Genus: Hebe Comm. ex Juss.

Sometimes included in: Veronica L.

Also sometimes placed in: Scrophulariaceae Veronicaceae

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• 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.
  
• Albach, D. C. et al. 2004. A new classification of the tribe Veroniceae - problems and a possible solution. Taxon 53:429–452. [= Veronica L.].
  
• 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. [* 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].
  
• Wagstaff, S. J. & P. Wardle. 1999. Whipcord hebes - systematics, distribution, ecology and evolution. New Zealand J. Bot. 37:17–39.
  

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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (=~) Heliohebe Garn.-Jones
• (=~) Leonohebe Heads

Check other nomenclature databases for Hebe:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Hebe cultivars

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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