Veronica evenosa Petrie

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Name scientific

Veronica evenosa Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 48: 189 (1916)

Preferred name

Veronica evenosa Petrie

Taxonomy reference

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

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

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

Nomenclature

Original authors

Petrie

Authors

Petrie

Publication place

Petrie, D. 1916: Descriptions of new native phanerogams. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 186–192.

Year published

1916

Publication page

189

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica evenosa Petrie

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Veronica evenosa

Etymology

Evenosa = veinless, a reference to the lack of visible lateral veins on the leaves.

Typification

Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Mt Holdsworth, Tararuas, c. 3500 ft, at upper edge of forest, D. P[etrie], 25 Jan 1908, WELT 5334

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Veronica

Species

evenosa

Synonyms

Hebe evenosa (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan

Descriptions

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

Hebe evenosa (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan

Description

Shrub to 2 m. tall with stout widely spreading main branches, freely subdivided below the lfy tips. Branchlets rather stout, bifariously to fully pubescent, length of internodes 2-3 × diam. Lvs subpatent, 15-20 × 6-8 mm., obovate-oblong, firm-textured, duller and with ∞ stomata on undersurface; lf-bud without sinus; lamina broad towards obtuse thickened tip, entire, glab. except for minute pubescence on margin. Infls lateral, simple, to 2.5-3 cm. long; peduncle short, hidden, pubescent. Fls crowded. Bracts c. = short pedicels, obtuse, ciliolate. Calyx-lobes c. 1·5 mm. long, broad, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla white, tube c. 2 mm. long, lobes slightly longer, rounded. Capsule erect, c. 4 × 2.5 mm., obtuse, glab.

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