Veronica dalmatica
Island distribution (first record)
Othonoi
Ereikoussa
Mathraki
!! !! ... approved by herbarium voucherCorfu (Mazziari 1834a as V. multifida)
Paxos
Antipaxos
Lefkada
Meganisi
Kalamos
Kastos
Atokos
Ithaka
Echinades
Cephalonia
Zakynthos
Strofades
Annotation: Veronica dalmatica was earlier considered to be V. jacquinii (V. austriaca subsp. jacquinii). Diploid chromosome counts (2n = 2x = 16) from Albania by Baltisberger 1988 rose suspicion, which were confirmed by DNA-based phylogenetic analyses (Padilla-García & al. 2018, López-González & al. 2021). Thus, V. dalmatica is recognized as a distinct species based on narrower leaf sections (< 1mm), short hairs (< 0.4 mm) evenly distributed around the stem and small capsules (< 5 mm long and wide) without a marked sinus. V. dalmatica shows a continuous distribution from southern Croatia down to Albania, with Corfu being the southernmost known outpost (pers. comm. D. Albach). [2023-10-07]
Taxonomic references ("taxonyms")
linked to standard floras (PFB, FE, FE2, FH) and annotated checklists (AFE, VPG) giving direct reference to occurrences of plant taxa on the Ionian Islands:
PFB: | Veronica austriaca subsp. jacquinii |
FE: | Veronica austriaca subsp. austriaca |
FE2: | volume not published |
AFE: | volume not published |
FH: | volume not published |
VPG: | Veronica jacquinii |