Pritchardia limahuliensis
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.
| Pritchardia limahuliensis | |
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| Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 10 m tall, with palmate (fan-shaped) leaves.
References
- Gemmill, C. (1998). "Pritchardia viscosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2006.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Pritchardia limahuliensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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