Pritchardia schattaueri is a large palm tree that can grow 30–40 meters tall. The trunk is gray, longitudinally grooved, and about 30 cm in diameter. The leaves are simple and spirally arranged around the trunk. The lower surfaces of the leaves are glossy green and feature scattered, small, pale brown, elliptic to circular scales. The veins run parallel, and the leaves are petiolate, meaning they have a leafstalk connecting them to the stem. Stipules are absent. The inflorescences emerge with 2–4 axes from the base, each ending in a panicle. The overall length of the inflorescence ranges from 120–175 cm, with panicles measuring 24–32 cm long. The branches in the upper part of the panicle are simple, while the lower part divides into 3–5 branchlets. The bracts are long-lanceolate, with the lower bracts reaching up to 60 cm and covered with pale brown wooly hairs. The flowers are bisexual (perfect) and sessile. The calyx is cupular and shallowly 3-lobed, often either prominently nerved or smooth when dry. The corolla consists of three petals that are basally adnate to the staminal filament tube up to the height of the calyx. The distinct petal lobes are valvate in the bud and shed as the flower opens. The corolla is prominently pocketed and furrowed within and nerved when dry. There are six stamens with flattened and thick filaments, forming a tube that equals or exceeds the length of the calyx, then becoming distinct and subulate (tapering to a point). The anthers are dorsifixed and bifid at the base, with the anther sacs opening longitudinally and laterally. The fruit is brown to black with brown spots when mature, globose to obovoid, and pyriform, measuring 3–5 cm long and 3–4 cm wide. The seeds are shiny, distinct from the endocarp except at the hilum, and the endosperm is homogeneous except for a shallow invagination of the seed coat below the raphe (longitudinal ridge on the side of certain ovules). The embryo is positioned laterally near the base opposite the raphe. It grows in partially cleared, disturbed mesic forests between 600-800 meters.
Bean-shaped (Reniform): Resembling the shape of a kidney or bean.
Square or Oblong: Angular shape with all sides more or less equal or longer than wide.
Triangular: Three-sided shape, broadest below the middle.
Elliptic: Rounded at both ends. shaped like an ellipse or oval.
Ovate or Obovate: egg-shaped, broader at one end.
Linear: Extremely long and narrow, with sides usually parallel.
Round: Appears circular, with length and width roughly the same.
Cardioid (Heart-Shaped): One edge has a prominent double curve into two lobes.
Cylindrical: A cylinder with parallel sides and a circular cross-section.
Discoid: Resembling a disc or plate with two relatively flat surfaces.
Fusiform: Spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends.
Globose: Spherical.
Lenticular: Resembling a lens with two convex surfaces.
Ovoid: Egg-shaped.
Plano-convex: Having a flat ventral (planar) surface and a curved dorsal (convex) surface.
Polygonal: Having more than three flat faces meeting at angles.
Sectoroid: Resembling a segment of an orange with two relatively flat faces and one curved face.
Subglobose/ellipsoid: Inflated shape but less than spherical.
Trigonous: Having three faces that meet at a distinct angle; triangular in cross-section.
Endangered species (E) are species that are so rare they’re in danger of becoming extinct.
Threatened species (T) are species that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of their range.
Species of Concern (SOC) are species about which there are some concerns regarding status and threats, but insufficient information is available to list the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Plant Extinction Prevention (PEP) is a state status for rare plants that focuses its efforts on species that have fewer than 50 remaining wild individuals.
Orthodox seeds (desiccation-tolerant): can be dried to an internal seed moisture of less than 12% water and stored at freezing temperatures.
Intermediate seeds (temperature-sensitive) tend to age faster than orthodox seeds and may have only a 5-year lifespan when stored at -20°C. They are recommended for storage at 5°C.
Recalcitrant seeds (desiccation-sensitive): cannot be stored in a conventional freezer as they cannot survive after drying and/or freezing at -20°C. They are recommended for cryopreservation storage.