Arecaceae

Pritchardia Seem. & H.Wendl.

First published in Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 197 (1862), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SW. & Central Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Marquesas, Tonga, Tuamotu

Introduced into:

Marshall Is., Niue, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hodel, D.R. (2007). A review of the genus Pritchardia. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 51(Suppl.): 1-53.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield & N. Uhl & C. Asmussen & W.J. Baker & M. Harley & C. Lewis, Genera Palmarum. The evolution and classification of palms. 2008

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Florence [10178] French Polynesia K000030226 No
Mar 7, 1980 Harris, S.A. [TP538] Guyana K000462645 No
Nov 14, 1972 Gaudichaud [s.n.] K000462622 Yes
McKee, H.S. [HM43929] New Caledonia K000707346 No
Degener, O.; Greenwell; Murashige [19693] K000462620 No
Degener, O.; Greenwell; Murashige [19693] K000462621 No
Stoddart, D.R. [897] K000462644 No
Cultivated [219-83.21901] K000462641 No
Moore, H.E. United States K:SPC-44360.000 No
McKee, H.S. [HM21187] New Caledonia K000707351 No
Cultivated [8800] Guyana K000462604 Yes
Chapin, M.H.; Flynn, T.W. [057] United States K:SPC-70040.000 No
Chapin, M.H.; Flynn, T.W. [57] K000030230 No
Cultivated [8800] Guyana K000462605 Yes
Spencer, S. [s.n.] K000462619 No
Cultivated [8800] Guyana K000462603 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0