Veronica capitata Royle ex Benth. var. sikkimensis Hook.f.

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 : 92

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/adansonia2025v47a7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15261848
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scientific name	Veronica capitata Royle ex Benth. var. sikkimensis Hook.f.
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Veronica capitata Royle ex Benth. var. sikkimensis Hook.f. View in CoL

The flora of British India 4: 296 ( Hooker 1885). — V. szechuanica subsp. sikkimensis (Hook.f.) D.Y.Hong View in CoL in P.C.Tsoong & D.Y.Hong., Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae: Scrophulariaceae 67 (2) ( Tsoong & Yang 1979).

TYPE CITATION. — India, “ Sikkim: Lachen, 12.000ft. J.D.H.”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “ Lachen 12.000ft, July 16/49 […] Coll. JDH ”, K[ K001070369 !].

SYNTYPE. — “(13.000ft, 20. Jun.)”, K[ K005096109 !].

Nomenclatural note. The specimen in P is on the same sheet as a specimen of V. capitata collected by J.-D. Hooker and H. Thomson in Sikkim. The preparation on one sheet is noteworthy since this seems to have been done to compare the two specimens. They are similar and considered conspecific nowadays, however under V. szechuanica . The specimen by Hooker and Thomson from Sikkim is likely an isotype of V. capitata var. sikkimensis Hook. f. but lacks the specific locality data mentioned in the protologue. Two specimens in K meet the requirements, although one has been collected 1000 ft further up and has been prepared on a sheet with another collection. It is, therefore, considered a syntype.

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Lamiales
Family	Plantaginaceae
Genus	Veronica