Veronica colensoi Hook.f.

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Name scientific

Veronica colensoi Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 209 (1864)

Preferred name

Veronica colensoi Hook.f.

Taxonomy reference

Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2023: Veronica. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 9. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

Nomenclature

Original authors

Hook.f.

Authors

Hook.f.

Publication place

Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.

Year published

1864

Publication page

209

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica colensoi Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Veronica colensoi

Etymology

The epithet colensoi commemorates William Colenso (1811–1899), pioneer printer, explorer, missionary, natural scientist, and politician.

Typification

Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): high stony ridge above the River Taruarau, Colenso 4062, K

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Veronica

Species

colensoi

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Hebe colensoi (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Description

Low-growing shrub of open or bushy habit, rarely as much as 75 cm. tall. Branchlets glab., glaucous, length of internodes 1-2-(3) × diam. Lvs erecto-patent, obovate- to elliptic-oblong, thick, glaucous on both surfaces; lf-bud with narrow sinus, the lamina extending as a diminishing wing almost to lf-base; lamina glab., subacute, toothed to entire, margins slightly revolute. Infls lateral (occ. terminal also), the lowest pair or two pairs of racemes often tripartite, > lvs and us. projecting beyond vegetative tip; peduncle 1-2 cm. long, glab. Fls white, almost sessile. Bracts c. 2 mm. long, narrow, subacute to acute, quite glab. Calyx-lobes very similar to bracts. Corolla-tube not > calyx, lobes longer, narrow, subacute. Capsule glab., < 2 × calyx.

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

Hebe colensoi (Hook.f.) Cockayne var. colensoi

Description

Lvs rarely > 2.5 × 1 cm., considerably reduced in exposed sites, ± obovate or elliptic, almost or quite entire in adult plant.

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

Hebe colensoi var. hillii (Colenso) L.B.Moore

Description

Lvs ± 30 × 11 mm., elliptic, with 3-10 pairs of marginal incisions, in exposed places linear-oblong, ± 19 × 6 mm., with 0-2 pairs of marginal incisions.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Hebe colensoi (Hook.f.) Cockayne

Description

n = 20

Description

2n = 40

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hebe colensoi (Hook.f.) Cockayne