Veronica sumilensis Freyn & Sint.

Bulletin de l’herbier Boissier 4: 55 (Freyn 1896).

TYPE CITATION. — Turkey, Trabzon: “Armenica turcica, Sumila [near Trabzon; Sumela-monastery]: in parietibus rupium die 5. Augusto 1889 cum fructibus maturis leg. Sintenis (exs. 1731); [Turkey, Gümüshane] Gümüschkane: in fissuris rupium tracti Karagöldagh [= Karagöl Dagi] loco dicto Alask-Sawesi die 29. Julio 1894 etiam fructiferam leg. Sintenis (exs. 7237)”.

LECTOTYPE (designatedhere). — (Sintenisno.1731): LD[LD1218210 *] .

SYNTYPES. — Sintenis no. 7237, B[B 10 0278564!*], BP[BP349973!], BR[BR0000005422708 *], JE[JE 00000184!*], K!, LD[LD 1218150*], P[P03520325*], PR [PR 377333!], PRC!, W[W1896-983!], Z[Z28949!].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica gentianoides is another highly variable species. Freyn (1896) published the name V. sumilensis and differentiated it from V. gentianoides based on erect habit, smaller growth, smaller seeds, and some other characteristics. Fischer & Öztürk (1989) described the variability of the V. gentianoides in Turkey and V. sumilensis corresponds to their V. gentianoides var. alpina .