Hebe macrocalyx (J.B.Armstr.) G.Simpson var. macrocalyx

Details

Name scientific

Hebe macrocalyx (J.B.Armstr.) G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 79: 427 (1952) var. macrocalyx

Preferred name

Veronica macrocalyx J.B.Armstr. var. macrocalyx

Taxonomy reference

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. 2007: Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides. Taxon 56: 571–582.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

G.Simpson

Original authors

J.B.Armstr.

Authors

(J.B.Armstr.) G.Simpson

Publication place

Simpson, G. 1952: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species (No. 5). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 79: 419–435.

Year published

1952

Publication page

428

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica macrocalyx J.B.Armstr.

Taxonomic rank

var.

Canonical form

Hebe macrocalyx var. macrocalyx

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Hebe

Species

macrocalyx

Descriptions

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

Hebe macrocalyx (J.B.Armstr.) G.Simpson var. macrocalyx

Description

n = 21

Kellow, A.V.; Bayly, M.J.; Mitchell, K.A.; Markham, K.R.; Brownsey, P.J. 2003: A taxonomic revision of Hebe informal group "Connateae" (Plantaginaceae), based on morphology and flavonoid chemistry. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4): 613–635.

Hebe macrocalyx (J.B.Armstr.) G.Simpson var. macrocalyx

Description

Mat-forming subshrub to 20 cm tall, 1 m diameter. Leaves not distinctly keeled, spathulate, 9–16 mm long, (2.5–)3.5–9 mm wide; apex rounded to slightly retuse; margins green or colourless, smoothly cartilaginous, entire. Calyx lobes green, linear, 5–9 mm long.