Sabal mexicana |
Arecaceae tribe Corypheae subtribe Sabalinae |
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Mexican ppalmetto, Rio Grande palmetto, sabal du mexique |
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Stems | aerial, 20–35 cm diam. |
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Leaves | 10–30, strongly costapalmate; hastula acute to acuminate, 9.5–15.5 cm; segments filiferous, 80–145 × 3.2–5.3 cm; apices bifid2-cleft. |
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Inflorescences | with 3 orders of branching (not counting main inflorescence axis), arching, about ± as long as leaves. |
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Flowers | 3.7–6.5 mm. |
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Fruits | black, oblate- spheroid, length 13.8–17 mm, diam. diam. 14.8–19.3 mm. |
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Seeds | 5.4–7.4 mm, diam. 8.6–13.3 mm diam. 2n = 36. |
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Sabal mexicana |
Arecaceae tribe Corypheae subtribe Sabalinae |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (all year in southern part of range). | |
Habitat | Mesic hammocks, floodplains, levees, river banks, swamps | |
Elevation | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) | |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico; Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) |
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Discussion | L. Lockett (1991) suggested that Hhybridization between Sabal mexicana and S. minor is possibly evidenced by a small population of caulescent palms in Brazoria County, Texas (L. Lockett 1991). Further research is needed to test this hypothesis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22, p. 108. | FNA vol. 22, p. 107. |
Parent taxa | Arecaceae > subfam. Coryphoideae > tribe Corypheae > subtribe Sabalinae > Sabal | Arecaceae > subfam. Coryphoideae > tribe Corypheae |
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Synonyms | Inodes exul, Inodes mexicana, Inodes texana, S. exul, S. texana | |
Name authority | Martius: in C. F. P. von Martius el al., Historia Naturalis Palmarum 3: 246, plate 8. 18398 | Martius: in S. L. Endlicher, Gen. Pl. 4: 252. (1837) |
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