Veronica repens

Veronica repens
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Veronica repens is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Veroniceae
Genus: Veronica
Subgenus: Veronica subg. Beccabunga
Species: Veronica repens
Subspecies: V. r. subsp. cyanea – V. r. subsp. repens

Name

Veronica repens Clarion ex DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 727 (1805).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Veronica reptans D.H.Kent, Watsonia 18: 213 (1990), nom. superfl.
    • Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. repens (Clarion ex DC.) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 777 (1937), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Native to:

  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Morocco.
  • Europe
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse.

Introduced into:

  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2013. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 5: Dicotyledoneae: Oleaceae – Zygophyllaceae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0128-5, 451 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: creeping speedwell
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