Table 2.

List of the Pritchardia morphological characters that were included in analysis 2

Character	Character State
1. Hastula shape	0 = rounded
	1 = triangular, apiculate
2. Degree of panicle branching	0 = two orders
	1 = three orders
3. Inflorescence length	0 = shorter than petioles
	1 = equal
	2 = longer than petioles
4. Petiole fiber density	0 = scare to moderate
	1 = abundant
5. Abaxial leaf blade folds	0 = glaucous
	1 = cottony, mealy indumentum
6. Abaxial leaf blade cover	0 = green
	1 = silvery-gray
7. Leaf blade shape	0 = nearly circular
	1 = diamond
8. Leaf blade with waxy, glaucous bloom	0 = absent
	1 = present
9. Leaf blade surface	0 = flat
	1 = nearly flat, undulate
10. Leaf tips	0 = drooping
	1 = stiff
11. Lepidia density	0 = absent
	1 = incompletely covered
	2 = completely covered
12. Rachillae tomentum	0 = glabrous
	1 = velutinous
	2 = floccose, lanate
13. Rachillae viscosity	0 = absent
	1 = present
14. Style - ovary ratio	0 = equal
	1 = style longer
	2 = style shorter
15. Outer calyx venation	0 = absent
	1 = conspicuous
	2 = present near opening with finer lines
16. Calyx indumentum	0 = glabrous
	1 = tomentose
	2 = viscous
17. Fruit ridges	0 = absent
	1 = present
18. Fruit shape	0 = globose
	1 = ellipsoid
	2 = ovoid
	3 = obovoid
	4 = oblate
19. Fruit length	0 = < 3 cm
	1 = > 3 cm

Characters states were identified from herbarium specimens at BISH, NY, PTBG, and US and derived from the most recent review of the genus [30].