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Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.

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Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 42: 170 (1910)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2023: Veronica. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 9. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

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W.R.B.Oliv.
W.R.B.Oliv.
Oliver, W.R.B. 1910: The vegetation of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 42: 118–175.
1910
170
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Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
species
Veronica breviracemosa
The epithet breviracemosa refers to the distinctive short inflorescences, which are nearly always shorter than the leaves, an unusual feature in V. sect. Hebe.
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): cliffs above Denham Bay, Sunday Island [Raoul Island], W.R.B. Oliver, 10 May 1908, WELT 5292. Isolectotypes: CHR 291122, OTA 18705. Possible isolectotype (although collection details do not match exactly): K

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Plantaginaceae
Veronica
breviracemosa

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan

Laxly branched shrub 1-2 m. tall. Branchlets green, finely pubescent, length of internodes 2-5 × diam. Lvs spreading, 5-11 × 2-3 cm. (sts smaller near infls), elliptic- to oblong-lanceolate, subcoriac.; lf-bud without sinus; lamina subacute, entire, glab. except for fine pubescence on margin and beneath midrib and on both surfaces near base. Infls lateral, simple, us. < lvs, peduncle 1-2 cm. long, pubescent. Fls crowded, pedicels 2-3 mm. long. Bracts c. 5 × 1 mm., narrow-acuminate, ciliolate. Calyx-lobes c. 4 × 1 mm., narrow-acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla white to pale lilac, tube c. 1·5 mm. long, lobes c. 3 mm. long, ovate, acute. Capsule erect, c. 5 × 2.5 mm., narrowly acute, glab.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen

n = 20 bivalents
2n = 40

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Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Hebe Comm. ex Juss.
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Cockayne & Allan
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe breviracemosa (W.R.B.Oliv.) Andersen
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.

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Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Veronica breviracemosa W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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typification
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): cliffs above Denham Bay, Sunday Island [Raoul Island], W.R.B. Oliver, 10 May 1908, WELT 5292. Isolectotypes: CHR 291122, OTA 18705. Possible isolectotype (although collection details do not match exactly): K
Etymology
The epithet breviracemosa refers to the distinctive short inflorescences, which are nearly always shorter than the leaves, an unusual feature in V. sect. Hebe.

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24 January 2007
26 September 2022
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