Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
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Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones in Garnock-Jones et al., Taxon 56: 579-580 (2007)
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Nomenclature
Garn.-Jones
Colenso
(Colenso) Garn.-Jones
2007
579-580
ICN
subsp.
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis
Classification
Vernacular names
Synonyms
- Hebe astonii (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan
- Hebe hectorii subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Wagstaff & Wardle
- Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin
- Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin var. subsimilis
- Hebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) M.B.Ashwin
- Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
- Leonohebe subsimilis (Colenso) Heads
- Leonohebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) Heads
- Veronica astonii Petrie
- Veronica subsimilis Colenso
Descriptions
Bushy shrub up to c. 3 dm. tall or occ. more; branches ± erect or spreading, densely branched at tips. Ultimate branchlets (1)-1·5-2-(2.5) mm. diam., us. only slightly tetragonous; internodes 0.75-1·25 mm. long, us. entirely hidden; nodal joint well-marked. Lvs 1·5-2 mm. long, connate up to ⅓ length, deltoid to deltoid-oblong, very thick, strongly concavo-convex and us. spreading, rounded on back, tip ± subacute, weakly keeled, incurved and ± boat-shaped, thickened and flat inside. Spikes 4-8-fld. Bracts c. 2 mm. long, ± ovate, acute, keeled, weakly ribbed. Calyx 2-2.5 mm. long, anterior lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute with central rib, free for c. ⅔ length. Corolla-tube us. slightly < calyx. Capsule 2.5-3·5 × ± 2 mm., ± oval, subacute, > calyx.
Plant small; branchlets slender, 1-1·5-(2) mm. diam., only slightly tetragonous. Lvs 1·5-2 mm. long, spreading, strongly concavo-convex, deltoid-oblong.
Taxonomic concepts
Hebe astonii (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe astonii (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe astonii (Petrie) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe hectorii subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Wagstaff & Wardle
Hebe hectorii subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Wagstaff & Wardle
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe hectorii subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Wagstaff & Wardle
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin
Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) M.B.Ashwin
Hebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) M.B.Ashwin
Hebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) M.B.Ashwin
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) M.B.Ashwin
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin var. subsimilis
Hebe subsimilis (Colenso) Ashwin var. subsimilis
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Hebe tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Bayly & Kellow
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Leonohebe subsimilis (Colenso) Heads
Leonohebe subsimilis (Colenso) Heads
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Leonohebe subsimilis (Colenso) Heads
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Leonohebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) Heads
Leonohebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) Heads
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Leonohebe subsimilis var. astonii (Petrie) Heads
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica astonii Petrie
Veronica astonii Petrie
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica astonii Petrie
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica subsimilis Colenso
Veronica subsimilis Colenso
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
Veronica tetragona subsp. subsimilis (Colenso) Garn.-Jones
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Etymology
The epithet subsimilis means somewhat similar, a reference to its similarity to V. tetragona.
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29 September 2010
21 January 2025
