Pritchardia limahuliensis

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Pritchardia limahuliensis
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Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Pritchardia
Species:
P. limahuliensis
Binomial name
Pritchardia limahuliensis
St John

Pritchardia limahuliensis, the Limahuli Valley pritchardia, [2] is a palm native to Hawaii. It is a rare species, only discovered in 1977 by staff of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve, Kauai, Hawaii, where it is now being conserved. It is threatened by introduced rats, which eat the seeds.

It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 10 m tall, with palmate (fan-shaped) leaves.

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References

  1. Gemmill, C. (1998). "Pritchardia viscosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2006.
  2. "Pritchardia limahuliensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 14 October 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)