Veronica bombycina Boiss. & Kotschy

Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalum Novarum, ser. 2, 3: 171 (Boissier 1856).

TYPE CITATION. — Lebanon: “Hab. in rupestribus Aquiloni expositis montis Makmel Antilibani cl. Kotschy”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “ Th. Kotschy, Iter Syriacum 1855. – In Libano ad Bscherre et circa Cedretum. 301. Veronica bombycina Boiss. et Kotschy n. sp. In fissuri rupium summi Makmel alt. 8500 ped. Die 23. Jul.”, G[G00768427*].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — B (Stroh 1942), BM[BM000997937!*], BP[BP348295!], GH[GH00091937!], KW!, P[P03882909*, P03882910*, P03882914*, P03962557*], PR[PR377336!], S[S10-22000!*], W[W0054417!*, W1889- 0301086!*].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica bombycina is an alpine species with dense white, interwoven indumentum from Lebanon. The specimen from the Geneva herbarium is chosen as lectotype.