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Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman

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Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 509 (1906)
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1906
509
replacement name
ICN
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
species
Veronica leiophylla
The epithet is derived from Greek leios, smooth, and phyllon, leaf: smooth-leaved.

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leiophylla

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Laxly branched shrub to 2 m. or more tall. Branchlets uniformly and finely pubescent, length of internodes us. much > diam. Lvs spreading, c. 4 cm. × 6 mm., narrow-lanceolate; lf-bud with sinus, sts very small; lamina of characteristic texture, drying almost black, glab. except for very fine pubescence above and sts below midrib, on entire margin and extending to petiole. Infls lateral, simple, us. >, often much > lvs. Pedicels long, bracts small or narrow, ciliolate. Calyx-lobes 1·5-2 mm. long, obtuse to subacute, ciliolate. Corolla white or very pale coloured, tube little > calyx, us. < rather pointed lobes. Capsule erect, glab., to 2 × calyx.

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Hebe ×gracillima (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Hebe gracillima (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Hebe gracillima (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Hebe leiophylla (Cheeseman) Andersen
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Hebe leiophylla (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Hebe leiophylla (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Hebe leiophylla (Cheeseman) Andersen
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica gracillima (Kirk) Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica ligustrifolia var. gracillima Kirk
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica ligustrifolia var. gracillima Kirk
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica parviflora var. phillyreaefolia Hook.f.
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
Veronica parviflora var. phillyreaefolia Hook.f.
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman

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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
[Not available]
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
New Zealand
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Veronica leiophylla Cheeseman
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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typification
Lectotype (designated by Bayly & Kellow 2004): Nelson, New Zealand, Bidwill no. 13, K
Etymology
The epithet is derived from Greek leios, smooth, and phyllon, leaf: smooth-leaved.

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10e7cf6e-1990-4263-8cf2-8bf089c6ab8c
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Names_Plants
17 September 2002
22 November 2023
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