Veronica alpina

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Veronica alpina
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Botanical illustration
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In bloom
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Veronica
Species:
V. alpina
Binomial name
Veronica alpina
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Cardia alpina(L.) Dulac
    • Veronica alpina f. albifloraRosenv.
    • Veronica alpina var. australisWahlenb.
    • Veronica alpina subsp. australis(Wahlenb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
    • Veronica alpina subsp. lasiocarpa(Pennell) Elenevsky
    • Veronica alpina subsp. minuscularia(Pau) Rivas Mart. & Molero Mesa
    • Veronica carneaVitman
    • Veronica clarkeanaSchult. & Schult.f.
    • Veronica gebhardianaVest ex Schult.
    • Veronica grandifoliaVest ex Schult.
    • Veronica imbricataWoerl.
    • Veronica integrifoliaSchrank
    • Veronica lasiocarpaPennell
    • Veronica minusculariaPau
    • Veronica pumilaAll.
    • Veronica pygmaeaSchrank
    • Veronica rotundifoliaSchrank
    • Veronicastrum alpinum(L.) Fourr.

Veronica alpina, the alpine speedwell or alpine veronica, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Veronica , native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, most of Europe, parts of Siberia, northern Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Tibet. [2] It is the namesake of the Veronica alpina species complex, which also includes V. bellidioides , V. copelandii , V. cusickii , V. nipponica , V. nutans , V. stelleri and V. wormskjoldii . [3]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 11 (1753)
  2. 1 2 "Veronica alpina L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. Albach, Dirk C.; Schönswetter, Peter; Tribsch, Andreas (2006). "Comparative phylogeography of the Veronica alpina complex in Europe and North America". Molecular Ecology. 15 (11): 3269–3286. Bibcode:2006MolEc..15.3269A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02980.x. PMID   16968270. S2CID   19640405.