Veronica debilis Freyn

Albach, Dirk C., 2025, From just a few to the most type-rich herbarium for Veronica L. (Plantaginaceae) - The effect of digitization of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle herbarium in Paris, Adansonia (3) 47 (7), pp. 47-130 : 104

Veronica debilis Freyn

Bulletin de l’herbier Boissier 4: 56. ( Freyn 1896).

TYPE CITATION. — Turkey, Gaziantep:“Antiochia,Aintab [= Gaziantep]: prope Sam die 25. Martio 1892 leg prost. Manissadjian (exs. 993); [ Turkey, Sanliurfa] Mesopotamia, Biredschik [= Birecik]: in monte Dschebel-Taken, aprili 1889 leg. Sintenis (exs. 129 pro V. reuteriana ).

SYNTYPES. — Sintenis no. 129, B[ B10 0278589 !*], BP[ BP 349666! ], BR[ BR 0000005422692 !*, BR0000005423026 !*], E[ E00326075 !*], JE[ JE 00000137 !*], LD[ LD 1038038 *], M[ M0188534 !*], P[ P05408548 *], WU[ WU 070337 !, WU070338 !, WU 070339 !]; (Manissadjian 993): M[ M0188533 !*].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica debilis is an accepted species and belongs to V. sect. Acinifolia, related to V. syriaca . Stapf, who first determined the species, realized that it is a novel species and provided the herbarium name V. takensis on some of the specimens (e.g., JE00000137, WU070338, WU070339). The specimen in Lund is determined by Freyn but does not have the locality “Dschebel-Taken” and is from May, not April 1888, whereas all other specimens seen have no indication that they were seen by Freyn. Thus, I currently refrain from typifying the name. The specimen in P is from the herbarium Chevallier.