Veitchia Explained

Veitchia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.^{[1] [2]}

It contains the following species, all native to islands in the Pacific Ocean (Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga and the Solomon Islands):^[3]

• 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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2919627#page/306/mode/1up Hermann A. Wendland in Berthold Carl Seemann. 1868. Flora Vitiensis 270, Veitchia
2. Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. 2005. World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=212028 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Veitchia
4. Web site: Adonidia dransfieldii, a threatened new palm from Sabah, Borneo. 2024-01-07.