Ecological Studies of the Cabbage Palm, Sabal palmetto. III. Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment
Brown KE. 1976. Ecological Studies of the Cabbage Palm, Sabal palmetto. III. Seed Germination and Seedling Establishment. Palms. 20(3):98-115
The majority of germination studies in palms have been on commercial species, especially the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq. (Hussey, 1958; Rees, 1961, 1962, 1963). Germination studies on wild palms are few in the literature. Bannister ( 1970) studied germination in the sierra palm, Prestoea montana (Graham) Nicholson (as Euterpe globosa), in growth chambers and in a Puerto Rican rain forest. Read ( 1968) presented data for the Caribbean genus Pseudophoenix H. Wendland ex Sargent. Germination data for other wild palms have been reported in several popular journals; however, none were scientific studies. The inherent capabilities of seeds and their interaction with environmental factors determine the success or failure of the germination system. Both internal seed factors and external physical factors (Mayer and Poljakoff-Mayber, 1963) were investigated to determine the germination system in Sabal palmetto.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Brown, Kyle
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Coastal forest, Germination, Landscape Ecology, Pollination, Seedlings