Veitchia

Veitchia
Veitchia spiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: Veitchia
Synonyms[1]
  • Vitiphoenix Becc.
  • Kajewskia Guillaumin

Veitchia is a genus of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family.[2][3]

It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands):[1]

  1. Veitchia arecina Becc. - Vanuatu
  2. Veitchia filifera (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji
  3. Veitchia joannis H.Wendl. (Joannis palm) - Fiji
  4. Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
  5. Veitchia metiti Becc. - Vanuatu
  6. Veitchia pachyclada (Burret) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
  7. Veitchia simulans H.E.Moore - Fiji
  8. Veitchia spiralis H.Wendl. - Vanuatu
  9. Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands
  10. Veitchia vitiensis (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji
  11. 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]

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