Pritchardia vuylstekeana H.Wendl. (1883:329)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Washingtonia vuylstekeana (H.Wendl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 737 (1891); Eupritchardia vluylstekeana (H.Wendl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 323 (1898); Styloma vuylstekeana (H.Wendl.) O.F.Cook in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 341 (1915); Pritchardia moensii Becc. in Malesia 3: 300 (1890); Pritchardia pericularum G.Nicholson in Ill. Dict. Gard. 3: 224 (1886); Washingtonia pericularum (G.Nicholson) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 737 (1891); Eupritchardia pericularum (G.Nicholson) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 323 (1898); Styloma pericularum (G.Nicholson) O.F.Cook in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 241 (1915)
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Prebble & Dowe, 2008:2563; POWO, 2024)
Distribution & Habitat
Tuamotu Archipelago (?)
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
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, xxiv pls.
Govaerts, R. and Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Hodel, D. (2007). A Review of the Genus Pritchardia. Palms 51(4): Special Supplement S 1-53.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 2 June 2024]
Prebble, Matthew and Dowe, John L. (2008). The late Quaternary decline and extinction of palms on Pacific islands. Quaternary Science Reviews 27(27-28): 2546-2567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.015
Wilder, G. P. (1934). The flora of Makatea CNV. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 120: 1-49.