''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 t ...

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 consis ...

and reportedly naturalised in Tonga.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 {{palm-stub