Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly

Details

Name scientific

Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly in Kellow et al., New Zealand J. Bot. 41: 242 (2003)

Preferred name

Veronica pimeleoides subsp. faucicola (Kellow & Bayly) 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.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Kellow & Bayly

Authors

Kellow & Bayly

Publication place

Kellow, A.V.; Bayly, M.J.; Mitchell, K.A.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2003: Variation in morphology and flavonoid chemistry in Hebe pimeleoides (Scrophulariaceae), including a revised subspecific classification. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(2): 233–253.

Year published

2003

Publication page

242

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly

Taxonomic rank

subsp.

Canonical form

Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola

Etymology

The epithet faucicola means gorge dweller (Bayly & Kellow 2006), a reference to the habitat of this subspecies.

Typification

Holotype: Otago, Clyde Dam lookout point, c. 300m NE of dam wall, M. J. Bayly 1492 & A. V. Kellow, 21 Jan 2001, WELT 82445

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Hebe

Species

pimeleoides

Descriptions

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

Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly

Description

n = 40

Description

n = 20

Hebe pimeleoides subsp. faucicola Kellow & Bayly

Description

Small shrub, up to c. 70(–90) cm tall, branches ascending to erect. Leaves lanceolate or elliptic to subrotund, 7.5–15.5 mm long, (1.8–)3.1– 8.7 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences with 4–12(– 24) flowers. Flowers mauve, fading to pale pink or almost white after pollination. Calyces and bracts ciliolate or ciliate only.

Diagnosis

A subspecies pimeleoides habitu erecto vel ascendenti usque ad 70(–90) cm alto, floribus pallide malvinis vel lilacinis differt.