Pritchardia tahuatana Butaud & Hodel (2017:140)
vahane (Tahuata), vahake (Nuku Hiva)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Prebble & Dowe, 2008) or Extinct in the Wild (Butaud & Hodel, 2017:144)
Distribution
Fatuiva & Tahuata (& Nuku Hiva?), Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Remains of Pritchardia seeds have been found on Nuku Hiva that cannot be diagnosed to species level, which are possibly referable to this species (Allen et al., 2022).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Butaud, Jean-François and Hodel, Donald R. (2017). A new species of Pritchardia from the Marquesas Islands with notes on the genus in French Polynesia. Palms 61(3): 139-154.
Other references:
Allen, Melinda S., Lewis, Tara and Porch, Nick. (2022). Lost bioscapes: Floristic and arthropod diversity coincident with 12th century Polynesian settlement, Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. PLoS ONE 17(3): e0265224. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265224
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https://merwinconservancy.org/2017/10/featured-palm-pritchardia-tahuatana/