New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

Hebe bishopiana (Scrophulariaceae) - an endemic species of the Waitakere Ranges, west Auckland, New Zealand

P. J. DE LANGE

Science & Research Division
Department of Conservation
Private Bag 68908
Newton
Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract  Hebe bishopiana (Petrie) Hatch, first described as the hybrid Veronica xbishopiana by Petrie in 1926, was transferred by Hatch in 1966 to the genus Hebe as H. xbishopiana. This paper supports the suggestion made by Hatch that this taxon may not be a hybrid; it is regarded here as a distinct and uncommon species endemic to the Waitakere Range west of Auckland City in the North Island, New Zealand. Hebe bishopiana is most similar to H. obtusata but is a larger shrub with widely branching stems, distinctive maroon-green foliage and stems, lanceolate-elliptic leaves, and longer racemes with only sparsely hairy calyces. The conservation status of Hebe bishopiana is discussed and the current IUCN ranking of "Vulnerable" supported.

Keywords  Veronica xbishopiana; Hebe bishopiana; Hebe obtusata; Hebe stricta var. stricta; Scrophulariaceae; Waitakere Ranges; New Zealand flora

B95037

Received 21 August 1995; accepted 4 December 1995

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