Veronica turrilliana Stojanov & Stefanoff (1923: 220)

Rojas-Andrés, Blanca M. & Martínez-Ortega, Montserrat, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Veronica subsection Pentasepalae (Veronica, Plantaginaceae sensu APG III), Phytotaxa 285 (1), pp. 448-450 : 448-450

17. Veronica turrilliana Stojanov & Stefanoff (1923: 220) . ( Fig. 27 )

Stems 8–20 cm long, ascending to erect, very branched, covered by short eglandular hairs 0.1–0.5 mm long, incurvate, ± appressed and antrorse, usually arranged in 2 opposite lines along the stem; apical shoot bearing 1–2 pairs of leaves. Leaves (3.5) 5–15 (19) × (1.5) 2.5–7 (8) mm; the basal ones usually suborbicular; the medium ones elliptic, obovate to widely obovate; cuneate or truncate at the base, usually crenate, sometimes subentire, subrevolute, subcoriaceous, non-revolute, glabrous or rarely with very short hairs along the margin (0.07) 0.08– 0.20 (0.32) mm long, sessile or shortly petiolate; apical shoot leaves opposite, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, crenate or entire, non-revolute. Racemes axillary, opposite, exceptionally solitary (i.e., one pair of leaves bearing one raceme), bearing (15) 20–40 (50) flowers, more or less densely arranged; peduncles 1–4 cm long, covered by short hairs, similar to those covering the stem; bracts 1.8–4.4 mm long, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, entire, glabrous; pedicels 1.4–5 mm long. Calyx (1.7) 2–3 (4) mm long, 5 sepals, narrowly elliptic to elliptic or lanceolate, sometimes narrowly oblong, shorter than the capsule, glabrous. Corolla (6.5) 8–14 mm in diameter, intense blue. Capsule (2) 2.5–4 (4.5) × (2) 3–4 (4.5) mm, longer than wide or wider than long, widely elliptic, suborbicular or oblate, rounded at the base, emarginate, sinus up to 0.9 mm depth, glabrous. Style 2.5–5 mm long. Seeds 1.1–1.7 × 1.2–1.8 mm, ca. 2–12 per capsule ( Kulpa 1968).

Chromosome Number: —2 n = 16.

Habitat: —Dry and stony pastures, stony places and dry hills on calcareous rocks, shrublands in Quercus forests; 0– 530 m.

Distribution: —Endemic to the Strandzha Planina: SE Bulgaria (Burgas province) and European Turkey (Kirklareli, Tekirdağ and Istanbul provinces) ( Fig. 28 ).

Phenology: —Flowering from April to May.

Notes: —Given that most of the material available (collected and from herbaria) were in fruiting state, information about corolla size and color, as well as flowering time is that according to Fischer (1978) and Peev (1995).

Specimens Examined: — BULGARIA. Burgas: dry rocky places (kalk) about Malko-Tirnovo , Strandja mountain, 2 May 1921, comm. W Turrill s.n. ( K); Dry rocky places about Malko Tirnovo, Strandja mountains , Kalk , 2 May 1921, unknown collector ( K); M . Strandza, in declivitate lapidosa prope urbem Malko Tirnovo (locus classicus), solo calcareo, ad c. 150 m, 2 July 1955, Petrov & Vihodzevssky s.n. ( C, E, PRC, W) ; SW Bulgaria, Strandja Mountain , limestone rocks, W of the bridge on Kovac river, 15 m N of Malko Tarnovo to Bourgas , 5 June 2001, D. Peev s.n. ( SALA120883 ); 15 Km al N de Malko Turnovo, al W del puente sobre el río Veleka en la carretera, roquedos calizos y pastos secos, 229 m, 42º05'06.2''N, 27º25'44.5''E, 22 June 2009, X. Giráldez , M. M . Martínez Ortega, B. Rojas Andrés & M . Santos Vicente MS1247 ( SALA149334 ) .

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CULTIVATED. Hort. Bot. Berol., July 1938, unknown collector ( B100327557 ) .

TURKEY. Kirklareli: Thrakien, Dereköi, 6 May & 5 June 1967, Bauer & Spitzenberger s.n. (W); A 6 Km. de Vize, en dirección Kömürköy-Alkpinar, pastos secos y pedregosos sobre calizas, en claros de bosque de Quercus y Ostrya , 388 m, 41º35'41.0''N, 27º49'27.0''E, 23 June 2009, X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega, B. Rojas Andrés & M. Santos Vicente BR 45 (SALA149333); De Dereköy a Armağan, lugares pedregosos secos sobre calizas, 525 m, 41º54'29.1''N, 27º23'13.4''E, 23 June 2009, X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega, B. Rojas Andrés & M. Santos Vicente BR 44-1 (SALA149332); De Dereköy a Armağan, lugares pedregosos secos sobre calizas, 525 m, 41º54'29.1''N, 27º23'13.4''E, 23 June 2009, X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega, B. Rojas Andrés & M. Santos Vicente BR 41 (SALA149331).

Material provisionally assigned to V. turrilliana :— TURKEY. Kirklareli: De Dereköy a Armağan, lugares pedregosos secos sobre calizas, 525 m, 41º54'29.1''N, 27º23'13.4''E, 23 June 2009, X. Giráldez , M. M . Martínez Ortega, B. Rojas Andrés & M . Santos Vicente BR 44-2 ( SALA149283 ) .

MATERIAL OF DIFFICULT ASCRIPTION

V. austriaca subsp. dentata / V. teucrium

ROMANIA. Cluj: Fanatele Clujului, a 8 Km de Cluj-Napoca, prados sobre calizas, ca. 550 m, 30 June 2000, X. Giráldez , M. Martínez Ortega & J. A. Sánchez Agudo MO 905 ( SALA 124601); Kojocna, prados sobre calizas, 1 July 2000, X. Giráldez , M. Martínez Ortega & J. A. Sánchez Agudo MO 907 ( SALA 124569).

Veronica austriaca subsp. jacquinii / V. orbiculata

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Foča: Sutjeska, Tjentište, prados sobre calizas, 670 m, 43º22'07.9''N, 18º42'39.3''E, 13 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés MO 5551 ( SALA 149354); Herzegovina-Neretva: Potoci, Porim Planina, Rujiste, talud calizo en el margen de la carretera, 1114 m, 43.46248ºN, 17.95790ºE, 13 June 2015, M. Martínez Ortega, X. Giraldez, N. Padilla & N. López MO 6125

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Phytotaxa 285 (1) © 2016 Magnolia Press • 91 ( SALA 157031); Potoci, Porim planina, Rujiste, en el collado de la carretera, prados sobre calizas, 1112 m, 43º27'48.3''N, 17º57'33.0''E, 11 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés BR 102 ( SALA 149041); Municipality of Pale: Sarajevo, Trebević, prados rocosos calizos, 1146 m, 43º50'06.3''N, 18º26'07.1''E, 12 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés SA 377 ( SALA 149355); West Herzegovina: Ljubuški, prados sobre calizas, 169 m, 43º12'46.4''N, 17º32'00.3''E, 11 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés BR 98-1 ( SALA 149351); Andrijevica: hacia Kolašin, prados sobre calizas, 864 m, 42º44'18.0''N, 19º45'43.2''E, 19 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés MO 5559 ( SALA 149340).

MONTENEGRO. Bar: entre Sutorman y Karuči, Rumija Planina, prados sobre calizas, 793 m, 42º09'16.8''N, 19º06'23.6''E, 16 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés MO 5555 ( SALA 149291); Kotor: Lovćen, claros sobre calizas, 904 m, 42º25'04.9''N, 18º47'38.8''E, 15 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés SA 386 ( SALA 149292); Lovćen, claros sobre calizas, 904 m, 42º25'04.9''N, 18º47'38.8''E, 15 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés SA 389 ( SALA 149275); Lovćen, claros sobre calizas, 904 m, 42º25'04.9''N, 18º47'38.8''E, 15 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés SA 390 ( SALA 149296); Plužine: valle del río Piva, en la subida hacia Borkovici, prados sobre calizas, 1039 m, 43º03'20.6''N, 18º53'26.9''E, 17 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés BR 114 ( SALA 149352); Žabljak: Žabljak, cercanías del pueblo, prados secos sobre calizas con Juniperus , 1392 m, 43º09'49.6''N, 19º09'00.3''E, 18 July 2010, S. Andrés , X. Giráldez , M. M. Martínez Ortega & B. Rojas Andrés SA 391 ( SALA 149293).

Veronica austriaca subsp. jacquinii / V. teucrium

BULGARIA. Sofia-city: Vitosa Mountain, Ljulimin , meadow beneath ski slope, meadow, 20 June 2001, D. Albach DA527–530 ( SALA124580 ) .

Figures

FIGURE 27. Veronica turrilliana (a–e, j. Hortus Botanicus Berolinensis, B100327557; f–i. Turkey, Kirklareli, Vize, B. Rojas-Andrés et al. BR45, SALA149333; k. Bulgaria, Burgas, Malko Tarnovo, M. Santos-Vicente et al. MS1247, SALA149334): a. Habit; b. Stem indument; c. Medium leaf (adaxial face); d. Detail of a medium leaf (adaxial face); e. Medium leaf (abaxial face); f. Apical shoot leaf (adaxial face); g. Detail of an apical shoot leaf (adaxial face); h. Apical shoot leaf (abaxial face); i. Detail of an apical shoot leaf (abaxial face); j. Flowering raceme; k. Part of a fruiting raceme, with a capsule. Illustration by Juan Castillo.

FIGURE 28. Distribution map of V. turrilliana based on herbarium specimens (black circles) and collected material (open circles).