Pritchardia viscosa

taxobox
name = "Pritchardia viscosa"

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status = CR
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Pritchardia"
species = "P. viscosa"
binomial = "Pritchardia viscosa"
binomial_authority = Becc.|

"Pritchardia viscosa" (Lo'ulu or Stickybud Pritchardia) is an extremely rare endangered species of Pritchardia palm known only in the Kalihiwai Valley on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where it grows at 400-700 m altitude.

It is a medium-sized palm from 6-8 m tall, with palmate (fan-shaped) leaves about 1 m long. The fruit is produced in dense clusters, each fruit green, pear-shaped, 4 cm long and 2.5 cm diameter.

Like the related "Pritchardia remota" (Nihoa Fan Palm), it is susceptible to extiction by a single catastrophic event because of its wild population of four individuals. It is threatened by introduced rats, which eat the seeds. It has been cultivated to a moderate extent, but is exceptionally limited in its habitat.

External links

*IUCN2006|assessors=Gemmill, C.|year=1998|id=38655|title=Pritchardia viscosa|downloaded=24 July 2006
* [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Pritchardia/viscosa.html PACSOA: "Pritchardia viscosa"]
* [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/plants_and_algae/Pritchardia_viscosa/ ARKive: Images of life on Earth]