Veronica × blockiana

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. Pseudolysimachion
Nothospecies: Veronica × blockiana

Name

Veronica × blockiana (Trávn.) Albach, Taxon 57: 3 (2008).

• Formula hybridae: Veronica incana L., Sp. Pl. 1: 10 (1753) × Veronica spicata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 10 (1753)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pseudolysimachion × blockianum Trávn., Preslia 70: 201 (1998).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Eastern Europe Ukraine. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Albach, D.C. 2008. Further arguments for the rejection of paraphyletic taxa: Veronica subgen. Pseudolysimachium (Plantaginaceae). Taxon 57(1): 1–6. DOI: 10.2307/25065943 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Albach, D.C., Martínez Ortega, M.M., Delgado, L., Weiss-Schneeweiss, H., Özgökçe, F. & Fischer, M.A. 2008. Chromosome Numbers in Veroniceae (Plantaginaceae): Review and Several New Counts. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 95(4): 543–567. DOI: 10.3417/2006094 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Veronica × blockiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Aug 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Veronica × blockiana. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug 2025. Reference page.