| Pritchardia limahuliensis | |
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| Specimen growing in the Limahuli Garden and Preserve. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Tribe: | Trachycarpeae |
| Genus: | Pritchardia |
| Species: | P. limahuliensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pritchardia limahuliensis St John
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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.
It is a medium-sized palm, growing to 10 m tall, with palmate (fan-shaped) leaves.
- ^ Gemmill, C. (1998). "Pritchardia limahuliensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38741A10147180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38741A10147180.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pritchardia limahuliensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.