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Veronica panormitana Tin. in Guss. (sparsely distributed from Corsica and Sicily to Syria) and V. trichadena Jord. et Fourr. var. freyniana M. Fisch. (Mallorca) are diploid (2n = 18), and very probably the ancestors of the allopolyploid V. cymbalaria Bod. The latter consists of tetraploid (2n = 36) and hexaploid (2n = 54) strains (confirmed on new material from Italy, Greece, and Turkey). The diploid taxa are morphologically well separated from each other and from V. cymbalaria, whereas the tetraploids and hexaploids are not separable morphologically.-Another poorly known diploid strain from Kurdistan is described as new: Veronica cymbalaria Bod. var. baradostensis M. Fischer.- V. panormitana is reported from Greece for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]