Veitchia
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Veitchia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.[1][2]
It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands):[3]
- Veitchia arecina Becc. - Vanuatu
- Veitchia filifera (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji
- Veitchia joannis H.Wendl. (Joannis palm) - Fiji
- Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
- Veitchia metiti Becc. - Vanuatu
- Veitchia pachyclada (Burret) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
- Veitchia simulans H.E.Moore - Fiji
- Veitchia spiralis H.Wendl. - Vanuatu
- Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
- Veitchia vitiensis (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji
- Veitchia winin H.E.Moore - Vanuatu
From 1957 to 2008, the Adonidia genus had been merged into Veitchia until being returned to its original status as a separate genus. This is the origin of the Veitchia merrillii name.[4]
References
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- ↑ Hermann A. Wendland in Berthold Carl Seemann. 1868. Flora Vitiensis 270, Veitchia.
- ↑ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. 2005. World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Veitchia
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