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Veronica albicans Petrie

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Veronica albicans Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 53 (1917)
Veronica albicans Petrie

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Petrie
Petrie
1917
53
ICN
Veronica albicans Petrie
species
Veronica albicans
The epithet albicans means becoming white, which Bayly & Kellow (2006) interpret as a reference to the glaucous leaves.
Lectotype (designated by Kellow et al. 2005): Mt Cobb, N. W. Nelson, H. J. Matthews, Feb 1909, WELT 16954

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albicans

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Much-branched spreading shrub c. 1 m. tall. Branchlets medium with sparse short hairy pubescence mostly confined to bifarious bands, length of internodes c. 3 × diam., older branches red-brown. Lvs spreading, deflexed, c. 3-5 cm. × 4-9 mm., narrow-lanceolate, rather thin but ± glaucous; lf-bud without sinus, lf-base broad; lamina tapering to subacute tip, glab., entire, margin smooth, cartilaginous, midrib evident. Infls lateral, simple, c. 6 cm. long, us. tapering; peduncle c. 1·5 cm. long, slender, hairy-pubescent. Bracts 1·5-2 mm. long, narrow, ciliolate, not opp., pedicels to 3-4 mm. long. Calyx-lobes to 2 mm. long, narrow, subacute, ciliolate. Corolla white, tube c. 3 mm. long, lobes shorter, rounded, incurved. Capsule c. 4 × 2 mm., erect, ± pointed, glab.
n = 20
n = 20
n = 20
2n = 80
n = 20
2n = 80

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Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie
Veronica albicans Petrie

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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Veronica albicans Petrie
New Zealand
Veronica albicans Petrie
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Veronica albicans Petrie
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Veronica albicans Petrie
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Etymology
The epithet albicans means becoming white, which Bayly & Kellow (2006) interpret as a reference to the glaucous leaves.
typification
Lectotype (designated by Kellow et al. 2005): Mt Cobb, N. W. Nelson, H. J. Matthews, Feb 1909, WELT 16954

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23 January 2007
26 August 2022
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