Pritchardia macrocarpa Linden (1879:105)
Lo'ulu, Loulu
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Invalid (synonym of P. lowreyana) (POWO, 2018 fide Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2024)
The authority may be "Linden ex André".
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of P. lowreyana) (POWO, 2018 fide Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2024)
Considered Extinct in the Wild (Lucas & Synge, 1978:419) prior to synonymisation under P. lowreyana (Hodel, 2009; POWO, 2024).
Distribution
O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
André, E. (1879). Pritchardia macrocarpa, Linden. L'Illustr. Hort. 26: 105, t. 352.
Other references:
Beccari, Odoardo and Rock, Joseph Francis. (1921). A Monographic Study of the Genus Pritchardia. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 8(1): 3-77 [15,44-46,t.12,21], xxiv pls.
Govaerts, R. and Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Hillebrand, W. (1888). Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. London. p. 451.
Hodel, Donald R. (2007). A review of the genus Pritchardia. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 51(Suppl.): 1-53.
Hodel, Donald R. (2009). A new species of Pritchardia and the rediscovery of P. lowreyana on Oahu, Hawaii. Palms; Journal of the International Palm Society 53(4): 173-179.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Lucas, Grenville Llewellyn and Synge, Hugh (compilers). (1978). The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN. 540 pp. [pp. 419-420]
POWO. (2018). Plants of the World online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://e-monocot.org/.
POWO. (2024). Pritchardia lowreyana Rock ex Becc. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 13 February 2024]
https://studiamirabilium.com/2012/02/28/enigmatic-honolulu-palm-tree/