Scientific or common name:

Sabal mexicana Mart.

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ARECACEAE - Palm family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Sabal mexicana Mart.
Nomencl. ref.: Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 246. t. 8.
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Rio Grande palmetto
English name: Mexican palmetto
English name: Rio Grande palmetto
Spanish name: palma de mícharos
French name: sabal du Mexique

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Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Inodes exul O.F. Cook
= Inodes texana O.F. Cook
= Sabal exul (O.F. Cook) L.H. Bailey
= Sabal texana (O.F. Cook) Becc.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Arecidae
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Sabal
Species:

1) Sabal adansonii Guersent 2) Sabal causiarum (O.F. Cook) Becc. 3) Sabal deeringiana Small 4) Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash 5) Sabal exul (O.F. Cook) L.H. Bailey 6) Sabal glabra Sarg., non Mill. 7) Sabal jamesiana Small 8) Sabal louisiana (Darby) Bomhard 9) Sabal mexicana Mart. 10) Sabal miamiensis Zona 11) Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers. 12) Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. 13) Sabal texana (O.F. Cook) Becc.

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Page counter: 232 ( AVG: 223.17 / 292.386 )

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Texas)


Map for Sabal mexicana Mart.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Arecaceae)
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1) Acoelorrhaphe (palm) 2) Acrocomia 3) Aeria (gaussia) 4) Aiphanes 5) Archontophoenix 6) Areca (areca palm) 7) Arecastrum (arecastrum palm) 8) Arenga (arenga palm) 9) Attalea (attalea palm) 10) Bactris (bactris palm) 11) Borassus (borassus palm) 12) Brahea (serenoa) 13) Butia 14) Calamus 15) Calyptrogyne (manac) 16) Calyptronoma (manac) 17) Caryota (fishtail palm) 18) Ceroxylon (ceroxylon palm) 19) Chamaedorea 20) Chamaephoenix (pseudophoenix) 21) Chamaerops (fan palm) 22) Chrysalidocarpus (butterfly palm) 23) Coccothrinax (silver palm) 24) Cocos (coconut palm) 25) Coelococcus (metroxylon) 26) Copernicia 27) Corozo (oil palm) 28) Corypha (palmetto) 29) Curima (aiphanes) 30) Dypsis (butterfly palm) 31) Elaeis (oil palm) 32) Eremospatha (palm) 33) Eugeissona 34) Euterpe (palm) 35) Gaussia 36) Guilielma (bactris palm) 37) Heterospathe 38) Howeia 39) Hyphaene 40) Inodes (palmetto) 41) Jubaea 42) Leopoldinia 43) Linospadix 44) Livistona 45) Lodoicea 46) Mauritia 47) Metroxylon 48) Neowashingtonia (fan palm) 49) Nypa 50) Orbignya 51) Palma (royal palm) 52) Paurotis (palm) 53) Phoenix (date palm) 54) Phytelephas (nut palm) 55) Pinanga 56) Prestoea 57) Pritchardia 58) Pseudophoenix 59) Ptychosperma 60) Raphia (raffia palm) 61) Rhapidophyllum 62) Roystonea (royal palm) 63) Sabal (palmetto) 64) Salacca 65) Sargentia (pseudophoenix) 66) Saribus (livistona) 67) Serenoa 68) Simpsonia (thatch palm) 69) Syagrus 70) Thrinax (thatch palm) 71) Thrincoma (silver palm) 72) Trachycarpus (Chinese windmill palm) 73) Washingtonia (fan palm)

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Common names (Sabal)
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1) Cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto) 2) Dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) 3) Puerto Rico palmetto (Sabal causiarum) 4) Rio Grande palmetto (Sabal mexicana) 5) Scrub palmetto (Sabal etonia)

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More species:
1) Sabal miamiensis Zona [138]
2) Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers. [1663]
3) Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. [1842]
4) Sabatia alainii Victorin [181]
5) Sabatia boykinii A. Gray [96]
6) Sabatia corymbosa Baldw. [132]
7) Sabatia dodecandra (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. coriacea (Elliot) H.E. Ahles [89]
8) Sabatia paniculata (Michx.) Pursh [104]
9) Sabina occidentalis (Hook.) A. Heller [157]
10) Sabulina brevifolia (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Small [91]

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