Veronica saturejoides Vis. subsp. munellensis M.A.Fisch.

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 : 88

Veronica saturejoides Vis. subsp. munellensis M.A.Fisch.

Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 118: 203 ( Fischer 1970).

TYPE CITATION. — Albania: “In saxosis ad summum jugum montis Muela distr. Orosi.

HOLOTYPE. — “A. Baldacci (Iter albanicum quintum) no. 89, 30. Jun. 1897 ”, WU[ WU059322 !].

ISOTYPE. — W[ W1898-0001589 !].

ISOTYPES (not mentioned by Fischer 1970). — BM[Martínez Ortega, pers. comm.], G[ G00086659! ], K[ K000806792! ], M[ M0188538! ], P[ P03517195* , P03517196* ].

Nomenclatural note. On the fifth visit of Albania by Antonio Baldacci , he collected on the border to nowadays Northern Macedonia. There, he found plants he identified as V. saturejoides and which was later chosen as type of V. saturejoides subsp. munellensis by Fischer (1970), a taxon endemic to Albania and known only from two localities ( Albach et al. 2009). Fischer (1970) chose the specimen in WU as holotype and another in W as isotype but there are further duplicates in several other herbaria since Baldacci spread his collections far around. Two specimens are in Paris, one in the general collection, received on February 25th, 1898, probably directly by Baldacci, the other through the Drake herbarium, which is known to contain many of Baldacci’s specimens ( Bureau 1904).