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Pritchardia flynnii
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{{PalmSpeciesHeader}} __NOTOC__ <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-5 columns"> [[File:Pritchardia_flynnii.jpg|frame|Figure 1. ''P. flynnii'']] </div> <div class="small-0 large-7 columns"> ===Distribution & Habitat:=== Growing along ridges in Kauai at around 700 metres elevation. ===Description:=== A medium sized palm resembling ''P. hardyi'', it has a trunk up to 7 metres, a crown with 10-26 leaves, small leaf blades less than 1 metres long, densely covered underneath with pale brown or grey scales (see Fig 2), and smooth ovoid/ellipsoid fruits which are purple black when ripe, 14-18 mm long and 9-12 mm wide when dry. ===General:=== ''P. flynii'' was discovered in 1999 and described by Lorence and Gemmill in 2004. ===Conservation Status:=== As there are only 350 to 400 palms left in habitat, it is considered threatened. ===Culture:=== As yet unknown in cultivation. </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="small-0 large-6 columns"> [[File:Pritchardia_flynnii02.jpg|frame|Figure 2. ''P. flynnii'' showing underside of leaf and fruit.]] </div> </div> ===References: === "Pritchardia flynii, a new Endemic Species from Kauai", Lorence and Gemmill, Novon 14 2004 ===Contributed by: === Chris King (Text).<br/> David H. Lorence, '''National Tropical Botanical Garden''' (Figure 1&2). ===External Links:=== [https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Pritchardia%20flynnii Kew], [https://www.palmweb.org//?q=cdm_dataportal/taxon/59cd5eb9-e34d-4a82-aacc-10552870c979 PalmWeb], [https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=Pritchardia+flynnii JSTOR], [https://www.trebrown.com/plant_info.php?species=Pritchardia+flynnii Trebrown] </p> [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Pritchardia+flynnii%22&num=10&sa=Google+Search Google], [https://images.google.com/images?q=%22Pritchardia+flynnii%22&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search GoogleImages], [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Pritchardia+flynnii Flickr], [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Pritchardia+flynnii%22%20site:https://www.palmtalk.org/&sa=Google+Search PalmTalk] <p> [[Category:Pritchardia|flynnii]] [[Category:Palm|Pritchardia_flynnii]]
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