Veitchia

Veitchia
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]
Vitiphoenix Becc. Kajewskia Guillaumin

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

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]

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1. ^ ^{a b} Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Veitchia
2. ^ Hermann A. Wendland in Berthold Carl Seemann. 1868. Flora Vitiensis 270, Veitchia.
3. ^ Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. 2005. World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
4. ^ "Adonidia dransfieldii, a threatened new palm from Sabah, Borneo". Retrieved 2024-01-07.

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