Fitchia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Fitchia speciosa.jpg

|image_caption = Fitchia speciosa

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|taxon = Fitchia (plant)

|authority = Hook.f.[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Fitchia&commonname= Tropicos search for Fitchia]

|type_species = Fitchia nutans

|type_species_authority = Hook.f.

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Fitchia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to certain islands in the Pacific.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/773790#page/644/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: 640-643] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/773790#page/689/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1845. London Journal of Botany 4: plate XXIII/XXIV] line drawing of Fitchia nutans[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40009638 Tropicos, Fitchia Hook. f.]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Fitchia The Plant List search for Fitchia][https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Fitchia]

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• 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

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