Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Lobelia ×gerardii
- Lobelia anceps
- Lobelia angulata
- Lobelia arenaria
- Lobelia carens
- Lobelia erinus
- Lobelia fatiscens
- Lobelia fugax
- Lobelia giberroa
- Lobelia glaberrima
- Lobelia ionantha
- Lobelia laxiflora
- Lobelia linnaeoides
- Lobelia macrodon
- Lobelia pedunculata
- Lobelia perpusilla
- Lobelia physaloides
- Lobelia purpurascens
- Lobelia roughii
- Lobelia siphilitica
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lobelia L., Sp. Pl. 929 (1753)
Synonymy:
- = Hypsela C.Presl (1836)
- = Colensoa Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 156 (1853)
- = Pratia Gaudich., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 103 (1825)
Type Taxon:
Lobelia dortmanna
Description
Mostly annual or perennial herbs, occasionally monocarpic and giant in stature, rarely shrubs. Lvs alternate; cauline lvs sometimes reduced to bracts, toothed or entire; sap sometimes acrid. Infl. a terminal raceme, spike or panicle, sometimes fls solitary. Fls usually ☿. Calyx with short, often globular, tube adnate to ovary. Corolla oblique and 2-lipped; tube split to base on 1 side; limb 2-lipped with upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens not epipetalous; filaments free; anthers united into a tube around style, 2 or all of them hairy at tips. Ovary 2-celled; stigma ± 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved, dehiscing loculicidally. Seeds numerous, minute.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 12 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 3 |
| Exotic: Casual | 4 |
| Total | 20 |
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Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. 1825: Rapport sur la Flore des îles Malouines. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 5: 89–110.
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