Veronica oxycarpa Boiss.

Plantarum Persiae Australis, Febr. 1845: 639 (Kotschy 1845). — V. anagallis-aquatica subsp. oxycarpa (Boiss.) Elenevsky Byulleten’ Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 74 (6): 76 (Elenevsky 1969).

TYPE CITATION. — Iran, Kuhgiluyeh: “Th. Kotschy. Pl. Pers. austr. Ed. R. F. Hohenacker. 1845. 639 Veronica oxycarpa Boiss. N. sp. […] Circa fontes alpis Kuh-Daena. D. 13. Jul. 1842 ”.

LECTOTYPE. — Designated by Elenevsky 1978: 123, second-step lectotype designated here), G[G00343585!] .

ISOLECTOTYPE. — Designated by Elenevsky (1978), LE (not seen).

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — FI[FI009709*], G[G00343599*], GOET[GOET!], MO[MO-176197!*, MO-176198!*], OXF!, P[P03962568*, P03529677*, P03529682*, P03529709*, P03529716*, P04049204*], PRC[PRC453978!], TUB[TUB011190!], UPS!, WAG[WAG0004898!*].

Nomenclatural note. As described by Hosseinnejad Azad et al. (2021), V. oxycarpa is likely just an ecotype of V. anagallis-aquatica but it is possible that V. anagallis-aquatica includes several taxa, of which one may include the type of V. oxycarpa . Therefore, the type of V. oxycarpa will likely have importance in the future. Elenevsky (1978) lectotypified the name with a specimen from G but did not mention that there are two specimens in that herbarium. Therefore, a second-step lectotypification is necessary. Since the specimen G00343599 belongs to the herbarium Moricand, I chose the specimen from the general herbarium as lectotype.