Pritchardia limahuliensis
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| Pritchardia limahuliensis | |
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| File:Pritchardia limahuliensis (Limahuli Garden and Preserve).JPG | |
| Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Pritchardia |
| Species: | P. limahuliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pritchardia limahuliensis St John
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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.
References
- ↑ Gemmill, C. (1998). "Pritchardia limahuliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38741A10147180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38741A10147180.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ NRCS. "Pritchardia limahuliensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 October 2015.
