Arecaceae
Pritchardia

Pritchardia flynnii Lorence & Gemmill

First published in Novon 14: 185 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Hawaiian Islands (Kauai). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Distribution
Wet forest on the eastern and southeastern slope of the Waialeale massif and Kahili ridge, Kauai, 500-1000 m elevation.
General Description
To 5 m tall: proximal margins of petiole with few fibers; leaf blade undulate, divided 1/4-1/2, abaxial surface completely covered with lepidia or nearly so, appearing silvery grayish white, segment tips stiff; inflorescences composed of 1 panicle, shorter than or equaling petioles in flower, equaling petioles or equaling leaf blades in fruit, panicles branched to 2 or 3 orders, rachillae clothed with dense, felt-like indumentum in flower, glabrous or with feltlike hairs in fruit; fruits 25-35 x 18-23 mm, ellipsoid to ovoid.
[PW]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/80228875/80228923

Conservation
EN - endangered
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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