Lo'Ulu Lelo (Pritchardia hillebrandii)
Description
Origin and Habitat: Pritchardia hillebrandii is endemic of Moloka-i, Hawaii islands, USA. Habitat: It grows in dry forest near sea level, only about 300 Pritchardia hillebrandii are said to survive a top to Huelo an Islet rising from the ocean just off the windward coast of Moloka-i, and a few other trees exist on nearby M-kapu Islet this is let due to the absence of rats and goats. Up to 1970's a few palm were reported in the valleys at the base of the sea cliffs of north coast of Moloka-i, but today they are extinct.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Arecales
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Family: Arecaceae
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Genus: Pritchardia
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