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Lobelias
Lobelia
Lobelia () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 444 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions. They are known generally as lobelias.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Typical Lobelias
sectionLobelia
Bractless Lobelias
sectionStenotium
Hypsela
sectionHypsela
Twobract Lobelias
sectionDelostemon
Holopogon
sectionHolopogon
Homochilus
sectionHomochilus
Tupa
sectionTupa
Rhynchopetalum
sectionRhynchopetalum
Cryptostemon
sectionCryptostemon
Tylomium
sectionTylomium
Spider Lobelias
sectionJasionopsis
Mini Water Lobelias
sectionMezleriopsis
Colensoa
sectionColensoa
Revolutella
sectionRevolutella
Galeatella
sectionGaleatella
McVaugh's Lobelia
speciesLobelia rogersii
Plagiobotrys
sectionPlagiobotrys
Lobelia pachytricha
speciesLobelia pachytricha
Lobelia douglasiana
speciesLobelia douglasiana
Speirema
sectionSpeirema
Lobelia saturnini
speciesLobelia saturnini
Trimeris
sectionTrimeris
Lobelia fenshamii
speciesLobelia fenshamii
Lobelia claviflora
speciesLobelia claviflora
Lobelia gaoligongshanica
speciesLobelia gaoligongshanica
Lobelia lammersiana
speciesLobelia lammersiana
Lobelia drungjiangensis
speciesLobelia drungjiangensis
Lobelia fontana
speciesLobelia fontana
Lobelia ekmanii
speciesLobelia ekmanii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Carl Linnaeus — Hortus Cliffortianus (1737)
Carl Linnaeus · 1737 · p.459
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.70
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 14)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.134
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.687
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.54
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lobelia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48039.