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Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.

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Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 212 (1864)
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1864
212
ICN
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
species
Veronica tetrasticha
The epithet tetrasticha is from the botanical term tetrastichous, describing a 4-rowed leaf arrangement.
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Canterbury, New Zealand, Haast 763, 1862, Herb. Hookerianum, K [information from records of received specimens – in the library at K – indicates that this collection is from “River Hopkins forming Lake Ohau”].

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tetrasticha

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Shrub to 20 cm. tall. Lfy twigs c. 2.5 mm. diam., deeply longitudinally grooved between lf-tips. Lvs densely crowded, erecto-patent, c. 1·5 × 1 mm., deltoid above the broad base, in upper half concave by margins turning upwards from flattened abaxial surface, tip narrow but not acute; marginal cilia short and stiff. Infls c. 5 mm. long, often ∞ and hiding vegetative tip; peduncle > lvs in fr. Fls in 1-3 pairs, sessile. Bracts 1-1·5 mm. long, ± cucullate. Calyx-lobes similar to bracts but narrower. Corolla-tube barely = calyx, lobes rounded, = tube, flat. Capsule c. 2 mm. long, long-ovoid.

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Hebe tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Andersen
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Hebe tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Andersen
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Hebe tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Leonohebe tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Heads
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Leonohebe tetrasticha (Hook.f.) Heads
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.

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Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
New Zealand
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Veronica tetrasticha Hook.f.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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typification
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Canterbury, New Zealand, Haast 763, 1862, Herb. Hookerianum, K [information from records of received specimens – in the library at K – indicates that this collection is from “River Hopkins forming Lake Ohau”].
Etymology
The epithet tetrasticha is from the botanical term tetrastichous, describing a 4-rowed leaf arrangement.

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5 July 2006
6 January 2023
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