Veronica sartoriana Boiss. & Heldr.

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 : 71

Veronica sartoriana Boiss. & Heldr.

Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalum Novarum, ser. 2, 3: 171. ( Boissier 1856).

TYPE CITATION. — Greece, Central Greece: “Hab. in Graecia Sartori, in monte Parnes Atticae versus cacumen in consortio V. arvensis Heldr. ”.

NEOTYPE (designated here). — “De Heldreich Herbarium Graecum normale = 2908 No. 748 Veronica sartoriana […] In pascuis saxosis m. Parnethis Atticae in reg. abietina versus cacumen , alt. 3500’-4000, in consortio Ver. Arvensis Lin. Rara. D. 5 Jun. 1857 ”, G[ G00768679* ].

ISONEOTYPES (designated here). — FI[ FI015730* ], P[ P03517197* , P03517198* , P04077655* ], S[ S10-25551* ], UPS!,WU[ WU044017! ].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica sartoriana was published in Nov./ Dec. 1856 ( Stafleu 1970) but all specimens outside G found so far were collected in June 1857 from the type locality and bear the publication information from 1856. It appears that the species was described from a small collection and Heldreich collected on June 5th, 1857 under no. 748 / no. 2908 a larger sample to send it to colleagues and herbaria. The specimen G00768677 appears to have been collected in July 1857 from a different collection. Another specimen (G00768680) is interesting because it is only a single plant with the notes “Greecia […] (?) non notato Sartori”, while G00768681 is from June 8th, but the year is difficult to read but likely 1857. In such a case, none of the other specimens in G is clearly type material and the collection from June 5 th, 1857, should be the neotype. This is also the specimen used as lectotype by Strid (2024).