Veronica

Contains 8 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Veronica L.
PLANTAGINACEAE
SPEEDWELL
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Classification
LAMIALES
Veronica
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
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
[Family identification key]
1.  Flowers in axillary racemes
V. anagallis-aquatica
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
V. arvensis
3.  Leaf blade oblanceolate to linear; corolla blue
V. peregrina
4.  Leaves palmately 3- to 5-lobed; fruit only slightly notched
V. hederifolia
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
V. filiformis
6.  Pedicels 1-2(3) times as long as subtending bract; fruit reticulate with prominent veins, sinus angle (80)90–120(150)
V. persica
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
V. agrestis
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
V. polita
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
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.