Sabal etonia

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]

Sabal etonia
Sabal etonia at Archbold Biological Station, Florida, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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

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. "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. 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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