Pritchardia hardyi NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.
ITIS Reports — ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.Pritchardia hardy, the Makaleha pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to moist forests on the island of Kauaʻi at elevations below 2,000 feet. The trunk of this fast-growing species reaches a height of 80 feet, with a diameter of 1 foot. Its leaves are 3 feet in length. In 1998 only 30 individuals remained in the wild along a single trail on Kauai. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. is distinctive in its leaf blades completely covered abaxially with lepidia, inflorescences equaling to exceeding the leaf blades in flowers and exceeding them in fruit, and small fruits. It is similar to P. viscosa but the latter differs in its viscous panicles and inflorescences shorter than the petioles.
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