Veronica cordata Celak.

Veronica cordata Celak. View in CoL

Sitzungsberichte der koeniglich-Boehmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag 1877: 118 ( Čelakovsky 1877), nom. nud. (Art. 37.1; rank unclear, “n. sp. vel subsp.”).

TYPE CITATION. — Iran, Kuhgiluyeh: “legit cl. Th. Kotschy in planitie edita Kaken montis Kuh-Daena, d. 17. Julii 1842 (Pl. Persae australis, Ed. R. F. Hohenacker 1845. N. 679”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “ Th. Kotschy. Pl. Pers. austr. Ed. R. F. Hohenacker. 1845. 679. Veronica Anagallis L. var. In m. Kuh-Daena. Jul. m. 1842.”, PRC[ PRC453977! ].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — G[ G00768646* ], H[ H1140272! ], HAL[ HAL0145238 *], K[ K001070316* ], M!, OXF!, P[ P03529647* , P03529652* , P03529715* , P04049122 *, P04049200 *], PRC[ PRC453977 !*], TUB[ TUB011179 *].

Nomenclatural note. Čelakovský published yet another species of the V. anagallis-aquatica agg. based on Kotschy’s collection of the Kuh-Daena mountains in southern Iran, V. cordata . However, the name is not validly published because Čelakovský did not decide between the rank of species or subspecies for the name. Nevertheless, it is a frequently cited name with a peculiar combination of morphological characters of small, cordate leaves with long internodes, likely belonging to V. anagalloides Guss. subsp. heureka M.A.Fisch. Čelakovský has mostly worked in Prague. So, it is most likely that he studied specimens from PR or PRC, but he may have seen other specimens as well.