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Veronica truncatula Colenso

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Veronica truncatula Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 31: 276 (1899)
Veronica truncatula Colenso

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Colenso
Colenso
1899
276
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Veronica truncatula Colenso
species
Veronica truncatula
The epithet truncatula means minutely truncate, and refers to the very end of the plicate-apiculate leaf apex.
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Ruahine Range, H. Hill, ex Herb. Colenso, AK 8436

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truncatula

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Flat-topped shrub to 2.5 m. tall, much branched from base. Branchlets fully but minutely pubescent, length of internodes 1-3 × diam. Lvs erecto-patent, c. 2-4 × 0·5-1 cm., elliptic-oblong, glossy but drying dull, paler beneath; lf-bud without sinus; lamina minutely truncated at tip, glab. except for very minute pubescence on upper side of midrib and in narrow band on entire margin, stomata not visible below. Infls lateral, simple, slender, not much > lvs in fl., elongating in fr. to 5-6 cm., peduncles c. 1 cm. long. Bracts ciliolate, = or < short pedicels. Calyx-lobes 1·5-2 mm. long, obtuse to subacute, ciliolate on pale border. Corolla white, tube c. = calyx, lobes c. 2.5 × 1·5 mm., rounded. Capsule erect, c. 4 × 2.5 mm., ± pointed, glab.

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Veronica truncatula Colenso
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica truncatula Colenso
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Veronica truncatula Colenso
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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typification
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Ruahine Range, H. Hill, ex Herb. Colenso, AK 8436
Etymology
The epithet truncatula means minutely truncate, and refers to the very end of the plicate-apiculate leaf apex.

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22 March 2004
2 January 2023
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