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.inB.Seemann |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Veitchiais a genus offlowering plantin the familyArecaceae.[2][3]
It contains the following species, all native to islands in thePacific Ocean(Fiji,Vanuatu,Tongaand theSolomon Islands):[1]
- Veitchia arecinaBecc.- Vanuatu
- Veitchia filifera(H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore- Fiji
- Veitchia joannisH.Wendl.(Joannis palm) - Fiji
- Veitchia lepidota(H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona- Solomon Islands
- Veitchia metitiBecc.- Vanuatu
- Veitchia pachyclada(Burret) C.Lewis & Zona- Solomon Islands
- Veitchia simulansH.E.Moore- Fiji
- Veitchia spiralisH.Wendl.- Vanuatu
- Veitchia subdisticha(H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona- Solomon Islands
- Veitchia vitiensis(H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore- Fiji
- Veitchia wininH.E.Moore- Vanuatu
From 1957 to 2008, theAdonidiagenus had been merged intoVeitchiauntil being returned to its original status as a separate genus. This is the origin of theVeitchia merrilliiname.[4]
References
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related toVeitchia.
- ^abKew 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.
- ^"Adonidia dransfieldii, a threatened new palm from Sabah, Borneo".Retrieved2024-01-07.
 | Thispalm-related article is astub.You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |