Veronica gorumsensis Boiss. & Kotschy ex 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 : 79

Veronica gorumsensis Boiss. & Kotschy ex M.A.Fisch.

Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 121: 430. ( Fischer 1972).

TYPE CITATION. — Turkey, Adana: “In montibus Kassan Oghlu ad pagum Gorumse = Prov. Adana, Bakir dag, Gürümse, 25km W Saimbeyli), in agris alpinis olim cultis loco Yayle dictis, alt. 4600 ped. (= ca. 1500 m), leg. Th. Kotschy, iter cilicico-kurdicum, nro. 59, die 13. mai 1859 ”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — W[ W0276235!* ].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — P[ P03529582* ], UPS!, W[ W0276236!* ].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica gorumsensis is a species mentioned by Boissier (1879) as synonym of V.acinifolia and only published much later by Fischer (1972) but later considered a synonym of V.balansae ( Fischer 1978) . Fischer (1972) called the type collection the lectotype but since Boissier did not validly publish the name and did not mention the collection of Kotschy explicitly, the lectotype is the holotype. However, as discussed by Fischer (1972) there are two specimens in W, and none is explicitly called the type. Therefore, lectotypification is necessary.I, here, follow the indication of Fischer on the type specimens and lectotypify the name with the specimens indicated by Fischer to be the holotype. Additionally, the type collection is heterogeneous consisting of typical V. gorumsensis and V. bozakmanii according to Fischer (1972) and a note by Manfred A. Fischer in PR (PR0377337). The two species differ in the capsule halves of V. gorumsensis spreading at the sinus at an angle of 90° (not 60°), pedicels in fruit being 2-2.5× longer than bract (not 1.5-2×) and leaves being entire to subcrenulate (not always subcrenulate). Fischer (1972) mentioned only the two specimens in W for the collection of Kotschy no. 59 but there are at least eight specimens of the collection in herbaria worldwide. Of these, the specimens in G (G00768699), JE (JE00003997), P (P03529570, P03529581) and S (S10-22075) are V. bozakmanii .