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.