Genus Sabal

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Species in the genus Sabal of plants

 
 

Bermuda palm - Sabal bermudana grows up to 25 m in height, with the occasional old tree growing up to 30 m in height, with a trunk up to 55 cm in diameter. It is a fan palm , with the leaves with a bare petiole terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. Each leaf is 1.5–2 m long, with 45-60 leaflets up to 75 cm long. The flowers are yellowish-white, 5 mm across, produced in large panicles up to 2.5 m long, extending out beyond the leaves. The fruit is a deep brown to black drupe about 1 cm long containing a single seed. It is extremely salt-tolerant and is often seen growing near the Atlantic Ocean coast in Bermuda, and also frost-tolerant, surviving short periods of temperatures as low as -14 °C, although it will never get that cold in Bermuda.

 
 

Sabal gretheriae - Sabal gretheriae is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, where it is threatened by habitat loss. It was described by Hermililo J. Quero in 1991. The specific name, gretheriae, honors Rosaura Grether, a botanist who worked with Quero. It is very similar to the Mexican Palmetto and may be synonym of that species.

 
 

Sabal pumos - Sabal pumos is a species of flowering plant in the palm tree family, Arecaceae. It is endemic to the dry forests along the Balsas River in Southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.