Veronica laxa

Veronica laxa

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. Chamaedrys
Species: Veronica laxa

Name

Veronica laxa Benth., Scroph. Ind.: 45 (1835).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Veronica thunbergii A.Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 402 (1859).

Homonyms

• Veronica laxa G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 72: 32 (1942), nom. illeg. = Veronica zygantha Garn.-Jones, Taxon 56: 580 (2007).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate China China North-Central (Gansu, Shaanxi), China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), China Southeast (Hunan), Xinjiang). Eastern Asia Japan, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent India (Uttar Pradesh), East Himalaya (Sikkim), Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1835. Scrophularineae Indicae. 57 pp. London. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Albach, D.C., 2018. Personal Communication on Veronica 1. Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg. Reference page. 
• Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. 2022. A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal. Reference page. 
• Ying, S.S. 2022. New Taxa New Names. Vol. 5. Research Center of Flora of Taiwan. 555 pp. ISBN 978-626-01-08-076 PDF (79 MB) ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Veronica laxa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Aug 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Veronica laxa. Published online. Accessed: 12 Aug 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Veronica laxa. Accessed: Aug 12 2025.Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ヒヨクソウ
中文: 疏花婆婆纳, 小败火草
中文（简体）: 疏花婆婆纳

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