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7579.000 Veronica - Speedwells
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually opposite but may be in whorls or alternate. Calyx usually with 4 lobes, the fifth when present, small. Flowers usually blue, rarely white or pinkish. Corolla with a very short tube and rotate 4-lobed limb. Stamens 2. Capsule ± laterally flattened. Derivation of name: Named after St Veronica. Worldwide: 180 species, mainly N temperate, a few on tropical mountains and in the S Hemisphere; some subcosmopolitan weeds |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica Fresen. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| anagallis-aquatica L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,S | |
| javanica Blume | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C,E | Description, Image |
| persica Poir. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Veronica:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Veronica pageePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Veronica
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Veronica
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Veronica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Veronica
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Veronica
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