Veronica glandulosa Hochst. ex Benth.

Veronica glandulosa Hochst. ex Benth. View in CoL

Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 10: 482 ( Bentham 1846).

TYPE CITATION. — Ethiopia, Amhara: “(Hochst.! pl. abyss. Herb. Un. Itin. N. 1149) [...] ad Demerki in Abyssinia (Schimper!)”.

LECTOTYPE. — Designated byFischer (2006); second-step lectotype (designated here), “Schimperi iter Abyssinicum. Sectio secunda. 1149. Veronica glandulosa Hochst. Var. cordata U. i. 1842 Demerki d. 14. Aug. 1838 ”, K-Benth[ K000405243!* ].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — BR[ BR0000008249470!* , BR000000824942!* ], G[ G00674801* ], K[ K000405242!* , K000405244!* ], KW-Turcz.!, L[ L.2802889* ], P[ P00541534* , P00541535* ], S[ S-G-6334*] , TUB[ TUB011184 !], W!

SYNTYPE. — “Schimperi iter Abyssinicum. Sectio secunda. 568. Veronica glandulosa Hochst. […] U. i. 1842. Demerki d. 9. Aug. 1838 ”, BR[ BR0000008249463 *, BR0000008249470 *], K[K000405245!*].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica glandulosa is the second widespread species of the genus endemic to Africa. There has been some dispute around the species limits based mainly on different mountains having more or less different types, which are nevertheless currently considered to belong all to this species (except V. gunae ; Albach 2008b). Bentham (1846) provided the valid description of the species and explicitly mentioned Schimper no. 1149 as type, although Hochstetter in his herbarium labels called this collection V. glandulosa var. cordata and Schimper no. 568 only Veronica glandulosa . The name as given by Hochstetter, as most names by him, is invalid lacking a description ( Friis 1993). Bentham mentioned specimens in the herbaria of Hooker (now K) and DC. (now G). Fischer (2006) lectotypified the name with material from K. Since there are several specimens in Kew a second-step lectotypification is necessary. No specimen bears a signature by Bentham but the one from his own herbarium seems a safe choice.