Genus Hebe Comm. ex Juss.

Usually considered a synonym of Veronica L. sect. Hebe


Summary
Genus number:
5436
Last updated:
12 March 2021
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Veroniceae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
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References:
  1. Albach, D. C. & H. M. Meudt. 2010. Phylogeny of Veronica in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres based on plastid, nuclear ribosomal and nuclear low-copy DNA. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 54:457-471. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.030.
  2. Albach, D. C. & M. W. Chase. 2001. Paraphyly of Veronica (Veroniceae; Scrophulariaceae): Evidence from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. J. Pl. Res. 114:9-18.
  3. Albach, D. C. et al. 2004. A new classification of the tribe Veroniceae - problems and a possible solution. Taxon 53:429-452. Note: = Veronica L.
  4. Garnock-Jones, P. et al. 2007. Botanical names in southern hemisphere Veronica (Plantaginaceae): sect. Detzneria, sect. Hebe, and sect. Labiatoides. Taxon 56:571-582. Note: = Veronica L.
  5. Kellow, A. W. et al. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Hebe informal group "Connatae" (Plantaginaceae*), based on morphology and flavinoid chemistry. New Zealand J. Bot. 41:613-635. Note: * Hebe usually is placed in Scrophulariaceae, but DNA studies (Olmstead & Reeves 1995; Olmstead et al. 2001) don't support this classifications. Here we follow others (Judd et al. 2002 etc.) and include it in a revised Plantaginaceae
  6. Wagstaff, S. J. & P. Wardle. 1999. Whipcord hebes - systematics, distribution, ecology and evolution. New Zealand J. Bot. 37:17-39.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=5436. Accessed 17 April 2026.