Hebe stricta
Encyclopedia
The Koromiko is a plant of the family
Plantaginaceae
, which is endemic
to New Zealand
.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. The type genus is Plantago L..In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have...
, which is endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...
to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Varieties
There are two varieties of this species:- Hebe stricta var. atkinsonii
- Hebe stricta var. macroura
Synonyms
These synonyms are cited by Germplasm Resources Information NetworkGermplasm Resources Information Network
Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online software project of National Genetic Resources Program of USDA to provide germplasm information about plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates.-Sub-Projects:...
- Hebe macroura (Hook. f. ex Benth.) Cockayne & Allan [≡ Hebe stricta var. macroura]
- Hebe parkinsoniana (Colenso) Cockayne
- Hebe salicifolia var. angustissima (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan [= Hebe stricta var. atkinsonii]
- Hebe salicifolia var. atkinsonii (Cockayne) Cockayne & Allan [≡ Hebe stricta var. atkinsonii]
- Hebe salicifolia var. stricta (Banks & Sol. ex Benth.) Cockayne & Allan
- Veronica macroura Hook. f. ex Benth. [≡ Hebe stricta var. macroura]
- Veronica parkinsoniana Colenso
- Veronica salicifolia var. angustissima Cockayne [= Hebe stricta var. atkinsonii]
- Veronica salicifolia var. atkinsonii Cockayne [≡ Hebe stricta var. atkinsonii]
- Veronica salicifolia var. stricta (Banks & Sol. ex Benth.) Hook. f.
- Veronica stricta Banks & Sol. ex Benth. (basionym)