Veronica lendenfeldii F.Muell.

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

Veronica lendenfeldii F.Muell.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria, N. S. 1, 2: 29 ( von Mueller 1889). — Parahebe lendenfeldii (F. Mueller) P. Royen , Taxon 19: 483 ( van Royen & Ehrendorfer 1970). — Hebe lendenfeldii (F. Mueller) Pennell , Brittonia 2: 184 ( Pennell 1936).

TYPE CITATION. — Papua-New Guinea: “Summit of Mt. Victoria”, MacGregor.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “ Mt. Victoria , New Guinea. 1889 Sir W. Maccgregor ” MEL[ MEL18568 *].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — BISH[ BISH1014829 *], K[ K001070723 *, K001070726 *], MEL[ MEL18567 *, MEL18569 *, MEL18571 *, MEL18572 * p.p., MEL18578 *, MEL18579 *, MEL18580 *], P[ P04079580 *, P04079581 *].

Nomenclatural note. In 1889, von Mueller published new taxa based on the collections of William MacGregor from New Guinea, among them V. lendenfeldii . There are many specimens of this collection in MEL and some in other herbaria. The specimens in P are both from the general herbarium with labels of von Mueller. Among those in MEL, I expect the type to bear the name given to it by von Mueller, which is not the case in all of them. So, the lectotype is chosen because it has been labeled by von Mueller with the name, is well preserved and presents the broad-leaved form considered typical in the protologue.