Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
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:
elliptica
- Rock & Caum
- Botanical name: - Pritchardia elliptica Rock & Caum
- Specific epithet:
elliptica
- Rock & Caum
- 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
(
Notes
The taxonomy is questionable. Govaerts and Dransfield (2005) treat this as an unplaced name (see Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. 2005. World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).[1].
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
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia elliptica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2773522
- IUCN ID: 236007
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963808
Footnotes
- Gemmill, C. 1998. Pritchardia elliptica. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
