Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Alakai Swamp Pritchardia, Pritchardia
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Tree
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 15-20' tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 6-8' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Arecidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Arecanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Arecales
()
- Bromhead, 1840
- Family:
Palmae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
()
- Tribe:
Trachycarpeae
()
- Genus:
Pritchardia
()
- B.C. Seemann & H. Wendland, in H. Wendland, 1862, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
minor
- Becc.
- Botanical name: - Pritchardia minor Becc.
- Specific epithet:
minor
- Becc.
- Genus:
Pritchardia
(
- Tribe:
Trachycarpeae
(
- Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
(
- Family:
Palmae
(
- Order:
Arecales
(
- Superorder:
Arecanae
(
- Subclass:
Arecidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Pritchardia brevicalyx Becc. & Rock • Pritchardia donata Caum • Pritchardia lowreyana var. turbinata Rock • Pritchardia macrocarpa L. Linden Ex André
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Nov-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pritchardia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. affinis (Hawai'i Pritchardia) · P. arecina (Maui Pritchardia) · P. aylmer-robinsonii aylmer-robinsonii (Wahane) · P. beccariana (Kilauea Pritchardia) · P. forbesiana (Pritchardia) · P. hardyi (Makaleha Pritchardia) · P. hillebrandii (Lo'ulu Lelo) · P. kaalae (Loulu) · P. lanaiensis (Lanai Pritchardia) · P. lanigera (Lo'ulu) · P. lowreyana (Molokai Pritchardia) · P. maideniana (Pritchardia) · P. martii (Koolau Range Pritchardia) · P. minor (Alakai Swamp Pritchardia) · P. munroi (Kamalo Pritchardia) · P. napaliensis (Loulu) · P. pacifica (Fiji Fan Palm) · P. remota (Loulu) · P. schattaueri (Lands of Papa Pritchardia) · P. thurstonii (Pritchardia) · P. viscosa (Loulu) · P. vuylstekeana (Pritchardia) · P. waialealeana (Poleline Pritchardia) · P. woodfordiana (Pritchardia)
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Further Reading
- Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Honolulu: [Bishop Museum Press], 1899-1949. url , , p. 11, p. 26, p. 61, p. 62, p. 71.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 14 2004 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 188, p. 20, p. 43, p. 66.
- The indigenous trees of the Hawaiian Islands / by Joseph F. Rock. Honolulu: J.F. Rock; 1913. url p. 100, p. 104, p. 105, p. 58.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 19, 2008:
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2662221
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-165556
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13754453
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669285-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 42487
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PRER
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 58167
