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Makaleha pritchardia
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Tribe:	Trachycarpeae
Genus:	Pritchardia
Species:	P. hardyi
Binomial name
Pritchardia hardyi Rock

Pritchardia hardy, the Makaleha pritchardia, is a species of palm tree that is endemic to moist forests on the island of Kauaʻi at elevations below 2,000 feet (610 m). The trunk of this fast-growing species reaches a height of 80 feet (24 m), with a diameter of 1 foot (0.30 m). Its leaves are 3 feet (0.91 m) in length. In 1998 only 30 individuals remained in the wild along a single trail on Kauai. This is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

References

1. ^ Walsh, S.; Nyberg, B.; Wood, K. (2021). "Pritchardia hardyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T38646A83787564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T38646A83787564.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. NRCS. "Pritchardia hardyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 October 2015.
3. Riffle, Robert Lee; Paul Craft (2003). An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Timber Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0-88192-558-6.

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