Taxon: Serenoa repens (W. Bartram) Small

Genus:

Serenoa

Family:

Arecaceae (alt.Palmae)

Subfamily:

Coryphoideae

Tribe:

Trachycarpeae

Subtribe:

Livistoninae

Nomen number:

103108

Place of publication:

J. New York Bot. Gard. 27:197, t. 1-4. 1926

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

07-nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-may-2011

Species priority site is:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Chamaerops serrulata Michx.
Basionym: Corypha repens W. Bartram
(=) Sabal dealbata hort. ex L. H. Bailey, nom. inval.
(=) Sabal serrulata (Michx.) Nutt. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
(=) Serenoa serrulata (Michx.) G. Nicholson

Common names:

saw-palmetto (Source: Hortus 3) - English
scrub-palmetto (Source: Hortus 3) - English
Sägezahnpalme (Source: Zander Ency) - German
Strauchpalmettopalme (Source: Zander Ency) - German
sågpalmetto (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
Medicines: folklore (fide Ency CNatIn; F NAmer; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama (s.), Florida, Georgia (s.e.), Louisiana (s.e.), Mississippi (s.), South Carolina]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- (Eur Gard F)

Check other web resources for Serenoa repens (W. Bartram) Small :

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103108. Accessed 13 junio 2026.