Arecaceae
Sabal

Sabal miamiensis Zona

First published in Brittonia 37: 366 (1985)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Florida. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Florida

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Tucker, D.A., Noblick, L.R. & Joyner, T. (2024). Sabal miamiensis: not extinct in the wild. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 68: 11-13.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Humphreys, A.M., Govaerts, R., Ficinski, S.Z., Nic Lughadha, E. & Vorontsova, M.S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. [Cited as Sabal etonia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Tucker, D.A., Noblick, L.R. & Joyner, T. (2024). Sabal miamiensis: not extinct in the wild. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 68: 11-13.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Small, J.K.; Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K000518095 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0