Fitchia (plant)
Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to certain islands in the Pacific.[2][3][4]
- Fitchia cordata M.L.Grant & Carlq. - Bora Bora
- Fitchia cuneata J.W.Moore - Raiatea, Tahaa
- Fitchia mangarevensis F.Br. - Tuamotu
- Fitchia nutans Hook.f. - Tahiti
- Fitchia rapensis F.Br. - Tubuai
- Fitchia speciosa Cheeseman - Cook Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
- Fitchia tahitensis Nadeaud - Tahiti
| Fitchia | |
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| Fitchia speciosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Coreopsideae |
| Genus: | Fitchia Hook.f. 1845 not Meisn. 1855 (Proteaceae)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Fitchia nutans[2] | |
References
- Tropicos search for Fitchia
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: 640-643 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: plate XXIII/XXIV line drawing of Fitchia nutans
- Tropicos, Fitchia Hook. f.
- The Plant List search for Fitchia
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Fitchia
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