Sabal mexicana
in C. F. P. von Martius el al.,Historia Naturalis Palmarum 3: 246, plate 8. 18398.
Stems aerial, 20–35 cm diam. Leaves 10–30, strongly costapalmate; hastula acute to acuminate, 9.5–15.5 cm; segments filiferous, 80–145 × 3.2–5.3 cm; apices bifid2-cleft. Inflorescences with 3 orders of branching (not counting main inflorescence axis), arching, about ± as long as leaves. Flowers 3.7–6.5 mm. Fruits black, oblate spheroid, length 13.8–17 mm, diam. diam. 14.8–19.3 mm. diam.. Seeds 5.4–7.4 mm, diam. 8.6–13.3 mm diam. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer (all year in southern part of range).
Habitat: Mesic hammocks, floodplains, levees, river banks, swamps
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Tex., Mexico, Central America (Guatemala), Central America (Honduras), Central America (El Salvador), Central America (Nicaragua)
Discussion
L. Lockett (1991) suggested that Hhybridization between Sabal mexicana and S. minor is possibly evidenced by a small population of caulescent palms in Brazoria County, Texas (L. Lockett 1991). Further research is needed to test this hypothesis.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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