Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan

Details

Name scientific

Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 14 (1926)

Preferred name

Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.

Taxonomy reference

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

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Cockayne & Allan

Original authors

Benth.

Authors

(Benth.) Cockayne & Allan

Publication place

Cockayne, L.; Allan, H.H. 1926: The present taxonomic status of the New Zealand species of Hebe. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 11–47.

Year published

1926

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Hebe dieffenbachii

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Hebe

Species

dieffenbachii

Descriptions

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

Hebe dieffenbachii (Benth.) Cockayne & Allan

Description

Low-growing shrub with far-extending branches. Branchlets glab. to hoary, length of internodes c. 2-4 × diam. Lvs suberect to spreading, c. 5-9 × 2-3 cm., elliptic-oblong, thick, fleshy, pale green; lf-bud without sinus, the base broad and almost auriculate; lamina obtuse, entire with narrow cartilaginous border, us. glab. except for fine pubescence above midrib. Infls lateral, simple, little > lvs, peduncle much < flowering portion. Fls crowded, pedicellate, bracts small. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliolate. Corolla purplish to white, tube rather broad, > calyx, lobes c. = tube, rounded. Capsule ovoid, acute, glab. or with a few minute hairs, > 2 × calyx.

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