Arecaceae
Pritchardia

Pritchardia pacifica Seem. & H.Wendl.

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 197 (1862)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tonga (Vava'u). It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Tonga

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Fiji, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Niue, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hodel, D.R. (2007). A review of the genus Pritchardia. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 51(Suppl.): 1-53.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Watling, D. (2005). Palms of the Fiji Islands: 1-191. Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd., Suva.
  • Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • Hodel, D. 2007. A Review of the Genus Pritchardia. Palms 51(4): Special Supplement S 1-53.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hodel, D.R. (2007). A review of the genus Pritchardia. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 51(Suppl.): 1-53.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Watling, D. (2005). Palms of the Fiji Islands: 1-191. Environmental Consultants (Fiji) Ltd., Suva.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 22, 1998 Cultivated [1952-35501] K000462636 No
Dec 22, 1998 s.coll. [s.n.] Fiji K:SPC-78164.000 No
Jan 29, 1975 Harris, S.A. [TP533] Guyana K000462640 No
Jan 1, 1965 Whitmore, T. [BSIP4388] Solomon Islands K000462633 No
Jan 1, 1965 Whitmore, T. [BSIP4388] Solomon Islands K000462635 No
Jan 1, 1965 Whitmore, T. [BSIP4388] Solomon Islands K000030231 No
Jan 1, 1965 Whitmore, T. [BSIP4388] Solomon Islands K000462634 No
Jan 1, 1965 Whitmore, T. [BSIP4388] Solomon Islands K000462583 Yes
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462596 No
Deighton, J.C. [2926] Sierra Leone K000462631 No
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462599 Yes
Thurston, J.B. [s.n.] Fiji K000462587 Yes
Curry, P. [1388] Vanuatu K000030221 No
Moore, H.E. [9581] K:SPC-44356.000 No
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Tonga K000462590 Yes
illegible [s.n.] India K000462629 No
Fiji K:SPC-61780.000 No
Matthew, K.M. [RHT30938] India K000462637 No
Seemann, B.C. [659] Fiji K000462221 Holotype Yes
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Tonga K000462588 Yes
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462594 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [4452] Trinidad and Tobago K000462638 No
Powell [17] Samoa K000030219 No
Crosby, C.S. [258] Tonga K000462606 Yes
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462598 Yes
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Tonga K000462589 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [2926] Sierra Leone K000462630 No
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Tonga K000462592 Yes
Seemann, B.C. [659] Fiji K000030234 Holotype Yes
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462595 Yes
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Tonga K000462591 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [SFN30947] Indonesia K000462639 No
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462597 Yes
Christophersen [2842] Samoa K000462632 No
Woodford, C.M. [H2670-13] K000462593 Yes
Parks, H.E. [16374] Tonga K000462600 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0