A NEW NARROW, ENDEMIC SPECIES OF PRITCHARDIA (ARECACEAE) FROM KAUAI, HAWAIIAN-ISLANDS

A new, endemic species of the Pacific palm genus Pritchardia is descri bed. Pritchardia perlmanii is distinct morphologically from all other Pritchardia species by the combination of medium stature, tomentose pe tioles and prophylls, abaxially glabrous to sparsely lepidote leaf bla des, glabrous inflorescences with two orders of branching, and obovoid to pyriform fruits. Like many other Hawaiian species of Pritchardia, P. perlmanii has no sympatric congeners, is restricted to a single val ley, and is vulnerable to extinction.