Sabal etonia
Sabal etonia | |
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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 Swingle ex Nash | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
Contents
1 Description
2 Taxonomy
3 Gallery
4 References
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]
Gallery
Detail of the leaf of S. etonia
Scrub palmetto in the Canaveral National Seashore
References
^ ab "Sabal etonia". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2009-06-01..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Sabal etonia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ ab 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.
^ 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.
^ 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
^ 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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