The genus ''Pritchardia'' (family

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) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily

Coryphoideae The Coryphoideae is one of five subfamilies in the palm family, Arecaceae. It contains all of the genera with palmate leaves, excepting ''Mauritia'', ''Mauritiella'' and ''Lepidocaryum,'' all of subfamily Calamoideae, tribe Lepidocaryeae, subtr ...

) found on tropical

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islands in

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, Tuamotus, and most diversely in

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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William Thomas Pritchard William Thomas Pritchard (13 October 1829 – 1 November 1907) was a British consul and adventurer. Pritchard was born in Papeete, Tahiti, the son of George Pritchard and Eliza Aileen. He was educated in Britain before returning to join his fat ...

(1829-1907), a British consul at

Description

These palms vary in height, ranging from . The leaves are fan-shaped (''costapalmate'') and the trunk columnar, naked, smooth or fibrous, longitudinally grooved, and obscurely ringed by leaf scars. The flowers and subsequent fruit are borne in a terminal cluster with simple or compound branches of an arcuate or pendulous

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

that (in some species) is longer than the leaves.

Species

There are 29 known species, of which 19 are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

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, with the remainder on other

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groups. * ''

Pritchardia affinis ''Pritchardia affinis'', the Hawai'i pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Wild populations currently exist on the leeward side of the Island of Hawaii. It was most likely cultivated by Native Hawaiia ...

Becc. Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbrevi ...

– Hawaii Pritchardia ( Island of Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia arecina The genus ''Pritchardia'' (family Arecaceae) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaii. The generic name ho ...

'' Becc. – Maui Pritchardia (

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii ''Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii'' is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the island of Niihau, Hawaii, United States. It inhabits coastal dry forests at an elevation of . ''P. aylmer-robinsonii'' reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of ...

'' H.St.John ( Niihau,

) * ''

Pritchardia beccariana ''Pritchardia beccariana'', the Kilauea pritchardia, or Beccari's loulu, is a species of palm tree in the genus ''Pritchardia'' that is endemic to wet forests on the eastern part of the island of Hawaii, near Hilo. Description This species reac ...

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– Kilauea Pritchardia (Island of Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia flynnii The genus ''Pritchardia'' (family Arecaceae) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaii. The generic name ho ...

'' * ''

Pritchardia forbesiana ''Pritchardia forbesiana'', the Mt. Eke pritchardia, is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about ...

'' Rock – Mt. Eke Pritchardia (Maui, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia glabrata ''Pritchardia glabrata'' is a species of palm tree. It is endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is ...

'' Becc. & Rock (Maui, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia hardyi ''Pritchardia hardy'', the Makaleha pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to moist forests on the island of Kauai at elevations below . The trunk of this fast-growing species reaches a height of , with a diameter of . Its lea ...

'' Rock – Makaleha Pritchardia (

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, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia hillebrandii The genus ''Pritchardia'' (family Arecaceae) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaii. The generic name ...

'' (Kuntze) Becc. (Native range uncertain, but believed to be

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, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia kaalae ''Pritchardia kaalae'', also known as Waianae Range pritchardia or loulu palm, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the western part of the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It grows near springs in the dry forests on the Waianae Range at ele ...

'' Rock – Waianae Range Pritchardia (

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, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia lanaiensis ''Pritchardia lanaiensis'', the Lānai pritchardia, is a species of fan palm that is endemic to Hawaii in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a ...

'' Becc. & Rock – Lānai Pritchardia ( Lānai, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia lanigera'' Becc. (Island of Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia limahuliensis ''Pritchardia limahuliensis'', the Limahuli Valley pritchardia, is a Arecaceae, 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, H ...

'' H.St.John (Kauai, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia lowreyana'' Rock – Molokai Pritchardia (Molokai, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia maideniana'' (Unknown origin, possibly Fiji or Tonga) * ''

Pritchardia martii The genus ''Pritchardia'' (family Arecaceae) consists of between 24 and 40 species of fan palms (subfamily Coryphoideae) found on tropical Pacific Ocean islands in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuamotus, and most diversely in Hawaii. The generic name ho ...

'' (Gaud.) H.Wendl – Koolau Range pritchardia (syn. ''P. gaudichaudii'') (Oahu, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia minor'' Becc. – Alakai Swamp Pritchardia (Kauai, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia mitiaroana ''Pritchardia mitiaroana'', the Mitiaro fan palm or ''Iniao'' is a species of palm tree that is native to the island of Mitiaro in the Cook Islands. It grows on karst limestone on the island's ''makatea'' (fossilised uplifted reef), and grows to ...

'' Dransfield & Ehrhardt ( Mitiaro,

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) * ''

Pritchardia munroi ''Pritchardia munroi'', the Kamalo pritchardia, is a species of fan palm that is endemic to Hawaii in the United States. It is found in dry forests on the eastern (leeward) side of the island of Molokai. The specific epithet In taxonom ...

'' Rock – Kamalo Pritchardia (Molokai, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia napaliensis'' H.St.John (Kauai, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia pacifica ''Pritchardia pacifica'', the Fiji fan palm, or piu, is a species of palm tree in the genus ''Pritchardia'' that is native to Tonga. It is also found on Fiji, Samoa, and the Marquesas however these populations are likely to be human introduction ...

'' Seem. & H.Wendl. (

) * '' Pritchardia pericularum'' * ''

Pritchardia perlmanii ''Pritchardia perlmanii'', the Waioli Valley pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii, United States. It inhabits lowland mesic forests in the Waioli Valley at an elevation of . ''P. perlmanii' ...

'' Gemmill (Kauai, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia remota ''Pritchardia remota'', the Nihoa pritchardia, Nihoa fan palm, or Loulu, is a species of palm endemic on the island of Nihoa, Hawaii, and later transplanted to the island of Laysan. It is a smaller tree than most other species of ''Pritchardia'' ...

'' Becc. – Nihoa Pritchardia (

Nihoa Nihoa (; haw, Nīhoa ), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of N ...

, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia schattaueri'' Hodel – Giant Pritchardia (Island of Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia thurstonii ''Pritchardia thurstonii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Fiji, in particular the Lau Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is sometimes known as the Thurston's palm or the Lau fan palm and is n ...

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& Drude (Fiji) * ''

Pritchardia viscosa ''Pritchardia viscosa'', the stickybud pritchardia or loulu, is an extremely rare endangered species of ''Pritchardia'' palm that is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It inhabits open wet forests in the Kalihiwai Valley, where it gro ...

'' Becc. – Stickybud Pritchardia (Kauai, Hawaii) * '' Pritchardia vuylstekeana'' * ''

Pritchardia waialealeana ''Pritchardia waialealeana'', the poleline pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii, United States. It inhabits wet forests on the slopes of Mount Waialeale Mount Waialeale is a shield volca ...

'' R.W.Read (Kauai, Hawaii) * ''

Pritchardia woodfordiana ''Pritchardia woodfordiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Solomon Islands. It may be a form of ''Pritchardia pacifica ''Pritchardia pacifica'', the Fiji fan palm, or piu, is a species of palm tre ...

'' (

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)

Formerly placed here

* '' Licuala grandis'' (hort. ex W. Bull) H.Wendl. (as ''P. grandis'' hort. ex W. Bull) (Vanuatu) * ''

Washingtonia filifera ''Washingtonia filifera'', the desert fan palm, California fan palm, or California palm,Flora of North America Association. ''Flora of North America: North of Mexico Volume 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in Part), and Zi ...

'' (Linden ex André) H.Wendl. (as ''P. filamentosa'' H.Wendl. ex Franceschi or ''P. filifera'' Linden ex André) (Southwestern United States and Baja California)

References

Kew Palms Checklist: ''Pritchardia''

External links

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Description

Species

Formerly placed here

See also

References

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