Pritchardia thurstonii

taxobox

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status = LR/nt
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Arecales
familia = Arecaceae
genus = "Pritchardia"
species = "P. thurstonii"
binomial = "Pritchardia thurstonii"
binomial_authority = F. Muell. & Drude|

"Pritchardia thurstonii" is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.It is endemic to Fiji.It is threatened by habitat loss.

It is sometimes known as the Thurston's Palm or the Lau Fan Palm and is named after a former Fijian Governor John Bates Thurston.

References

* Fuller, D. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/38654/all Pritchardia thurstonii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
* Palms and Cycad Society of Australia [http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Pritchardia/thurstonii.html]
* Desert Tropicals [http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Palm/Pritchardia_thurstonii.html]