8694.000 Lobelia L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs (in ours). Stems not twining. Leaves alternate. Bracteoles minute, ± linear, rarely 0. Flowers usually resupinate, zygomorphic. Corolla usually 2-lipped with upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed (rarely all petals form a single lip). (The terms 'upper' and 'lower' assume flowers are resupinate). Anthers (5) united into a tube; the two lower or all of them penicillate at tip, the two lower ones somewhat shorter than others. Ovary inferior to ± superior, 2-locular. Stigma lobes 2, surrounded by a ring of hairs. Fruit a capsule dehiscing by 2, rarely 4, apical valves; or, rarely indehiscent.

Worldwide: c. 300 species in tropical and warm areas, a few temperate.

Zimbabwe: 17 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
adnexa E. Wimm.	N
angolensis Engl. & Diels	N,W,C
baumannii Engl.	E	Description, Image
chireensis A. Rich.	W
cobaltica S. Moore[NrEnd][LR-nt]	E	Description, Image
erinus L.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
fervens Thunb. subsp. fervens	E	Image
fervens Thunb. subsp. recurvata (E. Wimm.) Thulin	S
flaccida (C. Presl) A. DC. subsp. mossiana (R.D. Good) Thulin	E,S
goetzei Diels	C,E	Description, Image
intercedens (E. Wimm.) Thulin	N
kirkii R.E. Fr.	W,S	Description, Image
lobata E. Wimm.[End][VU]	W
molleri Henriq.	E
stricklandiae Gilliland[VU]	E
thermalis Thunb.	W,C,S
welwitschii Engl. & Diels	C,E,S

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Flora of Botswana: Lobelia
Flora of Caprivi: Lobelia
Flora of Malawi: Lobelia
Flora of Mozambique: Lobelia
Flora of Zambia: Lobelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Lobelia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lobelia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lobelia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lobelia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lobelia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lobelia