''Fitchia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
sunflower family, native to certain islands in the
Pacific
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
.
[Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: 640-643]
descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
; Species
The Plant List search for ''Fitchia''
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External links
Asteraceae genera
Flora of the Pacific
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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