; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 9 (1753)
Distribution: temp. Northern Hemisphere, a few species in montane tropics, many species of the Hebe relationship in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus is taken here in a broad sense, following Albach and Martinez-Ortega (2006), including Hebe and relatives, but excluding Synthyris / Besseya fide Flora of North America
= Agerella Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 129 (1869)
= Aidelus Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2) (Cur. Post.): 17 (1827)
= Allopleia Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 109 (1830)
= Atelianthus Nutt. ex Benth.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 10: 455, in nota (1846)
= Azurinia Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Beccabunga Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 94 (1756)
= Bonarota Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 209 (1763)
= Cardia Dulac; Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 387 (1867)
= Chamedrys Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 85 (1836)
= Chionohebe B.S.Briggs & Ehrend.; Contr. Herb. Austral. 25: 1 (1976)
= Cochlidiosperma (Rchb.) Rchb.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 121 (1828)
= Coerulinia Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Cymbophyllum F.Muell.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 202 (1856)
= Derwentia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 55 (1836)
= Detzneria Schltr. ex Diels; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62: 490 (1929)
= Diplophyllum Lehm.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 8: 310 (1814)
= Eustachya Raf.; Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 190 (1819)
= Hebe Comm. ex Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 105 (1789)
= Hebejeebie Heads; Bot. Soc. Otago Newslett. 36: 11 (2003)
= Hedystachys Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Heliohebe Garn.-Jones; New Zealand J. Bot. 31(4): 323 (1993)
= Leonohebe Heads; Bot. Soc. Otago Newslett. 5: 4 (1987)
= Limnaspidium Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Lunellia Nieuwl.; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 189 (1914)
= Odicardis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 55 (1836)
= Oligospermum D.Y.Hong; Opera Bot. 75: 56 (1984) (nom. nov.)
= Omphalospora Bartl.; Ord. Nat. Pl. 171 (1830)
= Paederotella (E.Wulff) Kem.-Nath.; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 17: 21 (1953)
= Panoxis Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 109 (1830)
= Parahebe W.R.B.Oliv.; Rec. Domin. Mus. 1: 229 (1944)
= Petrodora Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Pocilla Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 129 (1869)
= Ponaria Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 109 (1830)
= Pseudolysimachion Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 80 (1852)
= Pygmea Hook.f.; Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 217 (1864), nom. illeg.
= Uranostachys Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Veronicella Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 128 (1869)
= Zeliauros Raf.; Autik. Bot. 184 (1840)