Fitchia (plant)

Fitchia
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. [1]
Type species
Fitchia nutans [2] Hook.f.

Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to certain islands in the Pacific. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species ^{[5] [6]}

• 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

References

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

External links

Data related to Fitchia (plant) at Wikispecies