Veitchia
Veitchia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.[2][3]
| Veitchia | |
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| Veitchia spiralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
| Tribe: | Areceae |
| Subtribe: | Ptychospermatinae |
| Genus: | Veitchia H.Wendl. in B.Seemann |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands):[1]
- 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
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Veitchia
- 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.
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yee_Wen_Low/publication/274066141_Adonidia_dransfieldii_a_threatened_new_palm_from_Sabah_Borneo/links/570224a208ae1408e15eb01f/Adonidia-dransfieldii-a-threatened-new-palm-from-Sabah-Borneo.pdf
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