Fitchia

Fitchia
Fitchia speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae[1]
Tribe: Coreopsideae
Genus: Fitchia
Hook.f. 1845 not Meisn. 1855 (Proteaceae)[2]
Type species
Fitchia nutans[3]
Hook.f.

Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to certain islands in the Pacific.[3][4][5]

Species[6][1]
  1. Fitchia cordata M.L.Grant & Carlq. - Bora Bora
  2. Fitchia cuneata J.W.Moore - Raiatea, Tahaa
  3. Fitchia mangarevensis F.Br. - Tuamotu
  4. Fitchia nutans Hook.f. - Tahiti
  5. Fitchia rapensis F.Br. - Tubuai
  6. Fitchia speciosa Cheeseman - Cook Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
  7. Fitchia tahitensis Nadeaud - Tahiti

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Fitchia
  2. ↑ Tropicos search for Fitchia
  3. 1 2 Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: 640-643 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ↑ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: plate XXIII/XXIV line drawing of Fitchia nutans
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Fitchia Hook. f.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Fitchia

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