Veronica rakaiensis

J.B.Armstr. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Plantaginaceae/Veronica

At a glance

Occurrence records259

Data sources7

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Veronica rakaiensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility259 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF259 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 80

01Narrative

Veronica rakaiensis, the Rakai hebe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the South Island of New Zealand. As its synonym Hebe rakaiensis it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height0.4 m

Life cycle & reproduction1

Lifespan years8 years

Habitat & environment2

Climatetemperate

Growth formWoody shrub

Physiology & chemistry4

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)354 mg/g

Leaf n9.41 mg/g

Leaf p1.3 mg/g

Specific leaf area (SLA)8.63 mm²/mg

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Veronica rakaiensis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Veronica rakaiensis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 80 n = 40

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 801×CCDB · new-zealand

CCDB · new-zealand

n 403×CCDB · veronic · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · veronic — Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora - 10 | New Zealand J. Bot. | 5:322-352 | 1967

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — HAIR, J. B. 1967. Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora - 10. Hebe (Scrophulariaceael. N. z. Jour. Bot. 5: 322-3 52.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type259 records

Wild obs. + sensor62

Museum / vouchered197

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO700 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 33≤1 km 12≤10 km 2>10 km 1

48 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor62

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 197 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence197

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Christchurch, NZ	115
Wellington, NZ	80
Palmerston North, NZ	2

3 institutions · 197 of 197 vouchered records shown

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