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Veronica tetragona Hook.

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Veronica tetragona Hook., Icon. Pl. 6, Plate 580 (1843)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2023: Veronica. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 9. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

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Hook.
Hook.
Hooker, W.J. 1843: Icones Plantarum. Vol. 6. Baillière, London.
1843
Plate 580
ICN
Veronica tetragona Hook.
species
Veronica tetragona
The epithet tetragona refers to the 4-angled leafy branches that characterise this species among related whipcord hebes.
Lectotype (designated by Ashwin, in Allan 1961): Bidwill 50, Herb. Hookerianum, K

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Plantaginaceae
Veronica
tetragona

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan

Erect, much-branched rather rigid shrub to c. 1 m. tall. Branchlets 2-3 mm. diam., us. markedly tetragonous, yellow-green; internodes 0.75-1·5 mm. long, entirely hidden, lf-tips us. strongly overlapping; nodal joint well-marked. Lvs 2-3·5 mm. long, shortly connate, deltoid to subulate, very thick, shallowly concavo-convex, narrowed into short or elongated, keeled, bluntly pointed tip, thickened and flat inside at extreme apex. Spikes up to c. 12-fld. Bracts 3-3·5 × 2-2.5 mm., ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, ribbed. Calyx 2.5-3 mm. long, anterior lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, ribbed, free for c. ⅔ length. Corolla-tube < calyx. Capsule c. 3 × 2 mm., oval, obtuse or subacute, > calyx.

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Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Cockayne & Allan
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Leonohebe tetragona (Hook.) Heads
Leonohebe tetragona (Hook.f.) Heads
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Leonohebe tetragona (Hook.) Heads
Leonohebe tetragona (Hook.) Heads
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Leonohebe tetragona (Hook.) Heads
Leonohebe tetragona (Hook.f.) Heads
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Podocarpus dieffenbachii Hook.
Podocarpus dieffenbachii Hook.
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen subsp. tetragona
Podocarpus dieffenbachii Hook.
Podocarpus dieffenbachii Hook.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Podocarpus dieffenbachii Hook.
Podocarpus dieffenbachii Hook.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)
Veronica tetragona Hook. subsp. tetragona
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)
Hebe tetragona (Hook.) Andersen
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Veronica tetragona Hook.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)

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Veronica tetragona Hook.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Veronica tetragona Hook.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Veronica tetragona Hook.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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typification
Lectotype (designated by Ashwin, in Allan 1961): Bidwill 50, Herb. Hookerianum, K
Etymology
The epithet tetragona refers to the 4-angled leafy branches that characterise this species among related whipcord hebes.

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8440d6b7-7f2e-4cea-ad2b-f0584813dd92
scientific name
Names_Plants
16 June 2006
6 January 2023
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