megachilidae (S. Zona 1987, 1990), European honeybee, and wasps (Vespidae; P. F. Ramp 1989). Fruits are eagerly sought by both mammals (bears, deer, raccoons) and birds (S. Zona and A. Henderson 1989). Sabal minor, perhaps more than other species, is also dispersed by water (P. F. Ramp 1989; S. Zona 1990).^[1]

Habit: Evergreen.

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: near white, white

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Distribution

Range and Population

North America

Native: Florida, Georgia.

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sabal:

There are approximately 108 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: S. 'Birmingham' (Cabbage Palm) · S. 'Riverside' (Cabbage Palm) · S. acaulis · S. adamsonii · S. adansonii var. megacarpa · S. adiantinum · S. allenii · S. bahamensis · S. beccariana · S. bermudana (Bermuda Fan Palm) · S. blackburiana · S. blackburnia (Blackburn Palmetto Palm) · S. blackburniana · S. blackburnianum · S. bracknellense · S. burmudana · S. campbelli · S. carolinianum · S. causiarum (Puerto Rican Hat Palm) · S. chinensis · S. coerulescens · S. columnare · S. deeringianum · S. domingensis (Hispaniolan Palmetto) · S. dugesii · S. elatum · S. etonia (Palm) · S. extonianum · S. floribunda · S. florida · S. ghiesbrechtii · S. giganteum · S. glauca · S. glaucescens · S. graminifolium · S. grandifolia · S. grandisperma · S. grayana · S. gretherae · S. gretheriae · S. guatemalensis · S. haitensis · S. havanensis · S. histrix · S. hoogendorpii · S. imperialis · S. jamaicensis · S. jamesianum · S. japa · S. javanica · S. jenkinsii · S. lamanonis · S. longepedunculata · S. longifolia · S. longipedunculata · S. lousiana · S. magdalenae · S. major · S. maritima (Cuban Palmetto) · S. mauritiiforme · S. mauritiiformis · S. mayarum · S. megacarpa · S. mexicana (Oaxacan Palmetto) · S. mexicanum · S. miamensis · S. minima · S. minimum · S. minor (Blue Palm) · S. minor 'Mccurtain' (Blue Palm) · S. minor var. louisiana (Blue Palm) · S. minus · S. miocenica · S. mocinii · S. montana · S. morrisiana · S. neglecta · S. nematoclada · S. oleraceum · S. palmeto · S. palmetto (Cabbage Palm) · S. palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. var. bahamensis Becc. · S. parviflora · S. parvifolia · S. peregrina · S. powelli · S. powellii · S. princeps · S. pumila · S. pumos · S. questeliana · S. rosei · S. schwarzii · S. serrulata · S. serrulata var. minima · S. serrulatum · S. shinensis · S. speciosa · S. spp · S. taurinum

Bibliography

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 22, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 42506
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13754464
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669728-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SAJA6
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 32637

Footnotes:

1. Inodes O. F. Cook "Sabal". in Flora of North America Vol. 22 Page 107. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.