I am aware of the common aquatic plant Veronica anagallis-aquatica. But I have seen, on "The Plant List" website, a species called Veronica anagallis listed as an accepted name. Does such a species exist, or is this a contraction or abbreviation for Veronica anagallis-aquatica?
Dear Tony
There is only a single species Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. and Veronica anagallis is a orthographic variant.
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Yannis
In similar cases as very valuable source of information is The International Plant Names Index (http://www.ipni.org/). The index lists Veronica anagallis ; orth. var. and other two names ( Veronica anagallis Tate -- Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 7 1885; Veronica anagallis Bong. -- Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 157. 1832 [Aug 1832] ; Obs. Vég. Sitcha 39). This othorgraphic variant arose from Linnaean name publishesd in Species plantarum Veronica anagallis-▼ (empty triangle, which means aqua).
The Plant List listing of 'V, anagallis' as an accepted species comes from Tropicos and seems to be a simple error.
Here is a page of Dobignard & Chatelain (2015)
Base de données des plantes d'Afrique (version 3.4.0). Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, "accès [mois, année]", de < http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/>.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Famille : Scrophulariaceae
Famille (APGIII) : PLANTAGINACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 12 (1753)
Synonyme(s) homotypique(s)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. subsp. anagallis-aquatica
Synonyme(s) hétérotypique(s)
=Veronica anagallis L.
=Veronica capensis Fenzl (1843)
=Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. elata Hoffmanns. & Link (1813)
=*Veronica aquatica auct. sensu auct. Afr. Trop.
=*Veronica aquatica Bernh. (1834)
=Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. aquatica Bernh. ex Nyman (1890)
=Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. laevipes Celak. (1881)
=Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. nilotica R. Uechtr. (1889)
=Veronica anagallis-aquatica subsp. transiens Rouy (1909)
=Veronica anagallis-aquatica var. pubescens Barratte ex Batt. (1910)
Taxons infra-spécifiques
Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. subsp. anagallis-aquatica
There is no existing species named Veronica anagallis, veronica anagallis is an orthographic varient of the correct taxonomic entry Veronica anagallis - aquatica L., it is previously belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae and under the treatment of the APG - III system of angiosperms classification it is under the family Plantaginaceae.
@ Tony Bean
Yes, Veronica anagallis-aquatica L. of family Plantaginaceae.
https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/p/plantaginaceae/veronica/veronica-anagallis-aquatica
https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Water%20Speedwell.html
Thanks!
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