Veronica javanicaBlume

WFO wfo-0001138962 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Veronica javanica, photographed by Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández
fig. a Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-29 / obs. 191882556
Veronica javanica, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 184807820
Veronica javanica, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. c Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 29749135
Veronica javanica, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. d Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 26142577
Veronica javanica, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. e Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 22977065
Veronica javanica, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101858159
Veronica javanica, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. g Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 4798607
Veronica javanica, photographed by Peter de Lange
fig. h Peter de Lange, CC0 1.0 / obs. 2554452

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Veronica javanica is native: DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam DR CongoEritreaEthiopiaKenyaMalawiRwandaSomaliaTanzaniaUgandaZimbabweChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaJawaLaosMyanmarNepalPhilippinesThailandVietnam Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Veronica javanica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
DR Congo ZAI AFRICA
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Malawi MLW
Rwanda RWA
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Veronica afrochamaedrys Engl.
  • Veronica chamaedryoides Engl.
  • Veronica javanica var. nana Hochr.
  • Veronica maddenii Edgew. ex Hook.f.
  • Veronica murorum Maxim.
  • Veronica vogerensis Walp.
  • Veronica wogerensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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