Veronica alpina
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Plantaginaceae |
Genus: | Veronica |
Species: | V. alpina
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Veronica alpina, the alpine speedwell or alpine veronica, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Veronica, native to Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, most of Europe, parts of Siberia, northern Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Tibet.[2] It is the namesake of the Veronica alpina species complex, which also includes V. bellidioides, V. copelandii, V. cusickii, V. nipponica, V. nutans, V. stelleri and V. wormskjoldii.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sp. Pl.: 11 (1753)
- ^ a b "Veronica alpina L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Albach, Dirk C.; Schönswetter, Peter; Tribsch, Andreas (2006). "Comparative phylogeography of the Veronica alpina complex in Europe and North America". Molecular Ecology. 15 (11): 3269–3286. Bibcode:2006MolEc..15.3269A. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02980.x. PMID 16968270. S2CID 19640405.