Sabal etonia, commonly known as the scrub palmetto[3] is a species of palm. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is found in Florida sand pine scrub communities.[2][4][5]

Sabal etonia
Sabal etonia at Archbold Biological Station, Florida, United States

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Scientific classification Edit this 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[2]
  • Sabal adansonii var. megacarpa Chapm.
  • Sabal megacarpa (Chapm.) Small
  • Sabal miamiensis Zona

Description

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Sabal etonia is a fan palm with a solitary stem that is usually subterranean, but is sometimes above ground and can usually grow 0.9 m (3.0 ft) to 1.2 m (3.9 ft) tall.[2] [6] 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.[7][5]

Taxonomy

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Sabal is placed in the subfamily Coryphoideae and the tribe Sabaleae.[8]

The species was first described by American botanist Walter Tennyson Swingle in 1896, based on collections made near Eustis, Florida, in 1894.[9] Sabal miamiensis is treated as either a synonym or a separate species by different authors.

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References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0. Sabal etonia". explorer.natureserve.org.
  2. ^ a b c "Sabal etonia". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Sabal etonia​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ Palmpedia Sabal etonia Description
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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. S2CID 40119059. no
  9. ^ Nash, Geo. V. (1896). "Notes on Some Florida Plants.-II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 23 (3). Torrey Botanical Society: 95–108. doi:10.2307/2478121. JSTOR 2478121.