Veronica herniarioides Pourr. ex Lapeyr.

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 : 56

Veronica herniarioides Pourr. ex Lapeyr.

Supplément à l’histoire abrégée des plantes des Pyrénées 4 ( Lapeyrouse 1818).

TYPE CITATION. — Spain, Huesca: “Chl. Hispan. no. 60 […] Sur les hauteurs du Port de Jacca. Pourret”.

NEOTYPE (designated here). — “Jacca” P[ P04933114* ].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica herniarioides was collected by Pourret in Jacca/Jaca from the province Huesca and added to his manuscript under no. 60 ( Lapeyrouse 1818). As such it is to be expected that the type specimen can be found in MAF. It is described as having a dense terminal raceme with deep blue flowers. The leaves are small, obovate, and glabrous with an entire margin. The stem is described as prostrate and rooting. Lapeyrouse (1818) inserted V. herniarioides after V. serpyllifolia , suggesting a relationship, which was, however, not followed by subsequent authors who considered it a synonym of V. alpina ( Dietrich 1831; Römpp 1928). Martinez-Ortega & Rico (2001b) considered it a synonym of V. serpyllifolia and mentioned that no authentic material was found in MAF. So, the type specimen likely burnt in Orense in 1808. The specimen in P (P04933114) is clarifying that the name is, however, a synonym of V. nummularia , a species endemic to the Pyrénées and the description fits, in fact, better to this species. The specimen does not belong to the herbarium Barbier and bears the location “Jacca”, which clarifies that the specimen is from Spain, but it is unclear when it was collected and how it came to the herbarium Timothée Puel, a doctor of medicine in Paris. Therefore, it is safest to consider it a neotype.