Hebe stricta var. egmontiana L.B.Moore

Details

Name scientific

Hebe stricta var. egmontiana L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 907 (1961)

Preferred name

Veronica stricta var. egmontiana (L.B.Moore) Garn.-Jones

Taxonomy reference

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

Linked name

Hebe stricta var. egmontiana L.B.Moore

Nomenclature

Original authors

L.B.Moore

Authors

L.B.Moore

Publication place

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

Year published

1961

Publication page

907

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hebe stricta var. egmontiana L.B.Moore

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Hebe stricta var. egmontiana

Etymology

The epithet egmontiana is a reference to the English-language name for Mt Taranaki, Mt Egmont, where the variety is found.

Typification

Holotype: Mt Egmont, subalpine scrub, L. Cockayne No. 8162, 18 March 1916, WELT 5365. Isotypes: AK 7778, CHR 328767 (large piece on left only; small piece on right is probably V. phormiiphila, i.e., not part of the same gathering as the holotype), CHR 328766, K

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Hebe

Species

stricta

Descriptions

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

Hebe stricta var. egmontiana L.B.Moore

Description

Compact round-headed shrub to 2-3 m. tall, with stout branchlets and us. short internodes. Lvs c. 6-7 cm. × 8-10 mm., linear-lanceolate, tapering evenly from below middle to narrow tip, firm-textured and smooth but hardly shining. Bracts and calyx-lobes ciliolate only. Capsule glab., erect to spreading.

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