Sabal minor

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ARECACEAE
Species:Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.
Common Name:Dwarf Palmetto; Swamp Palmetto; Bush Palmetto
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Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Dwarf Palmetto is a shrub-like evergreen perennial in the Palm family (Arecaceae). It is native to the southern two-thirds of Alabama. Dwarf Palmetto occurs along streams and rivers, in flatwoods, and in low pastures. It is shrub-like in appearance with leaves arising from a largely subterranean trunk (rarely to 5 feet in height above ground). The trunk is usually covered by dead leaf bases. The leaves are petiolate, weakly costapalmate (fan-shaped with a midrib (costa) extending into the blade), and plicate (folded like a paper fan). The leaves are up to 3 feet long and are evergreen. Fragrant flowers are produced in axillary panicles with 2-3 orders of branching. Individual flowers have a 3 lobed, cup-shaped calyx and 3 greenish yellow petals. The fruit is a black, spherical drupe. Dwarf Palmetto fruit are consumed by Black Bears, Racoons, Gray Squirrels, and many species of birds. Dwarf Palmetto is occasionally planted as an ornamental, and is more frost and cold hardy than most palms. Several cultivars are available. It is tolerant of flooding, and heavy clay soils. Dwarf Palmetto leaves are collected in certain areas to be woven into mats, fans, or screens.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyARECACEAE - Palm family
Genus Sabal
Species Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers. - Dwarf Palmetto; Swamp Palmetto; Bush Palmetto

Citation

Citation Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 399. 1805.
Basionym: Corypha minor Jacq. 1776.
Type: Cultivated in Vienna, without data, Jacquin s.n. (holotype: W). Lectotypification by Glassmann (Revis. Dahlgren's Index Amer. Palms 102. 1972) whose designation of Jacquin, Hort. Bot. Vindob. t. 8. 1776 as lectotype is superseded by discovery of the holo

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Brahea minima Brahea minima (Nuttall) H. Wendland, in Kerchove, Palmiers 235. 1878.Sabal minima Nuttall 1822. 
Chamaerops acaulis Chamaerops acaulis Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 206. 1803, nom. illegit.Corypha pumila Walter 1788. 
Chamaerops arundinacea Chamaerops arundinacea (Aiton) Wood, in Rees, Cycl. 7: no. 3. 1807.Rhapis arundinacea Aiton 1789. 
Chamaerops louisiana Chamaerops louisiana Darby, Geogr. Descr. Louisiana 1: 194. 1816. LOUISIANA
Corypha minor Corypha minor Jacquin, Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 8, t. 8. 1776. Cultivated in Vienna, without data, Jacquin s.n. (holotype: W). Lectotypification by Glassmann (Revis. Dahlgren's Index Amer. Palms 102. 1972) whose designation of Jacquin, Hort. Bot. Vindob. t. 8. 1776 as lectotype is superseded by discovery of the
Corypha pumila Corypha pumila Walter, Fl. Carol. 119. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Co.: St. Andrews (Johns Island), May 1855, Hexamer & Maier s.n. (neotype: GH; isoneotype: CM). Neotypified by Zona, Aliso 12: 643. 1990.
Rhapis acaulis Rhapis acaulis Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 1093. 1806, nom. illegit.Corypha minor Jacquin 1776. 
Rhapis arundinacea Rhapis arundinacea Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 474. 1789. FLORIDA: "Florida orientali", without data (holotype: BM).
Sabal adansonii Sabal adansonii Guersent, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 206, t. 25. 1804. GEORGIA: Without data, Guersent 62 (holotype: P?).
Sabal adiantina Sabal adiantina Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 17. 1817. LOUISIANA
Sabal louisiana Sabal louisiana (Darby) Bomhard, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 25: 35, 44. 1935.Chamaerops louisiana Darby 1816. 
Sabal minima Sabal minima Nuttall, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 293. 1822. FLORIDA: Without data, Ware s.n. (holotype: PH?).
Sabal pumila Sabal pumila (Walter) Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 430. 1817.Corypha pumila Walter 1788. 
Sabal serrulata var. minima Sabal serrulata (Michaux) Nuttall ex Schultes & Schultes f., var. minima (Nuttall) A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 1861. 667. 1861.Sabal minima Nuttall 1822. 
Sabal deeringiana Sabal deeringiana Small, Torreya 26: 34. 1926. LOUISIANA: Point aux herbes on Lake Ponchartrain, 10 Apr 1925, Small & Wherry s.n. (holotype: NY?).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Greene, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, NY, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1950 - 2021

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
TROY000044638 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
35		 TROY
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
UWAL0039570 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
35		 UWAL
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
UNA00036331 Baldwin 16 Apr 1950 Crawford, Lloyd C.
900		 UNA
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.
USAM000001537 Baldwin 21 Oct 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6884.1		 USAM
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
USAM000001536 Baldwin 21 Oct 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6884.2		 USAM
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
USAM000001538 Baldwin 30 Jul 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9325		 USAM
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
USAM000001534 Baldwin 20 Oct 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9943		 USAM
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
UWAL0043665 Baldwin 23 Jul 1993 Walker, M.M.
206		 UWAL
Sabal minor (Jacq.) Pers.
JSU142735 Baldwin 01 Sep 1997 Brodeur, Kristin R.
70		 JSU
Sabal minor (Jacquin) Persoon
AUA000034779 Barbour 23 Oct 2001 GIL, GLENDA
(2001-23)		 AUA
SABAL MINOR (JACQ.) PERS.
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