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Hebe (Hebe)
Veronica × franciscana. Photo: (c) Asa Spade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hebe /ˈhiːbiː/ is a genus of plants native to New Zealand, Rapa in French Polynesia, the Falkland Islands, and South America. It includes about 90 species and is the largest plant genus in New Zealand. Apart from H. rapensis (endemic to Rapa), all species occur in New Zealand. This includes the two species, H. salicifolia and H. elliptica, that have distributions extending to South America. The genus is named after the Greek goddess of youth, Hebe.
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