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Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Veronica macrantha Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 213 (1864) var. macrantha
Synonymy:
- ≡ Parahebe macrantha (Hook.f.) Heads, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 115: 79 (1994) var. macrantha
- ≡ Hebe macrantha (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 43 (1926) var. macrantha
Description
Lamina oblanceolate or rarely lanceolate to elliptic, 12–22 (rarely 8–30) mm long, 6–12 (rarely 4–13) mm wide, widest point usually beyond halfway; teeth in 2–11 pairs; petiole 1.5–7.5 mm long. Peduncle 6.0–30.7 mm long; lowermost bracts 4–9.1 mm long; pedicels 1–10 (rarely –15) mm long. Calyx lobes (rarely 5–) 7–10 mm long.
Recognition
Plants of V. macrantha var. brachyphylla are distinguished from var. macrantha by shorter leaves that are mostly elliptic to broadly elliptic in shape and have fewer marginal teeth, and by their generally shorter petioles, peduncles, lowermost inflorescence bracts, and calyx lobes. V. macrantha var. macrantha shows more geographical variation, tending to have larger leaves in the southern part of its range, and 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 information.
Distribution
South Island: western Marlborough, western Canterbury, north-west Otago, Westland, northern Fiordland.
Habitat
Penalpine grassland and low shrubland. Recorded elevations range from 900 to 1910 m.
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Cytology
2n = 42 (see Bayly & Kellow 2006, as Hebe macrantha var. macrantha).
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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.
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 (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan var. macrantha] [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.J. 1994: A biogeographic review of Parahebe (Scrophulariaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 115: 65–89.
Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.
