Veitchia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.Hermann A. Wendland in Berthold Carl Seemann. 1868. Flora Vitiensis 270, Veitchia.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. 2005. World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands):Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Veitchia
Veitchia arecina Becc. - Vanuatu Veitchia filifera (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji Veitchia joannis H.Wendl. (Joannis palm) - Fiji Veitchia lepidota (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands Veitchia metiti Becc. - Vanuatu Veitchia pachyclada (Burret) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands Veitchia simulans H.E.Moore - Fiji Veitchia spiralis H.Wendl. - Vanuatu Veitchia subdisticha (H.E.Moore) C.Lewis & Zona - Solomon Islands Veitchia vitiensis (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji Veitchia winin H.E.Moore - Vanuatu
From 1957 to 2008, the Adonidia 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.
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