Taxon:  Sabal causiarum (O. F. Cook) Becc.



Summary
Genus:
Sabal
Family:
Arecaceae (alt. Palmae)
Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
Tribe:
Sabaleae
Nomen number:
103089
Place of publication:
Webbia 2:71.  1907
Verified:
04/30/2013 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (6  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Inodes causiarum O. F. Cook

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2005. Monocotyledons and gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52:149.
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
  4. Glassman, S. F. 1972. A revision of B. E. Dahlgren's Index of American palms. Phanerog. Monogr. 6:1-294.
  5. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  8. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
  9. Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964-1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
  10. Moore, H. E., Jr. 1963. An annotated checklist of cultivated palms. Principes 7:164.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Zona, S. 1990. A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Aliso 12:627-628.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishPuerto Rican hat palm  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
EnglishPuerto Rican palmetto  1Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964-1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Spanishpalma de escoba  2Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2005. Monocotyledons and gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52:149.
Spanishpalma de sombrero  2Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964-1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic s.Zona, S. 1990. A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Aliso 12:627-628.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti s.Zona, S. 1990. A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Aliso 12:627-628.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico Zona, S. 1990. A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Aliso 12:627-628.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Anegada Zona, S. 1990. A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Aliso 12:627-628.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Dominican Republic (s.), Haiti (s.), United States [Puerto Rico], Virgin Islands (British) [Anegada]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Zona, S. 1990. A monograph of Sabal (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae). Aliso 12:627-628.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Center for Plant Conservation listed  Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
Environmentalornamental Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Materialsfiberfor making hats and other itemsLittle, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964-1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=103089. Accessed 10 May 2026.