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Laysan fan palm

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visited in 1896, all the palms had been killed. He blamed human activity, citing evidence of palm wood in charcoal. He noticed many remaining stumps, alluding to a population of several hundred decades before. Evidence of the palms was last observed in 1914 as "decaying remains".
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Few photos of the palms are known to exist, and they are not of sufficient quality to allow for identification. No physical collections are known to exist. Based on the photographic evidence, it has been suggested that the species was identical to
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The palms were known to be up to 15 feet tall. Schauinsland noticed stumps with a diameter up to 50 cm. He was told that the palms had huge fan-shaped leaves, long inflorescences, and long fruit racemes, leading to him identifying it as a
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Athens, John Stephen.; Ward, James V.; Blinn, Dean W. (2007). "Vegetation History of Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands".
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species are also known to be highly localized, which also supports the theory that the Laysan fan palm was a separate species.
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The palm was first accounted in 1828 by early visitors to Laysan island. Karl Izembek, surgeon of the Russian ship
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Schauinsland, Hugo H. (1996). "Three months on a coral island (Laysan) . Translated by Miklos D.F. Udvardy".
280:. The species was once widespread on the island. Dense forests were hypothesized to exist based on historic 294:(Nihoa fan palm). Another theory is that the Laysan fan palm was a separate species. This is supported by 257:, was the first to write of the species. In 1859, there was an account of 5 mature individuals remaining. 295: 207: 523: 325: 48: 298:, an observer of both the Laysan fan palm and the Nihoa fan palm, who claimed they were distinct. 435: 290: 68: 261: 425: 417: 387: 348: 340: 111: 457: 98: 517: 167: 124: 439: 483: 300: 276: 237: 177: 137: 30: 391: 281: 235:
is a not formally described, extinct species of palm most likely in the genus
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Christophersen, Erling; Caum, Edward Leonard (1 July 1931).
339:. Washington, D.C.: The Pacific Science Board: 1–14. 216: 193: 458:"Vascular Plants of the Leeward Islands, Hawaii" 482:Beccari, Odoardo; Rock, Joseph Francis (1921). 42:. Photographed sometime between 1891 and 1893. 8: 463:. Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum 492:Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 326:"The flora and vegetation of Laysan Island" 324:Lamoureux, Charles H. (15 November 1963). 29: 20: 429: 403: 401: 313: 451: 449: 319: 317: 7: 373: 371: 369: 484:"A Monographic Study of the Genus 245:, it had become extinct by 1896. 14: 72: 1: 241:. Endemic to the island of 16:Extinct species of fan palm 550: 534:Undescribed plant species 392:10.5479/si.00775630.432.1 213: 206: 69:Scientific classification 67: 55: 46: 37: 28: 23: 498:(1). Bishop Museum Press 345:10.5479/si.00775630.97.1 333:Atoll Research Bulletein 529:Extinct flora of Hawaii 380:Atoll Research Bulletin 422:10.1353/psc.2007.0001 296:George Campbell Munro 49:Conservation status 291:Pritchardia remota 262:Hugo Schauinsland 229: 228: 179:Pritchardia  62: 541: 508: 507: 505: 503: 479: 473: 472: 470: 468: 462: 453: 444: 443: 433: 405: 396: 395: 375: 364: 363: 361: 359: 330: 321: 223: 218: 195: 182: 77: 76: 61: 33: 24:Laysan fan palm 21: 549: 548: 544: 543: 542: 540: 539: 538: 514: 513: 512: 511: 501: 499: 481: 480: 476: 466: 464: 460: 455: 454: 447: 410:Pacific Science 407: 406: 399: 377: 376: 367: 357: 355: 328: 323: 322: 315: 310: 271: 251: 233:Laysan fan palm 225: 215: 202: 180: 71: 63: 51: 17: 12: 11: 5: 547: 545: 537: 536: 531: 526: 516: 515: 510: 509: 474: 445: 397: 365: 312: 311: 309: 306: 270: 267: 250: 247: 227: 226: 211: 210: 204: 203: 192: 190: 186: 185: 175: 171: 170: 165: 161: 160: 155: 151: 150: 145: 141: 140: 135: 128: 127: 122: 115: 114: 109: 102: 101: 96: 89: 88: 83: 79: 78: 65: 64: 56: 53: 52: 47: 44: 43: 35: 34: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 546: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 521: 519: 497: 493: 489: 487: 478: 475: 459: 452: 450: 446: 441: 437: 432: 427: 423: 419: 415: 411: 404: 402: 398: 393: 389: 385: 381: 374: 372: 370: 366: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 327: 320: 318: 314: 307: 305: 303: 302: 297: 293: 292: 285: 283: 279: 278: 268: 266: 263: 258: 256: 248: 246: 244: 240: 239: 234: 224: 221: 212: 209: 208:Binomial name 205: 201: 199: 191: 188: 187: 184: 183: 176: 173: 172: 169: 168:Trachycarpeae 166: 163: 162: 159: 156: 153: 152: 149: 146: 143: 142: 139: 136: 133: 130: 129: 126: 123: 120: 117: 116: 113: 110: 107: 104: 103: 100: 99:Tracheophytes 97: 94: 91: 90: 87: 84: 81: 80: 75: 70: 66: 59: 54: 50: 45: 41: 36: 32: 27: 22: 19: 502:14 September 500:. Retrieved 495: 491: 485: 477: 467:14 September 465:. Retrieved 416:(1): 17–37. 413: 409: 383: 379: 358:14 September 356:. Retrieved 336: 332: 299: 289: 286: 275: 272: 260:By the time 259: 254: 252: 236: 232: 230: 219: 214: 197: 196: 178: 131: 118: 105: 92: 60: (1896) 38:Fan palm on 18: 524:Pritchardia 486:Pritchardia 431:10125/22596 301:Pritchardia 277:Pritchardia 269:Description 238:Pritchardia 220:Pritchardia 138:Commelinids 112:Angiosperms 518:Categories 308:References 282:palynology 353:10125/582 189:Species: 158:Arecaceae 82:Kingdom: 440:36142596 386:: 1–53. 154:Family: 148:Arecales 125:Monocots 249:History 222:(?) sp. 200:(?) sp. 174:Genus: 164:Tribe: 144:Order: 86:Plantae 58:Extinct 438:  255:Moller 243:Laysan 40:Laysan 461:(PDF) 436:S2CID 329:(PDF) 132:Clade 119:Clade 106:Clade 93:Clade 504:2021 469:2021 360:2021 231:The 426:hdl 418:doi 388:doi 384:432 349:hdl 341:doi 181:(?) 520:: 494:. 490:. 448:^ 434:. 424:. 414:61 412:. 400:^ 382:. 368:^ 347:. 337:97 335:. 331:. 316:^ 284:. 198:P. 134:: 121:: 108:: 95:: 506:. 496:8 488:" 471:. 442:. 428:: 420:: 394:. 390:: 362:. 351:: 343:: 217:† 194:†

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Laysan
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Commelinids
Arecales
Arecaceae
Trachycarpeae
Pritchardia (?)
Binomial name
Pritchardia
Laysan
Hugo Schauinsland
Pritchardia
palynology
Pritchardia remota
George Campbell Munro
Pritchardia


"The flora and vegetation of Laysan Island"
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