Veronica africana Hook.f.

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 : 90-91

Veronica africana Hook.f.

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 7: 208 ( Hooker 1864).

TYPE CITATION. — Cameroon: “ Cameroons Mountains, alt. 7000 feet ”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “N 1263 Cameroon Mountain Elev. 7000 ft Mann 1862” K[ K000028833 !].

ISOLECTOTYPE (designated here). — P[ P03429486 *].

Nomenclatural note. The second species described by Hooker based on collections of Mann is V. africana Hook. f. from the Cameroon Mountains. Nowadays, it is considered a synonym of V. abyssinica , a highly variable species widespread in Africa in need of further analysis. Hooker (1864) suggested that V. africana differs from V. abyssinica in shorter petioles and leaves truncate or cordate at base, but a closer morphological and genetic analysis will be necessary to see whether V. africana deserves taxonomic recognition.Similar to V. mannii , the type material was found in K and the specimen in P is an isotype.