''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 ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Fitchia''
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Asteraceae genera Flora of the Pacific Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker {{asteroideae-stub