Pritchardia limahuliensis

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Pritchardia limahuliensis
Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Arecales Family: Arecaceae Genus: Pritchardia Species: P. limahuliensis
Binomial name
Pritchardia limahuliensis St.John

Pritchardia limahuliensis 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.

[edit] References

• Gemmill, C. (1998). Pritchardia viscosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 24 July 2006.
• National Tropical Botanical Garden: Pritchardia limahuliensis