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Systematic treatment of Veronica L. Section Beccabunga (Hill) Dumort (Plantaginaceae)

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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1. Vascular plant taxonomy

Abstract

Veronica species mostly occur in damp fresh water places and in the Mediterranean precipitation regime. Members of this genus grow at different altitudes from sea level to high alpine elevations. They show a high level of polymorphism and phenotypic plasticity in their responses to variations of the environmental factors, a quality that allows them to occur over a wide range of conditions. A group with particular high levels of polymorphism is the group of aquatic Veronica L. species in V. sect. Beccabunga (Hill) Dumort. Here, we attempt to unravel some confusion in the taxonomic complexity in V. section Beccabunga. We recognize 20 taxa in V. sect. Beccabunga and explore the occurrence of V. section Beccabunga, mainly in the Mediterranean basin; especially in Egypt (Nile delta and Sinai), Turkey and Iran with each country containing 10 taxa, from a total of 20 taxa, and characterized by endemics, or near-endemic as Veronica anagalloides ssp. taeckholmiorum. The results confirmed that V. section Beccabunga is divided into three subsections Beccabunga, Anagallides and Peregrinae, which essentially can be differentiated by the absence or presence of a petiole.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2018.5481.1000

Keywords

Morphological key, systematic treatment, Veronica, V. section Beccabunga

Authors

First Name

Faten

Last Name

Ellmouni

MiddleName

Youssef

Affiliation

Botany department/ Faculty of Science / Fayoum University

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fyl00@fayoum.edu.eg

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El-Fayoum

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0000-0002-9463-0008

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Karam

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Affiliation

Botany department/ Faculty of Science / Fayoum University

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mak04@fayoum.edu.eg

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-

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First Name

Refaat

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Botany department/ Faculty of Science / Fayoum University

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rma00@fayoum.edu.eg

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First Name

Dirk

Last Name

Albach

MiddleName

C.

Affiliation

Institute of biology and environmental sciences, Carl von Ossietzky-University, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany

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dirk.albach@uni-oldenburg.de

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Volume

38

Article Issue

1

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2181

Issue Date

2018-12-01

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2018-10-05

Publish Date

2018-12-01

Page Start

168

Page End

183

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_22589.html

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636

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Publication Title

Taeckholmia

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/

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Systematic treatment of Veronica L. Section Beccabunga (Hill) Dumort (Plantaginaceae)

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Created At

22 Jan 2023