Veronica campylopoda

Veronica campylopoda

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. Pocilla
Species: Veronica campylopoda

Name

Veronica campylopoda Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 4: 80 (1844).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Veronica biloba Bourg. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 464 (1879), nom. illeg.
  • Veronica biloba var. minima K.Koch, Linnaea 17: 288 (1844).
  • Veronica hallbergii Blatt., Beaut. Fl. Kashmir 2: 83 (1929).
  • Veronica microtheca Boiss. & Balansa in Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 6: 131 (1859).
  • Veronica minima (K.Koch) K.Koch, Linnaea 22: 700 (1849).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Native to: Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). China Tibet, Xinjiang. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan, West Himalaya. Introduced into: Europe Middle Europe Germany. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 4. 86 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. MDZ Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1, 4: 80.

Additional references

• Fischer, M.A. 1978. Veronica. Pp. 689–753 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 6 (Campanulaceae to Scrophulariaceae). 825 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85224-336-7. Reference page. 
• Hong, D.-Y. & Fischer, M.A. 1998. Veronica. Pp. 65–79 in Wu, Zh.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 18: Scrophulariaceae through Gesneriaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-55-X. efloras Reference page. 
• Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) 2020. Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas. 766 pp. Polish Academy of Sciences, Botanical Garden, Center for Biological Diversity Conservation & Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Cracow, Opole. ISBN 978-83-938900-5-7 Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Veronica campylopoda in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 August 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Veronica campylopoda. Published online. Accessed: August 10 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Veronica campylopoda. Accessed: Aug 25 2025. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Veronica campylopoda. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 August 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Veronica campylopoda in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: bent-foot speedwell

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