Lobelia L.
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Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
929
ICN
Lobelia L.
genus
Lobelia
Classification
Subordinates
- Lobelia ×gerardii
- Lobelia aberdarica
- Lobelia anatina
- Lobelia anceps
- Lobelia angulata
- Lobelia arenaria
- Lobelia benthamii
- Lobelia cardinalis
- Lobelia carens
- Lobelia coronopifolia
- Lobelia erinus
- Lobelia fatiscens
- Lobelia fugax
- Lobelia giberroa
- Lobelia glaberrima
- Lobelia ionantha
- Lobelia irrigua
- Lobelia 'Kathleen Mallard'
- Lobelia laurentia
- Lobelia laxiflora
- Lobelia linnaeoides
- Lobelia littoralis
- Lobelia macrodon
- Lobelia pedunculata
- Lobelia perpusilla
- Lobelia physaloides
- Lobelia purpurascens
- Lobelia roughii
- Lobelia siphilitica
- Lobelia tenuior
- Lobelia tupa
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Lobelia L.
Fls 5-merous, axillary, solitary or in racemes; receptacle adnate to ovary; corolla oblique, split to base at back, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed. Staminal tube free from corolla; anthers connate, awn-tipped. Ovary 2-celled, ovules ∞; style filiform, stigma emarginate, often subtended by ring of hairs. Capsule 2-celled, loculicidally dehiscent; seeds minute, ∞. Mostly herbs with alt., us. toothed, simple lvs. Widespread genus with some 250 spp. in various forms occurs also in Australia, Tasmania, S. America and S. Africa; the other N.Z. spp. are endemic.
Fls 5-merous, solitary or in racemes, often unisexual; receptacle adnate to ovary, calyx-lobes persistent. Corolla oblique, split to base at back; upper lip 2-, lower 3-lobed. Staminal tube free from corolla except sts at very base. Anthers connate, lower pair awn-tipped. Ovary 2-celled, ovules ∞, stigma 2-lobed; seeds minute, us. ∞. Herbs, mostly prostrate, rooting at nodes, with alt. toothed lvs and us. acrid sap. Genus of some 20 spp. of Australia, Asia, N.Z., S. America.
Lobelia L.
2n = 91
2n = 83, 85
2n = 77, 91
2n = 77, 91
2n = 77, 91
2n = 82, 85
2n = 85
2n = 56
2n = 70
2n = 56
2n = 84
2n = 79
2n = 56
Lobelia L.
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.
Annual or perennial, dioecious herbs, often prostrate, with slender, creeping stems rooting at nodes, sometimes erect, robust, and somewhat woody. Lvs usually toothed; sap often acrid, somewhat milky. Fls solitary or in racemes. Calyx tube adnate to ovary; lobes persistent. Corolla 2-lipped; tube split to base at back; limb with upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed; lobes equal or unequal and those of upper lip often smaller. ♂ fls with staminal tube mostly free from corolla; anthers connate around style, the lower pair shortly awned. ♀ fls with staminodes; ovary 2-celled; stigma 2-lobed. Fr. always ± succulent, usually a berry, sometimes eventually dehiscent; seeds numerous, small.
Taxonomic concepts
Pratia Gaudich.
Collections
Metadata
3bbced1e-b91f-4f36-9cab-97ce623a6487
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 September 2006
