Veronica salicifolia G.Forst.

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Name scientific

Veronica salicifolia G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 3 (1786)

Preferred name

Veronica salicifolia G.Forst.

Taxonomy reference

Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2023: Veronica. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 9. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Linked name

Veronica salicifolia G.Forst.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

Nomenclature

Original authors

G.Forst.

Authors

G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.

Year published

1786

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica salicifolia G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Veronica salicifolia

Etymology

The epithet salicifolia means willow-leaved, from the genus Salix and the Latin word for a leaf, folium.

Typification

Lectotype (designated by Bayly & Kellow 2004): habitat in Nova Zeeland, [Forster], the Forster Herbarium, presented by the corporation of Liverpool, August 1885, K

Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. 2004: Lectotypification of names of New Zealand members of Veronica and Hebe (Plantaginaceae). Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 15: 43–52.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Veronica

Species

salicifolia

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Hebe salicifolia (G.Forst.) Pennell

Description

Diffusely branched shrub to 5 m. tall. Branchlets pale green, glab., length of internodes 2-5-(8) × diam. Lvs suberect to spreading, 5-15 × 1-2.5 cm., long-lanceolate, submembr.; lf-bud with distinct sinus; lamina conspicuously narrowed towards apex and long-acuminate, glab. except for fine pubescence above and under midrib, on margins of young lvs and especially on expanded midrib of petiole; margins entire or minutely and remotely denticulate. Infls lateral, simple, > lvs and sts to 20 cm. long, peduncle us. 3-4 cm. Fls rather close but not hiding rhachis, pedicels c. 3 mm. long, = or > narrow ciliolate bracts. Calyx-lobes c. 2 mm. long, narrow, acute, ± keeled, ciliolate. Corolla white or very pale lilac-tinted, tube rather wide, shortest at the back and there little > calyx, lobes c. 3-4 mm. long, narrow-ovate and ± acute. Capsule ± pendent, to 3·5 × 2.5 mm., rounded, glab., < 2 × calyx.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Hebe salicifolia (G.Forst.) Pennell

Description

n = 20

Description

n = 20

Description

n = 20

Description

2n = 40

Description

n = 20

Description

2n = 40

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hebe fonkii (Phil.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe fonkii (Phil.) Cockayne & Allan