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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Veronica macrantha var. brachyphylla Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 537 (1906)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Hebe macrantha var. brachyphylla (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 43 (1926)
- ≡ Parahebe macrantha var. brachyphylla (Cheeseman) Heads, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 79 (1994)
Lectotype (designated by Moore, in Allan 1961): Mt Arthur, Nelson, 5000 ft, T. F. C[heeseman], Jan 1886, 1663 to Kew, AK 58896. Isolectotype: K. Possible Isolectotypes: WELT 13114, 13122
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Description
Lamina elliptic to broadly elliptic, 7–15 (rarely 6–18) mm long, 5–10 (rarely 4–12) mm wide, widest point about halfway; teeth in 1–5 pairs; petiole 1–4 mm long. Peduncle 1.5–10.0 (rarely –13.0) mm long; lowermost bracts 2–4 (rarely –8) mm long; pedicels 0.5–3.0 mm long. Calyx lobes 5–8 mm long.
Recognition
Plants of V. macrantha var. macrantha are distinguished from var. brachyphylla by narrower leaves that are mostly oblanceolate in shape and have more marginal teeth, and by their generally longer petioles, peduncles, lowermost inflorescence bracts, and calyx lobes. Identification is most likely to be difficult where the two varieties meet near Lake Tennyson. See Bayly et al. (2004) and Bayly & Kellow (2006) for more detailed information.
Distribution
South Island: Western Nelson, Sounds Nelson, north Westland, Canterbury (north of about Lake Tennyson), west and south-west Marlborough.
Habitat
Penalpine grassland and low shrubland. Recorded elevations range from 760 to 1646 m.
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Cytology
2n = 42 (see Bayly & Kellow 2006, as Hebe macrantha var. brachyphylla).
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Bibliography
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V. 2006: An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes. Te Papa Press, Wellington.
Bayly, M.J.; Kellow, A.V.; Ansell, R.; Mitchell, K.; Markham, K.R. 2004: Geographic variation in Hebe macrantha (Plantaginaceae): morphology and flavonoid chemistry. Tuhinga, Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 15: 27–41.
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
Cockayne, L.; Allan, H.H. 1926: The present taxonomic status of the New Zealand species of Hebe. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 11–47.
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 macrantha var. brachyphylla (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan] [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.
Garnock-Jones, P.J.; Lloyd, D.G. 2004: A taxonomic revision of Parahebe (Plantaginaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42: 181–232. [as Hebe macrantha var. brachyphylla (Cheeseman) Cockayne & Allan; Parahebe macrantha var. brachyphylla (Cheeseman) Heads]
Heads, M.J. 1994: A biogeographic review of Parahebe (Scrophulariaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 115: 65–89.
