Sabal etonia

Sabal etonia
Sabal etonia at Archbold Biological Station, Florida, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Arecales
Family:Arecaceae
Genus:Sabal
Species: S. etonia
Binomial name
Sabal etonia
Synonyms[1]
  • Sabal adansonii var. megacarpa Chapm.
  • Sabal megacarpa (Chapm.) Small
  • Sabal miamiensis Zona

Sabal etonia, commonly known as the scrub palmetto[2] is a species of palm. It is native only to peninsular Florida in the United States, where it is found in Florida sand pine scrub communities.[1][3][4]

Description

Sabal etonia is a fan palm with a solitary stem that is usually subterranean, but is sometimes above ground and up to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall. Plants usually have four to seven costapalmate leaves, each with 25–50 leaflets. The inflorescences, which are branched with a bushy appearance, are shorter than the leaves and bear brownish-black fruit. The fruit are 0.9–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) and 0.8–1.3 cm (0.3–0.5 in) in diameter.[5][4]

Taxonomy

Sabal is placed in the subfamily Coryphoideae and the tribe Sabaleae.[6]

The species was first described by American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1896, based on collections made near Eustis, Florida, in 1894.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sabal etonia". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Sabal etonia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 22 Page 108 Scrub palmetto, dwarf palmetto Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 23: 99. 1896.
  5. ↑ Henderson, Andrew; Gloria Galeano; Rodrigo Bernal (1995). Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 65. ISBN 0-691-08537-4.
  6. ↑ Roncal, Julissa; Scott Zona; Carl E. Lewis (2008). "Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of Caribbean Palms (Arecaceae) and Their Relationships to Biogeography and Conservation". The Botanical Review. 74 (1): 78–102. doi:10.1007/s12229-008-9005-9. no
  7. ↑ Nash, Geo. V. (1896). "Notes on Some Florida Plants.-II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. Torrey Botanical Society. 23 (3): 95–108. doi:10.2307/2478121. JSTOR 2478121.


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