Veronica verna f. brevistyla G.Froel.

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 : 94

Veronica verna f. brevistyla G.Froel.

Schriften der physikalisch-oekonomischen Gesellschaft zu Königsberg 26: 6 ( Froelich 1885).

TYPE CITATION. — None designated.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “Flora Borussiae occidentalis, Thorn, Acker zu Neu Weifshof, 20.5., 19.6.1885, G. Froelich ”, P[ P03803363 *; Fig. 8 ].

ISOLECTOTYPE (designated here). — M!

Nomenclatural note. In V. verna, Froelich published a forma brevistyla and a forma longistyla based on style length. Normally, these different forms are recognized as species, V. verna and V. dillenii , respectively, because of other differences, mainly in size but also habitat. However, it has not yet been tested in depth whether these deserve recognition at the species rank or whether Froelich was correct at treating them as forms. In such a case, Froelich’s name V. verna f. longistyla G.Froel. would be the correct name for the taxon currently recognized as V. dillenii . Nevertheless, V. verna f. brevistyla seems to be a synonym of V. verna since the style is not shorter than in normal V. verna .

Figures

FIG. 8. — Lectotype of V. verna f. brevistyla (P03803363) from Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.