Veronica bartsiifolia (“bartsiaefolia”) Freyn

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 : 104

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Bulletin de l’herbier Boissier 4: 57 ( Freyn 1896).

TYPE CITATION. — “ Armenia turcica, Gümüschkhane: in graminosis ad Godena, 8. Majo (exs. 5474); Ruphena in campsis otiosis, 13. Majo (exs. 5474b); prope monaster [= Manastir]. Wang 28. Majo (exs. 5474c et d); Taltaban, in campis, 3. Julio (exs. 7576) anni 1894 leg. Sintenis”.

SYNTYPES. — Exs. 5474, BP[ BP 8348278 !], GB[ GB0782882 !], JE[ JE 00000117 !*], P[ P04048938 *], STU!; exs. 5474b , BP[ BP 03962556 , BP04048959 , BP04049043 ), JE[ JE 00000116 !*], M[ M0188543 !*, M0188545 !*], S [ S 10-21946 *], STU!; labeled as 5475 but with locality of 5474b); exs. 5474c , BP[ BP 348264 !], JE[ JE 00000115 !*], M[ M0188544 !*]; exs. 5474d, BP[ BP 348263! ], BR[ BR0000005422999 !], JE[ JE 00000114 !*], STU!; no specimen of Sintenis no. 7576 is known.

Nomenclatural note. Veronica bartsiifolia is a name given to large plants of V. biloba byBoissier (1879) based on specimens collected by Balansa (not found in G). However, since Boissier did not provide a description and it is given in synonymy of V. biloba , it has not been validly published. Freyn (1896) provided a description based on specimens collected by Sintenis. It is nowadays considered a synonym of V. argute-serrata , which is distinguished from V. biloba by being larger and having dentate bracts. However, the separation of these two species is unclear. Freyn (1896) provided five syntypes. Only one specimen, Sintenis 5474, is found in Paris. Given the many duplicates and the uncertainty of the intraspecific structure of V. biloba and V. argute-serrata , it seems premature to typify the name.