Sabal uresana Trel. is a plant in the Arecaceae family, order Arecales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Sabal uresana Trel.

Sabal uresana Trel.

Sabal uresana, the Sonoran palmetto, is a threatened palm native to northwestern Mexico, the only known host of Hemipeplus pollocki.

Family
Genus
Sabal
Order
Arecales
Class
Liliopsida

About Sabal uresana Trel.

Sabal uresana Trel., commonly called the Sonoran palmetto, is a species of palm tree. It is native to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico, where it occurs in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora. This species' specific epithet "uresana" references Ures, a town in Sonora that lies within the plant's native range. Sabal uresana is currently threatened by habitat loss. It is the only confirmed host plant for the species Hemipeplus pollocki.

Photo: (c) Eric Hough, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric Hough · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Arecales Arecaceae Sabal

More from Arecaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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