Overview
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Interesting Facts
- The Loulu Palm leaves can be used for weaving hats, and its immature seeds used as food.
- Pritchardia is the only palm genus native to Hawaii.
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Bo Li Cha De Zong
Common Names in English:
Loulu, Nihoa Pritchardia, Pritchardia, Pritchardia´s Fan Palm, Wahane
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Tree
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 15-20' tall.
Habitat
Ecology: A palm tree of dry lowland scrub . (Ref. 88936)
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 8-10' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Liliopsida
()
- Order:
Arecales
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
()
- Tribe:
Corypheae
()
- Genus:
Pritchardia
()
- Seem. and H.Wendl.
- Specific epithet:
remota
- (Kuntze) Becc.
- Botanical name: - Pritchardia remota (Kuntze) Becc.
- Specific epithet:
remota
- (Kuntze) Becc.
- Genus:
Pritchardia
(
- Tribe:
Corypheae
(
- Subfamily:
Coryphoideae
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Arecales
(
- Class:
Liliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Pritchardia remota Becc.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Place of publication
: Malesia 3:294. 1890
Name verified on 15-Mar-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pritchardia
There are approximately 42 species in this genus:
P. affinis (Hawai'i Pritchardia) · P. arecina (Maui Pritchardia) · P. aurea · P. aylmer-robinsonii · P. aylmer-robinsonii aylmer-robinsonii · P. beccariana (Kilauea Pritchardia) · P. elliptica · P. eriostachys · P. flynnii · P. forbesiana (Pritchardia) · P. glabrata · P. grandis · P. hardyi (Makaleha Pritchardia) · P. hillebrandi · P. hillebrandii (Lo'ulu Lelo) · P. kaalae (Loulu) · P. lanaiensis (Lanai Pritchardia) · P. lanigera (Lo'ulu) · P. limahuliensis · P. lowreyana (Molokai Pritchardia) · P. maideniana (Pritchardia) · P. martidoides · P. martii (Koolau Range Pritchardia) · P. minor (Alakai Swamp Pritchardia) · P. mitiaroana · P. munroi (Kamalo Pritchardia) · P. munroii · P. napaliensis · P. pacifica (Fiji Fan Palm) · P. pericularum · P. perlmanii · P. remota (Loulu) · P. robusta · P. schattaueri (Lands of Papa Pritchardia) · P. thurstoni · P. thurstonii (Pritchardia) · P. viscosa (Loulu) · P. vuylstekeana (Pritchardia) · P. wadauensis · P. waialealeana (Poleline Pritchardia) · P. woodfordiana (Pritchardia) · P. wrightii
Bibliography
- Johnson, D. et al. 1997. Completed data collection forms for palms.
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants - on-line resource. (US Fish & Wildl List)
- Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. (F Hawaii)
- Wagner, W. L. et al. 1999. Hawaiian vascular plants at risk:1999. Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 60:53.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia glabrata. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia napaliensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Gemmill, C. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 30, 2008)
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2662223
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-165567
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13754449
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:669290-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 416399
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 42490
- IUCN ID: 38652
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: Q1JS
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PRRER
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 55218
