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Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.

This species name was first published in Druggists' Circ. 61: 231 (1917)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000425146.

Synonyms of Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Veronicastrum diversifolium Moench Suppl. Meth. : 158 (1802) wfo-0000425169
Veronicastrum rubellum Moench Methodus : 437 (1794) wfo-0000425178
Veronica quinquefolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 28 (1812) wfo-0000425831
Veronica purpurea Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 759. wfo-0000425845
Veronicastrum album Moench Methodus : 437 (1794) wfo-0000425886
Veronica virginica L. Sp. Pl. : 9 (1753) wfo-0000425955
Leptandra virginica (L.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 7 (1818) wfo-0000445477
Leptandra alba Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 21 (1830) wfo-0000445478
Leptandra purpurea (Raf.) Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 20 (1830) wfo-0000445480
Leptandra oppositifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 21 (1837) wfo-0000445481
Leptandra caerulea Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 21 (1830) wfo-0000445485
Paederota virginica (L.) Torr. Fl. New York 2: 44 (1843) wfo-0000470695
Calistachya alba Raf. Med. Repos. Original Essays Intelligence Phys. 5: 352 (1808) wfo-0000580194
Callistachya virginica (L.) Raf. Med. Repos. 5: 60 (1808) wfo-0000580655
Callistachya virginica var. lanceolata Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 176 (1916) wfo-0000580656
Callistachya virginica var. purpurea (Raf.) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 177 (1916) wfo-0000580657
Eustachya alba Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 6: 97 (1820) wfo-0000683483
Eustachya purpurea Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190 (1819) wfo-0000683488
Eustaxia alba Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837) wfo-0000683489
Eustaxia japonica Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837) wfo-0000683490
Eustaxia purpurea (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837) wfo-0000683492
Eustaxia sibirica Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 56 (1837) wfo-0000683493
Veronicastrum virginicum f. villosa Pennell Rhodora 23: 6 (1921) wfo-0001138351
Veronicastrum virginicum f. virginicum wfo-0001138352
Leptandra villosa Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 21 (1830) wfo-0001282079
Veronica virginica f. purpurea (Pursh ex Eaton) Fosberg Castanea 20: 59 (1955) wfo-0001321348
Veronicastrum virginicum f. roseum Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 370 (1920) wfo-0001321433
Veronicastrum virginicum f. purpureum (Pursh ex Eaton) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 370 (1920) wfo-0001324849
Eustachya villosa (Raf.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 56 (1838) wfo-0001330002
Veronica virginica var. hirsuta N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan : 27 (1874) wfo-0001378953
Veronicastrum virginicum var. lanceolatum Farw. Druggists' Circ. 61: 231 (1917) wfo-0001378955
Veronicastrum virginicum var. purpureum (Pursh ex Eaton) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 188 (1918) wfo-0001378956
Leptandra virginica var. incarnata G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 579 (1837) wfo-0001381503
Leptandra virginica var. purpurea Pursh ex Eaton Man. Bot. N. States , ed. 5: 275 (1829) wfo-0001410937
Veronica diversifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 876 (1821) wfo-1000048800