Pritchardia hardyi

Makaleha pritchardia
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Tribe:	Corypheae
Subtribe:	Livistoninae
Genus:	Pritchardia
Species:	P. hardyi
Binomial name
	Pritchardia hardyi; Rock

Pritchardia hardy, the Makaleha pritchardia,^[1] is a species of palm tree that is endemic to moist forests on the island of Kauaʻi at elevations below 2,000 feet (610 m). The trunk of this fast-growing species reaches a height of 80 feet (24 m), with a diameter of 1 foot (0.30 m). Its leaves are 3 feet (0.91 m) in length.^[2] In 1998 only 30 individuals remained in the wild along a single trail on Kauai.^[3] This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pritchardia hardyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ Riffle, Robert Lee; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6.
^ Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia hardyi. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2011.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pritchardia hardyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.

[2] Riffle, Robert Lee; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6.

[iucn-3] Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia hardyi. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2011.

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