Pritchardia limahuliensis
| Pritchardia limahuliensis | |
|---|---|
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| Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Genus: | Pritchardia |
| Species: | P. limahuliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pritchardia limahuliensis St John | |
Pritchardia limahuliensis, the Limahuli Valley pritchardia,[1] 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.
References
- ↑ "Pritchardia limahuliensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- Gemmill, C. (1998). Pritchardia viscosa. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 24 July 2006.
- National Tropical Botanical Garden: Pritchardia limahuliensis
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