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Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

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Name scientific

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr., N.Z. Ctry. J. 3: 59 (1879)

Preferred name

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

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

Nomenclature

Authors

Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Original authors

J.B.Armstr.

Publication place

Armstrong, J.B. 1879: Descriptions of some new native plants. New Zealand Country Journal 3(1): 56–59.

Year published

1879

Publication page

59

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Veronica armstrongii

Etymology

Named after Canterbury horticulturalist and botanist John F. Armstrong (Godley 1999). The type material was collected by J.F. Armstrong and the plant became widely known informally in horticulture as V. armstrongii before his son, Joseph B. Armstrong, named it formally in 1879 (Godley 1999, Bayly & Kellow 2006).

Typification

Lectotype (designated by Ashwin, in Allan 1961): Rangitata Sources, 4-5000 ft., J. F. A[rmstrong],1869, CHR 635752. Possible isolectotypes: AK 8252 [this differs from the type in the stated altitude, “4-6000 ft”], K [this is a duplicate of AK 8252 (both have the number 1620, from T. F. Cheeseman), but gives the collector as J. B. Armstrong]

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Veronica

Species

armstrongii

Subordinates

Veronica armstrongii var. annulata

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Description

Erect much-branched shrub to c. 1 m. tall. Ultimate branchlets 1·5-2 mm. diam., ± terete, yellow-green, not glossy; internodes 1-1·5 mm. long, partly exposed; nodal joint weakly marked or obscure. Lvs c. 1 mm. long, connate for ⅓ to ⅔ length, smoothly appressed when fresh, us. spreading widely and encircling branchlet when dry, apex truncate or rounded, abruptly tapering to slightly keeled acute tip, margins yellowish. Spikes c. 2-6 fld. Bracts 1-1·5 mm. long, obtuse or with small acute tip. Calyx 2-2.5 mm. long, anterior lobes completely fused into broad obtuse seg. sts with short secondary split. Corolla-tube ± = calyx. Capsule 3-3·5 × 1·5-2 mm., oval, subacute to obtuse, > calyx.

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

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Description

2n = 84

Description

2n = 124

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Dawson, M.I. (2008)

Hebe Comm. ex Juss.

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Dawson, M.I. (2008)

Hebe Comm. ex Juss.

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Hebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Leonohebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Heads

Leonohebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Heads

Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Leonohebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Heads

Leonohebe armstrongii (J.B.Armstr.) Heads

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Veronica armstrongii Kirk

Veronica armstrongii Kirk

Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. (2006)

Hebe armstrongii (Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.) Cockayne & Allan

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Kirk

Veronica armstrongii Kirk

Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2023)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Kirk

Veronica armstrongii Kirk

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. (2007)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

[Not available]

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

New Zealand

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

New Zealand

Canterbury Land District

Veronica armstrongii Johnson ex J.B.Armstr.

New Zealand

Wellington Land District

Identification keys

Identification key

Wagstaff, S.J.; Wardle, P. 1999: Whipcord Hebes - systematics, distribution, ecology and evolution. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37(1): 17–39.

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Lectotype (designated by Ashwin, in Allan 1961): Rangitata Sources, 4-5000 ft., J. F. A[rmstrong],1869, CHR 635752. Possible isolectotypes: AK 8252 [this differs from the type in the stated altitude, “4-6000 ft”], K [this is a duplicate of AK 8252 (both have the number 1620, from T. F. Cheeseman), but gives the collector as J. B. Armstrong]

Note type

Etymology

Note text

Named after Canterbury horticulturalist and botanist John F. Armstrong (Godley 1999). The type material was collected by J.F. Armstrong and the plant became widely known informally in horticulture as V. armstrongii before his son, Joseph B. Armstrong, named it formally in 1879 (Godley 1999, Bayly & Kellow 2006).

Metadata

Record id

58b9a054-3a5e-493b-a006-84059cd7d174

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

19 April 2004

Date last updated

26 August 2022

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