Arecaceae
Veitchia

Veitchia arecina Becc.

First published in Webbia 5: 78 (1921)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Vanuatu. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Vanuatu

Introduced into:

El Salvador

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2024). www.phytoneuron.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/47PhytoN-ElSalvadorAdicions.pdf. epublication.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1999 Zona, S.; Dowe, J.; Chanel, S. [719] Vanuatu K000030303 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16012] Vanuatu K000030298 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16263] Vanuatu K000208823 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16263] Vanuatu K000030297 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16012] Vanuatu K000208826 No
Pillon, Y. [1139] Vanuatu K000667344 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16012] Vanuatu K000208825 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000736217 Type Yes
Pillon, Y. [1139] Vanuatu K:SPC-76801.000 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16012] Vanuatu K000208824 No
Raynal, J. [RSNH16263] Vanuatu K000208822 No
Whitmore, T. [TCW3004] Vanuatu K000030299 No
Hill, W. [s.n.] Australia K000736216 Type Yes
Haevermans, T. [381] Vanuatu Veitchia macdanielsii K001193212 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0