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Pritchardia
The genus
Pritchardia
(Family
Arecaceae
) consists of between 24-40 species of fan palms (tribe
Corypheae
) found on tropical
Pacific Ocean
islands
in
Fiji
,
Samoa
,
Tonga
,
Tuamotus
, and most diversely in
Hawaii
. The generic name honors
William Thomas Pritchard
(1829-1907), a British consul at
Fiji
.
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