Pritchardia

The NWHI provide habitat for 23 threatened and endangered species, most found nowhere else in the world, such as the Nihoa Finch and a species of loulu or palm called Pritchardia remota.

Hawaii Reporter 2009

David Burney showed that on Kauai, rats are still playing an important role in the gradual extirpation of our native palm Pritchardia, a few of which persist on Mokapu.

Polynesian rats of Mokapu: is there a statute of limitations for introduced species? AYDIN 2008

Similarly, the native Pritchardia palms were (and are) still surviving in a few places, but in greatly reduced numbers from their original status (pollen analysis and other evidence indicates that they were once abundant in the lowlands, where they now exist, if at all, in very small numbers).

Is there a statute of limitations for introduced species on Hawaii?—A reader’s response AYDIN 2008

So extinction due to R. exulans probably wasn't an instantaneous event, but rather a process that was and is still continuing; each generation, fewer Pritchardia seeds escape the rats and thus fewer reach maturity to replace their forebears.

Is there a statute of limitations for introduced species on Hawaii?—A reader’s response AYDIN 2008

Similarly, the native Pritchardia palms were (and are) still surviving in a few places, but in greatly reduced numbers from their original status (pollen analysis and other evidence indicates that they were once abundant in the lowlands, where they now exist, if at all, in very small numbers).

Archive 2008-06-01 AYDIN 2008

If R. exulans is the only rat on Mokapu, then eradicating it may well lead to a resurgence in the island's Pritchardia population.

Polynesian rats of Mokapu: is there a statute of limitations for introduced species? AYDIN 2008

So extinction due to R. exulans probably wasn't an instantaneous event, but rather a process that was and is still continuing; each generation, fewer Pritchardia seeds escape the rats and thus fewer reach maturity to replace their forebears.

Archive 2008-06-01 AYDIN 2008

Uplifted limestone areas support a dense, tall forest dominated by Pisonia grandis, Pandanus tectorius, Ficus prolixa, Homalium moua, Guettarda speciosa, and the endemic palm Pritchardia vuyltekeana on Makatea Island.

Tuamotu tropical moist forests 2007

Pritchardia (Thurston and Fiji fan palms): death of spear leaf is first symptom.

naplesnews.com Stories 2010

Pritchardia (Thurston and Fiji fan palms): death of spear leaf is first symptom.

naplesnews.com Stories 2010