Veronica nudicaulis Lam.

Albach, Dirk C., 2025, From just a few to the most type-rich herbarium for Veronica L. (Plantaginaceae) - The effect of digitization of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle herbarium in Paris, Adansonia (3) 47 (7), pp. 47-130 : 51

Veronica nudicaulis Lam.

Flore françoise, ed. 1, 2: 437 ( Lamarck 1778), nom. inval. (Art. 36.1c; V. aphylla L. cited in synonymy). — V. aphylla var. nudicaulis (Lam.) Lam. & DC., Flore française ed. 3, 3: 463 ( Lamarck & De Candolle 1805).

TYPE CITATION. — “Ex Europae alpibus”.

LECTOTYPE ( designated here). — P-LAM[ P00358059* ].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica nudicaulis was described from the European Alps but with V.aphylla mentioned in synonymy ( Lamarck 1778). The description differs from V. aphylla L. ( Linnaeus 1753) in having a terminal inflorescence, but this is sometimes easy to overlook. The specimen in his herbarium (P-LAM[P00358059]) matches V. aphylla . So, we need to assume that Lamarck did not find the epithet “aphylla ” appropriate. Lamarck continued to use the name V. nudicaulis until 1805 ( Lamarck & De Candolle 1805), when he mentioned V. nudicaulis as variety ss under V. aphylla , differing from typical V. aphylla by the capsule being obtuse and not notched.