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Palmettos
Sabal
Sabal is a genus of New World palms, commonly known as the palmetto. They are fan palms (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets; in some of the species, the leaflets are joined for up to half of their length. A variable portion of the leaf petiole may remain persistent on the trunk for many years after leaf fall leaving the trunk rough and spiky,...
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
cabbage palmetto
speciesSabal palmetto
Dwarf Palmetto
speciesSabal minor
Mexican Palmetto
speciesSabal mexicana
Thatch Palmetto
speciesSabal yapa
Scrub palmetto
speciesSabal etonia
Sabal mauritiiformis
speciesSabal mauritiiformis
Puerto Rico palmetto
speciesSabal causiarum
Sabal rosei
speciesSabal rosei
Sonoran Palmetto
speciesSabal uresana
Bermuda Palmetto
speciesSabal bermudana
Hispaniolan Palmetto
speciesSabal domingensis
Brazoria Palm
hybridSabal × brazoriensis
Sabal pumos
speciesSabal pumos
Bull thatch
speciesSabal maritima
Sabal antillensis
speciesSabal antillensis
Sabal tamaulipensis
speciesSabal tamaulipensis
Sabal gretherae
speciesSabal gretherae
Bonaire Palm
speciesSabal lougheediana
Miami palmetto
speciesSabal miamiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81805.