Veronica montioides Boiss.

Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalum Novarum, ser. 1, 7: 43 (Boissier 1846).

TYPE CITATION. — Iran, Kuhgiluyeh: “Hab. circa fontes jugi Kuh-Doschek alpis Kuh-Daena Persiae australis Kotschy no. 663 ”.

LECTOTYPE (designated here). — “Th. Kotschy. Plantarum Persiae Australis Ed. R.F. Hohenacker. 1845. 663. Veronica (Veronicastrum) montioides Boiss. N. sp. Circa fontes in jugo Kuh-Doschek alpis Kuh-Daena. D. 16. Jul. 1842 ”, G[G00343612*].

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — BM[BM000629058*], C AS[CA S51 12 *], F I[F I00 971 0*], G [G 00 34 361 3*], GOET[GOET011129 *!], H[H1140314!*], K[K001070320!*, K001070321!*], KW!, M[M0188519*], MO[MO-176195*, MO-176196*], OXF!, P[P04049209*, P03528715*], PRC[PRC453968 *], S[S10-22149*], W[W1889-0017675!], WU[WU040381!*].

Nomenclatural note. Veronica montioides is another morphotype of the V. anagallis-aquatica agg., collected in the vicinity of the locus classicus of V. oxycarpa . It is the typical small morphotype characteristic of ephemeral aquatic habitats. Similar to V. oxycarpa, there are two specimens in the herbarium G, and we chose the one from the general herbarium, rather than the one from the herbarium Moricand, as lectotype.