Veronica mannii Hook.f.

Veronica mannii Hook.f. View in CoL

Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 6: 19 ( Hooker 1862). — V. glandulosa subsp. mannii (Hook.f.) View in CoL Elenevsky, Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 82 (1): 156 ( Elenevsky 1977).

TYPE CITATION. — Equatorial Guinea, Fernando Po: “Ad cacumen Clarence Peak, alt. 10,700 ped.”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “N 604 [...] on the very top of Peak Clarence Fernando Poo December 1860 G. Mann ”, K[ K000540457 !].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — B ( Stroh 1942), F[ F72726!* ], GOET[ GOET019917 !], S[ S10-22095 *], U[ U.1723239 *] .

Nomenclatural note. Among the specimens collected in the western African tropical mountains by Gustav Mann, Veronica mannii is closely related and currently treated as subspecies of the otherwise East African montane V. glandulosa , which Hooker (1862) even alluded to in the protologue. It is supposed to differ by narrow leaves and sepals and bracts shorter than the flowers ( Hooker 1862). The main collection of Mann is in Kew, but duplicates have been sent around widely. However, care must be taken since Mann collected several specimens of the taxon under different numbers. Therefore, the specimen in P[P03558680], which has only a label “Mann 1859-1863” with no. “2090” is only a syntype.