Contains 8 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
VERONICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 9. 1753.
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TYPE: Veronica officinalis Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 199. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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Veronica agrestis | GREEN FIELD SPEEDWELL | Not Native | ||
Veronica anagallis-aquatica | WATER SPEEDWELL | Not Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
Veronica arvensis | CORN SPEEDWELL | Not Native UPL (NWPL) | ||
Veronica filiformis | THREADSTALK SPEEDWELL; SLENDER SPEEDWELL | Not Native | ||
Veronica hederifolia | IVYLEAF SPEEDWELL | Not Native | ||
Veronica peregrina | NECKWEED | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
Veronica persica | BIRDEYE SPEEDWELL | Not Native | ||
Veronica polita | GRAY FIELD SPEEDWELL | Not Native |
Identification Key
1. Flowers in axillary racemes
1. Flowers in terminal racemes or solitary in distal leaf axils
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2. Pedicel shorter than the calyx
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2. Pedicel at least 2 times as long as calyx
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3. Leaf blade ovate; corolla white
3. Leaf blade oblanceolate to linear; corolla blue
4. Leaves palmately 3- to 5-lobed; fruit only slightly notched
4. Leaves toothed; fruit usually distinctly notched
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5. Mature pedicel 1.5-4 cm long; corolla 8-14 mm wide
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5. Mature pedicel 0.6-1.5(2) cm long; corolla 4-8 mm wide
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6. Pedicels 2-5 times as long as subtending bract; fruit absent or almost smooth, sinus angle 50–90
6. Pedicels 1-2(3) times as long as subtending bract; fruit reticulate with prominent veins, sinus angle (80)90–120(150)
7. Calyx lobes 2.2-2.6 mm wide; corolla white to pale pink or pale blue; fruit 2.5-4 mm long, with long glandular hairs only
7. Calyx 2.6-3.8 mm wide; corolla dark to bright blue (rarely pale or white); fruit 4-6 mm long, with both long and short eglandular hairs
Genus Synonyms
Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
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Aidelus | Aidelus Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(2): 11, 17. 1827. | TYPE: Aidelus micranthus Sprengel | |
Beccabunga | Beccabunga Hill, Brit. Herb. 94. 1756. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Cardia | Cardia Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 387. 1867, non Reichenbach 1828. | TYPE: = Veronica Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification. | |
Cochlidiosperma | Cochlidiosperma (Reichenbach) Reichenbach, Hand. Nat. Pfl.-Syst. 198. 1837. | BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, subg. Cochlidiosperma Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 365. 1831. | TYPE: Cochlidiosperma hederifolia (Linnaeus) Opiz (Veronica hederifolia Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Pouzar, Preslia 36: 338. 1964. |
Cymbophyllum | Cymbophyllum F. Mueller, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 202. 1856. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Diplophyllum | Diplophyllum Lehmann, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 8: 310. 1818, nom. rej. vs. Diplophyllum (Dumortier) Dumortier 1835. | TYPE: Diplophyllum veroniciforme Lehmann = Oligospermum D. Y. Hong 1984. | |
Hebe | Hebe Commerson ex Jussieu, Gen. Pl. 105. 1789. | TYPE: Hebe magellanica J. F. Gmelin 1791. | |
Odicardis | Odicardis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 55. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Odicardis crista-galli (Steven) Rafinesque (Veronica crista-galli Steven) | |
Oligospermum | Oligospermum D. Y. Hong, Opera Bot. 75: 56. 1984. | TYPE: Diplophyllum veroniciforme Lehmann Substitute name for Diplophyllum Lehmann 1818 (nom. rej.), non Diplophyllum (Dumortier) Dumortier 1835 (nom. cons.). | |
Panoxis | Panoxis Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2: 109. 1830. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Pocilla | Pocilla (Dumortier) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 17: 129. 1869. | BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, sect. Pocilla Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 35. 1827. | TYPE: = Cochlidiosperma (Reichenbach) Reichenbach 1837, by lectotypification. |
Ponaria | Ponaria Rafinesque, Med. Fl. 2: 109. 1830. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
Pseudolysimachion | Pseudolysimachion (W. D. J. Koch) Opiz, Seznam 80. 1852. | BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, sect. Pseudolysimachium W. D. J. Koch, Syn. Fl. Gem. Helv. 527. 1837. | TYPE: Pseudolysimachion spicatum (Linnaeus) Opiz 1852. (Veronica spicata Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 855. 1874. |
Uranostachys | Uranostachys (Dumortier) Fourreau, Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2. 17: 128. 1869. | BASIONYM: Veronica Linnaeus, sect. Uranostachys Dumortier, Fl. Belg. 35. 1827. | TYPE: = Veronica Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification. |