Palm#

Carnaúba palm - Copernicia prunifera #

Leaf scars may be visible on the trunk.

Ceará, Brazil#
Distribution: around Ceará#

Babassu palm - Attalea speciosa #

Maranhão, Brazil#
Distribution: mainly in Maranhão#

Açaí palm - Euterpe oleracea #

Pará, Brazil#
Distribution: Eastern Amazonia#

Moriche palm - Mauritia flexuosa #

Acre, Brazil#
Distribution: Western Amazonia#

Caranday wax palm - Copernicia alba #

Chaco, Argentina#
Distribution: humid Chaco region#

Caranday palm - Trithrinax campestris #

Trunk fully hidden by dry dead leaf bases (coat)

Córdoba, Argentina#
Distribution: Sierras de Córdoba#

Yatay palm - Butia yatay #

Warning
Not really sure how to distinguish between Yatay palm, Macaw palm, and other similar species. Even GPT gives different answers depending on the angle of the same tree.

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil#
Distribution: around Corrientes#

Sabal yapa #

Weeping, lax crown of narrow, deeply split, drooping segments.

Yucatán, Mexico#
Distribution: Yucatán peninsula#

Sabal rosei #

Compared to Sabal mexicana: Usually slimmer. Crown a bit looser; you can “see through” gaps between petioles more easily.

Nayarit, Mexico#
Distribution: west coast of Mexico#

Sabal mexicana #

Compared to Sabal rosei: Very stout. Crown full, nearly spherical; leaves numerous and densely inserted.

Veracruz, Mexico#
Distribution: eastern Mexico#