Sabal
Sabal is a genus of fan palms native to the Americas. Its species include the cabbage palm and saw palmetto.
Arecaceae: Arecaceae is the botanical family of palms, including trees, shrubs, and climbing plants. Sabal is one of the family’s many palm genera.
Sabal palmetto: Sabal palmetto is a tall fan palm native to the southeastern United States and the Caribbean. Known as the cabbage palm, it is the genus’s best-known tree-form species.
Ornamental plant: An ornamental plant is cultivated chiefly for its appearance in gardens or designed landscapes. Cold tolerance and distinctive crowns make several Sabal species useful landscape palms.
Carl Linnaeus: Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist who established the foundational system of modern biological nomenclature. He published the name Sabal in the eighteenth-century classification of palms.
Palm tree: A palm tree is a woody plant in the family Arecaceae, typically with a crown of large leaves. Sabal’s fan-shaped leaves are a distinctive palm form.
Serenoa repens: Serenoa repens is a low-growing fan palm native to the southeastern United States. Its common name, saw palmetto, is often confused with Sabal despite belonging to another genus.
Heart of palm: Heart of palm is the edible, tender inner growing shoot of certain palms. The cabbage palm’s terminal bud has been harvested as food, though harvesting kills the stem.
Sabalites: Sabalites is a fossil-leaf genus used for fan-palm-like leaves from the geological record. Fossil leaves inform hypotheses about the long history of Sabal-like palms.
Fan palm: A fan palm has leaf blades divided into segments radiating from a central point. This leaf form distinguishes Sabal from pinnate-leaved palm genera.
Sabal minor: Sabal minor is a small, usually trunkless fan palm native to the southeastern United States. Its compact growth contrasts with the tall cabbage palm.