''Veitchia joannis'', the Joannis palm, is a species 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 is native to
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
and reportedly naturalised in
Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Veitchia joannis''
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joannis Joannis is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Joannis Andreou, Greek swimmer
* Joannis Antonius de Sancto Giorgio, Italian jurist
* Joannis Avramidis, Greek-Austrian sculptor
* Joannis Capodistrias, Greek politician in Russia
* ...
Flora of Fiji
Flora of Tonga
Least concern plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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