Taxon: Veronica beccabunga L.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Veronica beccabunga subsp. abscondita (no accessions)
• Veronica beccabunga subsp. beccabunga (no accessions)
• Veronica beccabunga subsp. muscosa (no accessions)

Common names:

• brooklime   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• European brooklime   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• bäckveronika   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Turkey - Adana, Bingol, Bolu, Denizli, Erzurum, Giresun, Hakkari, Isparta, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Maras, Nigde, Ordu, Rize, Samsun, Tunceli, Van
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Sichuan [s.w.], Xinjiang, Yunnan [n.w.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Faroe Islands; Finland; Iceland [possibly]; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania; Turkey - Kirklareli
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [introduced].
• Grubov, V. I. 2001. Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catalogo de la flora vascular de Chile.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Oliver, D. et al., eds. v. 1-3, & W. T. Thiselton Dyer et al., eds. v. 4-10. 1868–1937. Flora of tropical Africa.
• Öztürk, F. & A. Öztürk. 2000. A revision of the section Beccabunga Dum. belong to Veronica L. (Scrophulariaceae) genus in east anatolia. Sist. Bot. Dergisi 7:30.
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Romero A., M. M. & H. Klempau K. 1981. El genero Veronica L. (Scrophulariaceae) en Chile. Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 14:94.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= V. beccabunga subsp. muscosa (Korsh.) Elenevsky].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Veronica beccabunga.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Veronica beccabunga.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Veronica beccabunga.

Synonyms:

• Veronica beccabunga var. muscosa Korsh. [≡ Veronica beccabunga subsp. muscosa]
  

Check other web resources for Veronica beccabunga L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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