Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
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![Veronica macrocarpa. Sprig. Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1D]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1D/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1E]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1E/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Flowers. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1F]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1F/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Habit. Shakespeare Cliff, Coromandel Peninsula. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: M.J. Bayly. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1G]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1G/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Sprig. Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1H]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1H/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Leaf bud with no sinus. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1I]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1I/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1J]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1J/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Inflorescence. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1K]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1K/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Inflorescence (left), immature infructescence (centre) and mature infructescence (right). Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1L]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1L/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Flowers. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1M]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1M/SysPortalThumb)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Capsules. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1N]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1N/SysPortalThumb)
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![CHR 655497. Creator: B Hunt. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4FEB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4FEB/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 684215. Creator: B Hunt. © Landcare Research 2024. [Image: 4TMR]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4TMR/SysPortalPreview)
![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2014. [Image: 1SWB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1SWB/SysPortalPreview)
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![Creator: P.B. Heenan. © Landcare Research 2014. [Image: 1SWD]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1SWD/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Habit. Windy Canyon, Great Barrier I. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: M.J. Bayly. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1C]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1C/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Sprig. Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1D]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1D/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1E]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1E/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Flowers. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. latisepala. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1F]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1F/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Habit. Shakespeare Cliff, Coromandel Peninsula. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: M.J. Bayly. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1G]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1G/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Sprig. Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1H]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1H/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Leaf bud with no sinus. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1I]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1I/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Leaf surfaces, adaxial (left) and abaxial (right). Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: W.M. Malcolm. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1J]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1J/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Inflorescence. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1K]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1K/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Inflorescence (left), immature infructescence (centre) and mature infructescence (right). Scale = 10 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: M.J. Bayly & A.V. Kellow. © Te Papa. [Image: 4B1L]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1L/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Flowers. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1M]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1M/SysPortalPreview)
![Veronica macrocarpa. Capsules. Scale = 1 mm. This plant matches material identified as var. macrocarpa. Creator: P.J. Garnock-Jones. © P.J. Garnock-Jones. [Image: 4B1N]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4B1N/SysPortalPreview)
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Veronica macrocarpa Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 3, 4 (1794)
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Vahl
Vahl
1794
4
ICN
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
species
Veronica macrocarpa
Classification
Subordinates
Synonyms
- Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
- Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa
- Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
- Panoxis macrocarpa (Vahl.) Raf.
- Veronica latisepala Kirk
- Veronica macrocarpa Vahl var. macrocarpa
- Veronica macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cheeseman
Descriptions
Diffusely or stiffly branched shrub to 2.5 m. tall. Branchlets glab. to finely pubescent, stout, length of internodes much > diam. Lvs spreading, (3)-6-12-(14) × 1-3 cm., narrow-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, coriac. and often almost fleshy; lf-bud without sinus; lamina subacute, entire, glab. except for occ. fine pubescence above midrib or on margin near base. Infls lateral, simple, c. 6-15 cm. long, peduncle 1-2 cm. Pedicels 2-5 mm. long, > small ciliolate bracts. Calyx-lobes short and broad, c. 2.5 × 2 mm., some or all quite obtuse, ciliolate, us. with stomata. Corolla large and open, tube 2-4 mm. wide, lobes 3-6 mm. long, broad and rounded, the lateral lobes ± cordate. Capsule large, 6-12 mm. long, glab., much > calyx.
Fls bluish purple, sepals very broad and obtuse, racemes short, us. < long narrow-oblong lvs.
Fls white, sepals obtuse to subacute, racemes much > narrow-elliptic lvs.
2n = 80
n = 40 bivalents
2n = 120
2n = 80
2n = 80
Taxonomic concepts
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Hebe macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa
Hebe macrocarpa (Vahl) Cockayne & Allan var. macrocarpa
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Panoxis macrocarpa (Vahl.) Raf.
Panoxis macrocarpa (Vahl.) Raf.
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Panoxis macrocarpa (Vahl.) Raf.
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica latisepala Kirk
Veronica latisepala Kirk
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica latisepala Kirk
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cheeseman
Veronica macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cheeseman
Veronica macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cheeseman
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa var. latisepala (Kirk) Cheeseman
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl
Veronica macrocarpa Vahl var. macrocarpa
Collections
Notes
typification
Holotype: nova zelandia [written on back of sheet], Hb. Vahlii [IDC microfiche foto Vahl. 78III, 2-3], C
Etymology
The epithet macrocarpa refers to the large capsules.
Metadata
658b9f92-8074-4a8b-96b5-b79a186cafda
scientific name
Names_Plants
6 July 2006
5 January 2023
