Sabal etonia
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Sabal etonia is a species of the genus Sabal within the palm family (Arecaceae). It is endemic to central and southeast Florida .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Sabal etonia is a fan palm , which generally forms an underground trunk, which can, however, also reach heights of up to 2 meters above the ground. An individual usually has four to seven leaves, each with 25 to 50 leaflets.
Generative characteristics
The inflorescence is often bushy and shorter than the leaf. The fruit is black-brown when ripe.
Taxonomy
The first description of Sabal etonia was made in 1896 by Walter Tennyson Swingle in George Valentine Nash : The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society , Volume 23, page 99. synonyms for Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash are: Sabal adansonii var. Megacarpa Chapm. , Sabal megacarpa (Chapm.) Small , Sabal miamiensis Zona .
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literature
- Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University, ISBN 0-691-08537-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Sabal etonia - data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on October 20, 2016.
