- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
- Genus: Veronica L.
Veronica abyssinica Fresen.
- Genus: Veronica L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Nigeria to Somalia and S. Tropical Africa.
[FZ]
Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Habit
- Annual, prostrate herb, trailing or ascending, branched from or towards base; branches up to 7.5 cm. long or occasionally much more, of ten rooting at nodes, more or less densely pilose with long, white hairs; stem hollow, sometimes becoming somewhat woody.
- Leaves
- Leaves opposite, petiolate, lamina 15–45 x 10–36 mm., broadly ovate to ovate-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, shallowly cordate to subtruncate at base, at rimes subcuneate, shallowly to coarsely crenate-serrate; petiole 4–20 mm. long.
- Inflorescences
- Racemes axillary, 1–7.5 cm. long, 2–7-flowered; flowers blue, bracteate; bracts 3–4 mm. long, 0.5–1.3 mm. wide, linear-oblong, obtuse.
- Pedicel
- Pedicels (2)6–10(15) mm. long, slender.
- Calyx
- Calyx 3.5–4.75 mm. long; lobes 1–2 mm. long, oblong to spatulate-oblong, obtuse, long-ciliate.
- Corolla
- Corolla 6–7 mm. long, upper lobe to 4 mm. wide, broadly ovate to subcircular.
- Fruits
- Capsule 3.5–4 x (3.5)4(5) mm., obcordate in outline, compressed, long pilose, or only ciliate on suture.
[FWTA]
Scrophulariaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Habit
- Prostrate herb, creeping, branched from the base
- Indumentum
- More or less pilose
- Flowers
- Flowers blue or pinkish
- Ecology
- In montane grassland and scrub beside small streams.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Ethiopia, Simien, Rüppell s.n. (FR, holo.)
- Habit
- Trailing perennial herb with prostrate stems up to 80(–150) cm, rooting at the nodes, sometimes profusely branched, sparsely to rather densely pubescent in two lines
- Leaves
- Leaves broadly ovate, 1–5 cm long, 0.5–3.5 cm wide, rounded to subcordate at base, subacute to obtuse, margins rather coarsely crenate, pilose to subglabrous on both sides; petioles 4–9(–18) mm long
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of lateral racemes, 2–5 cm long, 2–4(–8)-flowered; bracts linear, 4 mm long; pedicels filiform, ± 5 mm long
- Calyx
- Calyx 4–5 mm long in flower, 6–7 mm long in fruit; segments elliptic-oblong, ciliate
- Corolla
- Corolla blue; tube white; lobes ± 6 mm long
- Filaments
- Filaments white.
- Anthers
- Anthers yellow
- Fruits
- Capsule broadly obovate, emarginate, compressed, pilose to nearly glabrous
- Figures
- Fig 30, 5–8, p 103
- Ecology
- Montane forest, stream banks, bushy grassland; 1200–3100 m (–3900 m fide
- Conservation
- Least Concern (LC)
- Note
- Robust forms with larger, deep blue flowers occur in Tanzania ( T 7) at the edge of the Kitulo Plateau, Njombe District ( Hepper & Field 5345) and at some other places.
- Distribution
- Range: Extending to the mountains of Cameroon, Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi Flora districts: U1 U2 U3 U4 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T6 T7 T8
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Native to:
Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Veronica abyssinica Fresen. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2007 | Tchiengue, B. [2581], Cameroon | K000436224 | ||
| Jun 1, 2004 | Tadjouteu, F. [429], Cameroon | K000683296 | ||
| Jan 1, 2004 | Etuge, M. [4304 r], Cameroon | K000212803 | ||
| Jan 1, 2004 | Onana, J.-M. [1870], Cameroon | K000212807 | ||
| Jan 1, 2004 | Ghogue, J.-P. [1091], Cameroon | K000212986 | ||
| Dec 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [7276], Cameroon | K000198186 | ||
| Dec 1, 2000 | Etuge, M. [3450], Cameroon | K000339199 | ||
| Dec 1, 2000 | Munyenyembe, P. [798], Cameroon | K000339198 | ||
| Dec 1, 2000 | Kamundi, D. [724], Cameroon | K000339200 | ||
| Aug 1, 1975 | Letouzey, R. [14201], Cameroon | K000028814 | ||
| Jan 1, 1971 | Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8472], Cameroon | K000028812 | ||
| Keay, R.W.J. [28633], Cameroon | K000028834 | |||
| Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28431], Cameroon | K000028828 | |||
| Hepper, F.N. [1939], Cameroon | K000028802 | |||
| Morton, J.K. [7082], Cameroon | K000028804 | |||
| Morton, J.K. [7082], Cameroon | K000028805 | |||
| Maitland, T.D. [1286], Cameroon | K000028820 | |||
| Maitland, T.D. [1008], Cameroon | K000028829 | |||
| Maitland, T.D. [223a], Cameroon | K000028830 | |||
| Maitland, T.D. [1655 a], Cameroon | K000028821 | |||
| Boughey, A.S. [11547], Cameroon | K000028803 | |||
| Boughey, A.S. [10433], Cameroon | K000028826 | |||
| Sanford, W.W. [5443], Cameroon | K000028809 | |||
| Mann, G. [1997], Cameroon | K000028832 | |||
| Mann, G. [1263], Cameroon | K000028833 | |||
| Thomas, D.W. [3103], Cameroon | K000028810 | |||
| Thomas, D.W. [3103], Cameroon | K000028811 | |||
| Meurillon, A. [CNAD 1404], Cameroon | K000028807 | |||
| Ash, J. [1265], Ethiopia | K000196266 | |||
| Ash, J. [1265], Ethiopia | 35651.000 | |||
| Hedberg, O. [93109], Cameroon | K000087438 | |||
| Brenan, J.P.M. [9369], Cameroon | K000028815 | |||
| Brenan, J.P.M. [9369], Cameroon | K000028816 | |||
| Breteler, F.J. [MC 127], Cameroon | K000028801 | |||
| Etuge, M. [324], Cameroon | K000028813 | |||
| Johnston, H.H. [15], Cameroon | K000028831 | |||
| Schimper, W. [462], Ethiopia | K000405246 | |||
| Dunlap [75], Cameroon | K000028835 | |||
| Apr 30, 1869 | Schimper [1154], Ethiopia | Veronica petitiana | K000405248 | |
| Schimper [1154], Ethiopia | Veronica petitiana | K000405247 |
First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 2: 356 (1844)
Accepted by
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
- Troupin, G. (ed.) (1985). Flora du Rwanda 3: 1-729. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
- Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Hedberg in Sym. Bot. Uppsal. 15: 169 (1957).
- Römpp in Fedde Rep., Beih. 50: 141 (1928)
- F.T.A. 4, 2: 358
- in Bot. Zeit. 2: 356 (1844)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Fl. Ethiop. & Eritr. 5: 281 (2006).
- Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 204, pl. 85 (1999)
- U.K.W.F.: 258, pl. 111 (1994)
- F.Z.: 8(2): 82, t. 30/B (1990)
- Cribb & Leedal, Mount. Fl. S Tanz.: 119, pl. 29C (1982)
- F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 355 (1963)
- A.V.P.: 169 (1951)
- F.R., Beih. 50: 141 (1928)
- F.T.A. 4(2): 358 (1906)
- Bot. Zeit. 2:356 (1844)
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