Sabal

Palmetto; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to Recent (Campanian-Holocene),
	Sabal palmetto
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Sabaleae
Genus:	Sabal; Adans.
Type species
	Sabal adansonii; Guers.
Synonyms
	Inodes O.F.Cook;

Sabal is a genus of New World palms (or fan-palms). Currently, there are 17 recognized species of Sabal, including one hybrid species.