Veronica albicans Petrie
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Veronica albicans Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 53 (1917)
Veronica albicans Petrie
Nomenclature
Petrie
Petrie
1917
53
ICN
Veronica albicans Petrie
species
Veronica albicans
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
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
Taxonomic concepts
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Hebe albicans (Petrie) Cockayne
Veronica albicans Petrie
Hebe recurva G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
Hebe recurva G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson
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
Veronica albicans Petrie
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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
Metadata
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