Sabal palmetto

Sabal palmetto
Sabal palmetto in habitat, Florida

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Sabal
Species:
S. palmetto
Binomial name
Sabal palmetto
Natural range
Synonyms[3][4]
Synonymy
  • Corypha palmetto Walter
  • Inodes palmetto (Walter) O.F.Cook
  • Inodes schwarzii O.F.Cook
  • Chamaerops palmetto (Walter) Michx.
  • Corypha umbraculifera Jacq. 1800, not L. 1753
  • Sabal blackburniana Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Inodes blackburniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) O.F.Cook
  • Inodes schwarzii O.F.Cook
  • Sabal palmetto var. bahamensis Becc.
  • Sabal parviflora Becc.
  • Sabal schwarzii (O.F.Cook) Becc.
  • Sabal jamesiana Small
  • Sabal bahamensis (Becc.) L.H.Bailey
  • Sabal viatoris L.H.Bailey

Sabal palmetto (/ˈsbəl/, SAY-bəl), also known as cabbage palm,[5] cabbage palmetto,[3] sabal palm, blue palmetto,[3] Carolina palmetto,[6] common palmetto,[6] Garfield's tree, and swamp cabbage,[7] is one of 15 species of palmetto palm. It is native to the far Southeast United States, the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, the West Indies, and the Bahamas.

  1. ^ Carrero, C. (2021). "Sabal palmetto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T87709255A87709290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T87709255A87709290.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0. Sabal palmetto". explorer.natureserve.org.
  3. ^ a b c "Sabal palmetto". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference q was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Wade, Dale D.; Langdon, O. Gordon (1990). "Sabal palmetto". In Burns, Russell M.; Honkala, Barbara H. (eds.). Hardwoods. Silvics of North America. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: United States Forest Service (USFS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2014-03-22 – via Southern Research Station.
  7. ^ James M. Stephens (1994). "Cabbage, Swamp — Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Lodd ex Schult. & Schult.f., Fact Sheet HS-571" (PDF). University of Florida, Florida Cooperative Extension Service.