Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
![CHR 108883. Creator: K. Boardman. © Landcare Research 2013. [Image: 1J06]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1J06/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 328354. Creator: K. Boardman. © Landcare Research 2013. [Image: 1JI6]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1JI6/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 328355. Creator: K. Boardman. © Landcare Research 2013. [Image: 1JI7]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1JI7/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 328355 - Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne. © Landcare Research. [Image: NVQ]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/NVQ/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 108883 - Hebe dieffenbachii. © Landcare Research. [Image: NZ6]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/NZ6/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 328354 - Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne. © Landcare Research. [Image: PBU]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/PBU/SysPortalThumb)
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![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 1TU1]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1TU1/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Habit. Near Kaingaroa, Chatham I. Creator: M.J. Bayly. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1J]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1J/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Sprig. Scale = 10 mm. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1K]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1K/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Leaf bud with no sinus. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1L]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1L/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 10 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1M]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1M/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Close-up of glabrous leaf margin. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1N]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1N/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Inflorescence (left) and infructescence (right). Scale = 10 mm. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1P]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1P/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Broad, slightly amplexicaul leaf base. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1Q]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1Q/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Flowers of a form with corolla tube about equal to calyx. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1R]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1R/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Flower with corolla tube much longer than calyx. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1S]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1S/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Capsules. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1T]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1T/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 108883. Creator: K. Boardman. © Landcare Research 2013. [Image: 1J06]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1J06/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 328354. Creator: K. Boardman. © Landcare Research 2013. [Image: 1JI6]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1JI6/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 328355. Creator: K. Boardman. © Landcare Research 2013. [Image: 1JI7]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1JI7/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 328355 - Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne. © Landcare Research. [Image: NVQ]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/NVQ/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 108883 - Hebe dieffenbachii. © Landcare Research. [Image: NZ6]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/NZ6/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 328354 - Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne. © Landcare Research. [Image: PBU]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/PBU/SysPortalPreview)
![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 1TTX]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1TTX/SysPortalPreview)
![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 1TTY]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1TTY/SysPortalPreview)
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![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 1TU0]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1TU0/SysPortalPreview)
![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2015. [Image: 1TU1]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1TU1/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Habit. Near Kaingaroa, Chatham I. Creator: M.J. Bayly. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1J]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1J/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Sprig. Scale = 10 mm. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1K]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1K/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Leaf bud with no sinus. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1L]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1L/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 10 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1M]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1M/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Close-up of glabrous leaf margin. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1N]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1N/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Inflorescence (left) and infructescence (right). Scale = 10 mm. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1P]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1P/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Broad, slightly amplexicaul leaf base. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1Q]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1Q/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Flowers of a form with corolla tube about equal to calyx. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1R]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1R/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Flower with corolla tube much longer than calyx. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1S]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1S/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica dieffenbachii. Capsules. Scale = 1 mm. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4A1T]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4A1T/SysPortalPreview)
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Veronica dieffenbachii Benth. in de Candolle, Prodr. 10
459 (1846)
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Benth.
Benth.
1846
459
ICN
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
species
Veronica dieffenbachii
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
Low-growing shrub with far-extending branches. Branchlets glab. to hoary, length of internodes c. 2-4 × diam. Lvs suberect to spreading, c. 5-9 × 2-3 cm., elliptic-oblong, thick, fleshy, pale green; lf-bud without sinus, the base broad and almost auriculate; lamina obtuse, entire with narrow cartilaginous border, us. glab. except for fine pubescence above midrib. Infls lateral, simple, little > lvs, peduncle much < flowering portion. Fls crowded, pedicellate, bracts small. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla purplish to white, tube rather broad, > calyx, lobes c. = tube, rounded. Capsule ovoid, acute, glab. or with a few minute hairs, > 2 × calyx.
Taxonomic concepts
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Hebe dorrien-smithii (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe dorrien-smithii (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Hebe dorrien-smithii (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne
Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Veronica dorrien-smithii Cockayne
Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.
Collections
Notes
typification
Holotype: Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Dieffenbach, Herb. Hookerianum, K (mounted on right of sheet that also includes collections by Enys and Travers)
Etymology
Named after J.K. Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855), German naturalist and explorer.
Metadata
4bac2b72-ab32-4a0e-b546-6f9081e6da7b
scientific name
Names_Plants
11 May 2005
3 January 2023
