Fitchia tahitensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Fitchia |
Species: | F. tahitensis |
Binomial name | |
Fitchia tahitensis Nadeaud | |
Fitchia tahitensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Vanilla planifolia is a species of vanilla orchid native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Brazil. It is one of the primary sources for vanilla flavouring, due to its high vanillin content. Common names include flat-leaved vanilla, and West Indian vanilla. Often, it is simply referred to as "the vanilla". It was first scientifically named in 1808. With the species' population in decline and its habitats being converted to other purposes, the IUCN has assessed Vanilla planifolia as Endangered.
A species that is extinct in the wild (EW) is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as known only by living members kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range due to massive habitat loss.
Erythrina tahitensis is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Fitchia cordata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Bora Bora in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to certain islands in the Pacific.
Fitchia mangarevensis was a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It was found only on the island of Taravai in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, and is now extinct.
Fitchia nutans is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Fitchia rapensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Rapa Iti in the Tubuai Islands of French Polynesia.
Juania australis, the Chonta palm, is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae, the only species in the genus Juania. It is a solitary trunked palm tree which is endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands archipelago in the southeast Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
Balaka is a genus of 9 known species in the palm family, Arecaceae or Palmae. Seven species are native to the islands of Fiji and two to Samoa. The genus was first proposed and published in Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 91. 1885, from two species originally in the genus Ptychosperma.
Hernandia tahitensis is a species of plant in the Hernandiaceae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia.
Melicope tahitensis is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae, native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Ochrosia tahitensis was a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Tahiti of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia.
Polyscias tahitensis is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to the islands of Tahiti and Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Premna tahitensis is a species of plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papuasia and some islands of the south Pacific: Fiji, the Marquesas Islands, Niue, the Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, the Society Islands, Tonga, the Tuamotu Islands, the Tubuai Islands, and Wallis and Futuna.
Psychotria tahitensis is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to the the island of Tahiti, in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.
Balaka insularis is a rare species of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to Samoa. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Solfia with the species name Solfia samoensis. It was placed in the genus Balaka in 2014.
Balaka tahitensis is a palm, a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is endemic to Samoa.
Vanilla tahitensis is a species of orchid in the genus Vanilla. It was first described by the botanist John William Moore in 1933 from Raiatea in the Society Islands, where it was found growing on trees, having escaped from cultivation.