Veronica poppelwellii Cockayne

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Name scientific

Veronica poppelwellii Cockayne, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 48: 200 (1916)

Preferred name

Veronica poppelwellii Cockayne

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

Cockayne

Authors

Cockayne

Publication place

Cockayne, L. 1916: Notes on New Zealand floristic botany, including descriptions of new species, etc. (No. 1). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 48: 193–202.

Year published

1916

Publication page

200

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica poppelwellii Cockayne

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Veronica poppelwellii

Etymology

The epithet honours Dugald Louis Poppelwell (1863–1939), Southland lawyer, local politician, botanical explorer, and conservationist.

Typification

Lectotype (designated by Ashwin, in Allan 1961): cultivated plant originally from Garvie Mts, L. Cockayne No. 8116, WELT 5306. Possible isolectotype (but without Cockayne number): CHR 331861 (ex CANTY).

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Veronica

Species

poppelwellii

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

whipcord hebe

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Hebe imbricata Cockayne & Allan

Description

Erect, much-branched, round-headed shrub 4-6 dm. tall. Branchlets 2-2.5 mm. diam., ± terete, rather rigid, glossy; internodes c. 1 mm. long, entirely hidden; nodal joint well-marked. Lvs c. 1*5 mm. long, connate up to ? length, broad-ovate, thick, closely appressed, ribbed, ± keeled, tip rounded and incurved. Bracts 2 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, ribbed. Calyx c. 2 mm. long, anterior lobes oblong, obtuse, ribbed, free for 1/2 to ⅔ length. Corolla-tube ± = calyx. Capsule c. 3 mm. long, oval, obtuse, = or slightly > calyx.

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

Hebe poppelwellii (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan

Description

Slender erect dwarf shrub forming tufts 5-15 cm. tall. Branchlets 1·5-2 mm. diam., ± tetragonous, glossy; internodes 0.75-1 mm. long, entirely hidden; nodal joint well-marked. Lvs 1-1·5 mm. long, connate up to ⅓ length, broadly deltoid, thick, subacute to acute, strongly ribbed, smoothly appressed. Spikes up to c. 15-fld, 5-15 mm. long. Bracts 2 mm. long, ovate, acute, strongly ribbed. Calyx c. 2 mm. long, anterior lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, ribbed, free for ⅔ length or more. Corolla-tube > calyx. Capsule 2.5 × 2 mm., broad-oval, obtuse, slightly > calyx.

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

Hebe imbricata Cockayne & Allan

Description

2n = 40

Description

2n = 40

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