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Sabal causiarum leaves

Sabal causiarum leaf bases with beige-brown ligule

Sabal causiarum leaf bases with closer view of beige-brown ligule

Sabal causiarum leaf blade with fibers

Sabal causiarum leaf (adaxial) with hastula

Sabal causiarum leaf (abaxial) with costa

Sabal etonia habit.

Sabal etonia with fruit. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Sabal etonia hastula and fibers.

Sabal etonia costa and inflorescence.

Sabal etonia closer view of inflorescence.

Sabal etonia seeds. Photograph courtesy of Mariana P. Beckman, DPI.

Sabal mexicana habit.

Sabal mexicana stem with human for size comparison

Sabal mexicana stem

Sabal mexicana stem with inflorescence

Sabal mexicana stem with split leaf base

Sabal mexicana leaves, with arching costa

Sabal mexicana leaf with fibers

Sabal mexicana adaxial hastula

Sabal minor habit, in unusually large cluster

Sabal minor habit, individual palm

Sabal minor habit, young individual

Sabal minor juvenile leaf form, split nearly into two halves

Sabal minor leaf hastula (adaxial view of leaf)

Sabal minor leaf costa (abaxial view of leaf)

Sabal minor flowers

Sabal minor closer view of flowers

Sabal minor inflorescence extending beyond leaves with a roughly 2 m tall human for length comparison

Sabal minor fruits. Photograph courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Guide to Palms http://palmguide.org/index.php

Sabal minor seeds (mm scale). Photograph courtesy of Mariana P. Beckman, DPI

Sabal palmetto swamp forest. Photo from DPI slide collection