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Plant Profile

Lo`ulu (Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii)

Global Rank: T1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Arecaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 141016
Lifeform: Tree
Categories of Interest: Palms
Date Inducted in National Collection: 03/05/1993

Description:

palm family

Where is Lo`ulu (Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii) located in the wild?

Habitat:

rugged and steep area where it receives some protection from grazing animals

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Lo`ulu can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Lo`ulu (Pritchardia aylmer-robinsonii)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

The Huntington

Not Sponsored

Assigned 10/30/23

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Endemic to the island of Ni'ihau, Hawai'i. Although the status of this taxon in the wild is uncertain, it is believed that 2 individuals still survive. Many additional individuals are in cultivation. The island of Ni'ihau has been extensively modified by ranching, feral undulates, and alien plants. Rats are known to feed on the fruits of Hawaiian Pritchardia, and are present on Niihau, thus posing a potential threat.

01/01/2010

cattle, pigs, and sheep naturally occurring events and/or reduced reproductive vigor due to the small number of reproductive plants

01/01/2010

two plants on Kaali Cliff (Read and Hodel 1990)