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Pritchardia limahuliensis, the Limahuli Valley pritchardia,[2] is a 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, Hawaii, where it is now being conserved. It is threatened by introduced rats, which eat the seeds.

Pritchardia limahuliensis
Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Tribe:	Trachycarpeae
Genus:	Pritchardia
Species:	P. limahuliensis
Binomial name
Pritchardia limahuliensis St John

It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 10 m tall, with palmate (fan-shaped) leaves.

References

• National Tropical Botanical Garden: Pritchardia limahuliensis^{[permanent dead link]}

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