Pritchardia perlmanii

Pritchardia perlmanii, the Waiʻoli Valley pritchardia,[2] is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii, United States. It inhabits lowland mesic forests in the Waiʻoli Valley at an elevation of 420–850 m (1,380–2,790 ft). P. perlmanii reaches a height of 10 m (33 ft) and a trunk diameter of 30 cm (12 in).[3]

Waiʻoli Valley pritchardia
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. perlmanii
Binomial name
Pritchardia perlmanii
Gemmill

Etymology

The name of the plant honors two individuals; Pritchardia is dedicated to William Thomas Pritchard (1829–1907), a British official stationed in Fiji in the 19th century (later the British consul in Fiji), an adventurer, and author of Polynesian Reminiscences in 1866. The specific epithet perlmanii honors Steven Perlman, a botanist with the National Tropical Botanical Garden who was first to notice the unique features of this species of palm.[4]

References
  1. Rønsted, N.; Nyberg, D.; Wood, K. (2021). "Pritchardia perlmanii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T38742A83787962. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T38742A83787962.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pritchardia perlmanii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. "Pritchardia perlmanii (Arecaceae)". Meet the Plants. National Tropical Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  4. "Pritchardia perlmanii". palmpedia.net. July 13, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.


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