endemicAsparagaceae
Beaucarnea recurvata
Elephant's-foot
Endemic to Hawaiʻinative
Found naturally nowhere else on Earth.
Beaucarnea recurvata (elephant's foot, ponytail palm) is a species of plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to the states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz and San Luis Potosí in eastern Mexico. Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true palms (Arecaceae). It has become popular in Europe and worldwide as an ornamental plant. There are 350-year-old Beaucarneas registered in Mexico.
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Where documented · 35 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 71 · GBIF 7 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 6 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 16
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 2
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 2
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 2
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hōlualoa 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Papalele · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kākiʻo · MauiiNat 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻĀinakea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1
Kalāheo · KauaʻiGBIF 1