Lobelia giberroa

Lobelia giberroa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Campanulaceae
Subfamilia: Lobelioideae
Genus: Lobelia
Species: Lobelia giberroa

Name

Lobelia giberroa Hemsl. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 465 (1877).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tupa schimperi Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 10 (1850).
• Homotypic
  • Dortmanna giberroa (Hemsl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Lobelia volkensii Engl., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 49 (1894).
  • Lobelia volkensii var. ulugurensis Engl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 106 (1895).
  • Lobelia squarrosa Baker f., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 157 (1898).
  • Lobelia usafuensis Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 420 (1901).
  • Rapuntium volkensii (Engl.) Kuntze, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 173 (1903).
  • Lobelia ulugurensis (Engl.) Engl. ex R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr., Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 16: 398 (1922).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. iringensis E.Wimm., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 106 (1934).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. longibracteata Hauman, Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 2: 10 (1934).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. ulugurensis (Engl.) Hauman, Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 2: 9 (1934).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. usafuensis (Engl.) Hauman, Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 2: 7 (1934).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. volkensii (Engl.) Hauman, Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 2: 8 (1934).
  • Lobelia intermedia Hauman, Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 2(1): 31 (1934).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. intermedia (Hauman) Robyns, Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 2: 413 (1947).
  • Lobelia giberroa var. mionandra E.Wimm., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 368 (1948).
  • Lobelia giberroa subsp. squarrosa (Baker f.) Mabb., Kew Bull. 29: 566 (1974).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Tropical Africa Burundi; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Rwanda; Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zaire References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Hemsley, W.B. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.) 1877. Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 465.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lobelia giberroa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lobelia giberroa. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 04 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lobelia giberroa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lobelia giberroa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Giant Lobelia

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