Veronica capitata Royle ex Benth. var. sikkimensis Hook.f.

The flora of British India 4: 296 (Hooker 1885). — V. szechuanica subsp. sikkimensis (Hook.f.) D.Y.Hong in P.C.Tsoong & D.Y.Hong., Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae: Scrophulariaceae 67 (2) (Tsoong & Yang 1979).

TYPE CITATION. — India, “ Sikkim: Lachen, 12.000ft. J.D.H.”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “ Lachen 12.000ft, July 16/49 […] Coll. JDH ”, K[K001070369!].

SYNTYPE. — “(13.000ft, 20. Jun.)”, K[K005096109!].

Nomenclatural note. The specimen in P is on the same sheet as a specimen of V. capitata collected by J.-D. Hooker and H. Thomson in Sikkim. The preparation on one sheet is noteworthy since this seems to have been done to compare the two specimens. They are similar and considered conspecific nowadays, however under V. szechuanica . The specimen by Hooker and Thomson from Sikkim is likely an isotype of V. capitata var. sikkimensis Hook. f. but lacks the specific locality data mentioned in the protologue. Two specimens in K meet the requirements, although one has been collected 1000 ft further up and has been prepared on a sheet with another collection. It is, therefore, considered a syntype.