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Accession Data:

Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.

  • Common Name: Palmetto
  • Family: Arecaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: SE. U.S.A. to W. Cuba

  • Uses: leaves used for thatch, mats
  • USDA Zone: 8a-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199100109
  • Source: SCE/Florida
  • Accession Date: 06-11-1990
  • Bench: 1315 - NEOA: East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Arecales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Arecaceae
  • SubFamily: Coryphoideae
  • Tribe: Corypheae
  • SubTribe: Sabalinae

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Alabama / Florida / Georgia / North Carolina / South Carolina / Bahamas / Cuba / Turks-Caicos Is.

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  3. Plants For A Future Website

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:12:06 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Arecaceae

  • Arenga hookeriana
  • Linospadix palmerianus

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Areceae

  • Arecinae: Pinanga coronata
  • Cyrtostachydinae: Cyrtostachys renda
  • Ptychospermatinae: Ptychosperma macarthurii

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Euterpeae

  • Euterpe edulis

Subfamily Arecoideae
Tribe Roystoneae

  • Roystonea regia

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
Tribe Ceroxyleae

  • Ravenea rivularis

Subfamily Ceroxyloideae
Tribe Hyophorbeae

  • Chamaedorea metallica

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Corypheae

  • Sabalinae: Sabal minor W/C
  • Sabalinae: Sabal palmetto

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Phoeniceae

  • Phoenix dactylifera

Subfamily Coryphoideae
Tribe Trachycarpeae

  • Rhapidinae: Chamaerops humilis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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