Veronica nudicaulis Kar. & Kir.

Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 15: 415 (Karelin & Kirilow 1842), nom. illeg. (Art. 53.1; non V. nudicaulis Lam.).

TYPE CITATION. — Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan: “Songoria [Dzungaria], in montosis herbidis ad rivulum Batrak/Batpak prope munimentum Ajagus [Ajaguz]”.

LECTOTYPE. — Designated by Gubanov et al. (1998: 46), “ Karelin & Kiriloff no. 1786, 1841”, LE (not seen).

ISOLECTOTYPES (designated here). — KFTA[KFTA0001368 *], NY[NY00130762!*], OXF!, P[P03555826*, P03555828*], W!

Nomenclatural note. The name V. nudicaulis is, based on description in the protologue, associated with V. hispidula rather than V. pusilla as in Borissova (1955b). Further, a second-step lectotypification is necessary in the future, because there are two specimens in LE (Kosachev, pers. comm.).