Veronica spicata L. var. ciliata F.Wirtg.

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 : 101-103

Veronica spicata L. var. ciliata F.Wirtg.

Herbarium plantarum criticarum, selectarum, hybridarum que Florae Rhenanae XII: 701 ( Wirtgen 1862). Description on printed label “Cal. Lacin. Longe ciliatis” (calyx lobes long ciliate).

TYPE CITATION. — Germany, Rhineland-Palatia: “Auf Sandfeldern zu Budenheim unterhalb Mainz, F.Wirtgen no. 701, 27. Jul. 1862 ”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — P[ P04574562 *; Fig. 11 ].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — P[ P03517248 *, P04906314 *].

Nomenclatural note. Whereas the V. chamaedrys f. arenaria no. 620 (fasc. XI; P01975923, P04574528) is only an herbarium name due to the lack of a description, his V. spicata var. ciliata is an effective publication (“Cal. lacin. longe ciliatis”; Fig. 11 ). The former name is found in the herbarium Drake and Edmond Camus, while the latter name originates from the Drake herbarium, which seems to have a complete set ( Bureau 1904), the herbarium Edmond Camus (based on handwriting with consecutive numbers) and the Catholic University of Paris. No specimen of that name was found in NHV (Killmann & Ackermann, pers. comm.). So, the specimen from the herbarium Camus ( Fig. 11 ) is chosen here as lectotype.

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FIG. 11. — Lectotype of V. spicata var. ciliata (P04574562).