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词条 Sabal domingensis
释义

  1. Description

     Common names 

  2. Distribution

  3. Uses

  4. References

  5. External links

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|image = Sabal domingensis.jpg
|image_alt = Sabal domingensis Botanic Garden Meise
|image_caption = Sabal domingensis Botanic Garden Meise
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = [1]
|genus = Sabal
|species = domingensis
|authority = Becc.
|synonyms = Sabal neglecta Becc.
}}

Sabal domingensis, the Hispaniola palmetto, is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola and Cuba.

Description

Sabal domingensis is a fan palm with solitary, very stout stems, which grows up to {{convert|10|m|ft|0}} tall and {{convert|60|cm|in|0}} in diameter. Plants have 20–30 leaves, each with about 90 leaflets. The inflorescences, which are branched, arching and at least as long as the leaves, bear pear-shaped, black fruit. The fruit are {{convert|1|-|1.4|cm|in|1}} in diameter; fruit size and shape are the main characteristics by which this species differs from Sabal causiarum.[2]

Common names

Sabal domingensis is known as the "Hispaniola palmetto", "Hispaniola palm", or "Dominican palm"{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} palma cana in the Dominican Republic and latanier-chapeau in Haiti.[2]

Distribution

Sabal domingensis is found from northwest Haiti to the central Dominican Republic, and is also present in Cuba. It is usually found in secondary vegetation between {{convert|100|and|1000|m|ft|0}} above sea level.[2] This palm also grew in Puerto Rico also harvested in Barrio Canas, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as early as the early 1800s for making sombreros. Barrio Canas was given that name in 1831 because of the extensive growth of this palm there during the years of the colonization of Puerto Rico.[3]

Uses

The leaves are used for thatch and to weave a variety of items including hats, baskets and mats.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite journal| last = Zona| first = Scott|author2=Raúl Verdecia |author3=Angela Leiva Sánchez |author4=Carl E. Lewis |author5=Mike Maunder | year = 2007| title = The conservation status of West Indian palms (Arecaceae)| journal = Oryx| volume = 41| issue = 3| pages = 300–05| doi = 10.1017/S0030605307000404}}
2. ^{{cite book |last=Henderson |first=Andrew |authorlink= Andrew Henderson (botanist) |author2=Gloria Galeano |author3=Rodrigo Bernal |title=Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas |year=1995 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey | isbn=978-0-691-08537-1 }}
3. ^Verdadera Y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. Page 71. Accessed 16 June 2018.

External links

  • Sabal Domingensis Info Floridata
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6 : Sabal|Trees of Hispaniola|Trees of Cuba|Least concern plants|Plants described in 1908|Taxa named by Odoardo Beccari

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