''Veitchia'' is a genus of

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in the family

Arecaceae The Arecaceae () is a family (biology), family of perennial plant, perennial, flowering plants in the Monocotyledon, monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbing palm, climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly k ...

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

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Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

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and the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

):Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Veitchia''
/ref> * '' Veitchia arecina'' Becc. - Vanuatu * '' Veitchia filifera'' (H.Wendl.) H.E.Moore - Fiji * '' Veitchia joannis'' H.Wendl. (Joannis palm) - Fiji * ''

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 Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the n ...

'' (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 Veitchia subdisticha is a genus of plants. It was first described Harold Emery Moore. It was given its scientific name by C. Lewis and Scott Zona. Veitchia subdisticha belongs to the genus Veitchia and the family Arecaceae. It is found only in ...

'' (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 ''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.

References

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