Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Veronica hectorii subsp. demissa (G.Simpson) Garn.-Jones in Garnock-Jones et al., Taxon 56: 577 (2007)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Hebe demissa G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 193 (1945)
- ≡ Hebe hectorii var. demissa (G.Simpson) Ashwin in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 931 (1961)
- ≡ Leonohebe hectorii var. demissa (G.Simpson) Heads, Bot. Soc. Otago Newsl. 5: 8 (1987)
- ≡ Hebe hectorii subsp. demissa (G.Simpson) Wagstaff & Wardle, New Zealand J. Bot. 37: 33 (1999)
Lectotype (designated by Ashwin, in Allan 1961): ex Rock and Pillar Range, garden grown, Dunedin, G. Simpson, flowering early Jan, Dunedin, CHR 48080 A.
- = Hebe subulata G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 79: 427 (1952)
- ≡ Leonohebe subulata (G.Simpson) Heads, Bot. Soc. Otago Newsl. 5: 9 (1987)
- ≡ Hebe hectorii subsp. subulata (G.Simpson) Wagstaff & Wardle, New Zealand J. Bot. 37: 33 (1999)
Lectotype (designated by Bayly & Kellow 2006): Old Man Range, Central Otago, Owen Fletcher, (cult), 10 Jan 1950, CHR 195571
Etymology:
Vernacular Name(s):
whipcord hebe
Description
Leaves broader than long, mostly 1.5–2.5 mm long; apex apiculate to mucronate.
Recognition
V. hectorii subsp. demissa plants have a short apiculus or mucro to the leaf, whereas leaves of subsp. coarctata and subsp. hectorii are sub-acute, obtuse, or rounded. The distinction is not clearcut in the southern South Island, and plants with a very short mucro can be difficult to place. The distributions of subsp. demissa and subsp. hectorii appear to overlap, but typically subsp. demissa has a more eastern range, whereas most populations of subsp. hectorii are in the west of the region. See Bayly & Kellow (2006) for details.
Distribution
South Island: Canterbury (south of Waitaki River only), Westland (east of the Main Divide), Otago, Southland.
Habitat
Penalpine to alpine grassland and shrubland. Recorded elevations range from 615 to 1800 m.
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Cytology
2n = 40 (Bayly & Kellow 2006, as Hebe hectorii subsp. demissa).
Notes
For comparison with subsp. hectorii, see notes under that subspecies.
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Bibliography
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. 2006: An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes. Te Papa Press, Wellington.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [as Hebe hectorii subsp. demissa (G.Simpson) Wagstaff & Wardle] [Not Threatened]
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2023: Veronica. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Seed Plants. Fascicle 9. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Albach, D.; Briggs, B.G. 2007: Botanical names in Southern Hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides. Taxon 56: 571–582.
Heads, M. 1987: New names in New Zealand Scrophulariaceae. Botanical Society of Otago Newsletter 5: 4–11.
Simpson, G. 1945: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species (No. 4). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 75: 187–202.
Simpson, G. 1952: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species (No. 5). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 79: 419–435.
Wagstaff, S.J.; Wardle, P. 1999: Whipcord Hebes - systematics, distribution, ecology and evolution. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37(1): 17–39.
