''Pritchardia perlmanii'', the Waioli Valley pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is

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to the island of

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. It inhabits lowland mesic forests in the Waioli Valley at an elevation of . ''P. perlmanii'' reaches a height of and a trunk diameter of .

Etymology

The name of the plant honors two individuals; ''Pritchardia'' is dedicated to

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 official stationed in

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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.

References

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