Veronica gunae Schweinf. ex Engl.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 380 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to E. Uganda. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the montane tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008

Type
Type: Ethiopia, Mt Guna, Steudner 811 (B†, holo.)
Morphology General Habit
Prostrate herb, up to 40 cm, with numerous stems rooting from nodes.
Morphology Stem
Stems unbranched for 10–15 cm, nearly glabrous to pubescent in two lines; nodes 3–6 mm apart
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate-orbicular, ± 5 mm long, 4 mm wide, rounded or cuneate at base, apex obtuse, margins minutely crenate, rather thick, usually ciliate or pubescent on the midrib beneath and on the short petiole
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of terminal racemes, lax (flowers appearing solitary in leaf axils); pedicels ± 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx lobes 4, spatulate-lanceolate, ± 3 mm long, obtuse, ciliate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla blue, rotate, 9 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule obcordate, ± 3 mm long, ± 2 mm wide.
Ecology
Rocky places and paths in alpine zone of high mountains; 2700–4300 m
Conservation
Least Concern (LC)
Note
This species is not clearly distinct from V. glandulosa and may simply represent an alpine variant of the latter.
Distribution
Range: Ethiopia Flora districts: U3 K3 K4
[FTEA]

Uses

Use
None recorded on specimens from our area
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0