''Veitchia'' 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 ...

in the family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm trees ...

. It contains the following species, all native to islands in the

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and the

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Veitchia arecina ''Veitchia arecina'', commonly known as Montgomery palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It grows to between 25' to 35' (7.60m to 10.60m) and has white or yellow blooms. It is found only in Vanuatu. It is threatened by h ...

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Veitchia filifera ''Veitchia filifera'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Fiji. References filifera Filifera is a suborder of hydrozoans in the order Anthoathecata. They are found in marine, brackish and freshwa ...

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Veitchia joannis ''Veitchia joannis'', the Joannis palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is native to Fiji and reportedly naturalised in Tonga. References External links joannis Joannis is a given name. Notable people with the n ...

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Veitchia lepidota ''Veitchia lepidota'' is a plant species endemic to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean 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 Southe ...

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Veitchia metiti ''Veitchia metiti'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Vanuatu, where it is native to the islands of Vanua Lava and Ureparapara Ureparapara (also known as ''Parapara'' for short; once known as ''Bli ...

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Veitchia pachyclada ''Veitchia pachyclada'' is a plant species in the palm family.C.Lewis & Zona, Am. J. Bot. 98: 1725 (2011). It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

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Veitchia simulans ''Veitchia simulans'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Fiji. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural ...

'' H.E.Moore - Fiji * ''

Veitchia spiralis ''Veitchia spiralis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Vanuatu. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natu ...

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Veitchia subdisticha ''Veitchia subdisticha'' is a plant species in the palm family.C.Lewis & Zona, Am. J. Bot. 98: 1725 (2011). It is found only in Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

'' (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands * ''

Veitchia vitiensis ''Veitchia vitiensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melan ...

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Veitchia winin ''Veitchia winin'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an isl ...

'' H.E.Moore - Vanuatu From 1957 to 2008, the ''

Adonidia ''Adonidia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to the Philippines and Borneo. History of the genus The genus was originally described in 1919. In 1957, it was transferred to the genus ''Veitchia''. In 2008, further ...

'' 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.https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yee_Wen_Low/publication/274066141_Adonidia_dransfieldii_a_threatened_new_palm_from_Sabah_Borneo/links/570224a208ae1408e15eb01f/Adonidia-dransfieldii-a-threatened-new-palm-from-Sabah-Borneo.pdf

References

Arecaceae genera Flora of the Solomon Islands (archipelago) Flora of Fiji Flora of Vanuatu Veitch Nurseries Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{palm-stub