Lobelia spicata

Lobelia spicata

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 spicata

Name

Lobelia spicata Lam., Encycl. 3(2): 587. 1792.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dortmanna spicata (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 380. 1891.
  • Lobelia spicata var. originalis McVaugh, Rhodora 38: 308. 1936, nom. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Lobelia claytoniana Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 153. 1803.
  • Lobelia goodenioides Willd., Hort. Berol.: t. 30. 1804.
  • Lobelia pallida Muhl., Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 22. 1813, nom. superfl.
  • Lobelia nivea Raf., Ann. Nat. 1: 16. 1830, nom. illeg.
  • Rapuntium claytonianum (Michx.) C.Presl, Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 23. 1836.
  • Lobelia paniculata Raf., New Fl. 2: 18. 1837, nom. illeg.
  • Lobelia leptostachys A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 376. 1839.
  • Lobelia pallida var. claytoniana (Michx.) Darby, Bot. South. States: 412. 1855.
  • Lobelia spicata var. hirtella A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 6. 1878.
  • Lobelia spicata var. parviflora A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 6. 1878.
  • Dortmanna leptostachys (A.DC.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972. 1891.
  • Lobelia hirtella (A.Gray) Greene, Pittonia 3: 349. 1898.
  • Lobelia spicata var. leptostachys (A.DC.) Mack. & Bush, Man. Fl. Jackson County: 183. 1902.
  • Lobelia bracteata Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1146. 1903.
  • Lobelia leptostachys var. hirtella (A.Gray) Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 15: 188. 1913.
  • Petromarula hirtella (A.Gray) Nieuwl. & Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 13. 1917.
  • Lobelia spicata f. albiflora Ralph Hoffm., Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 334. 1922.
  • Lobelia spicata var. campanulata McVaugh, Rhodora 38: 316. 1936.
  • Lobelia spicata var. scaposa McVaugh, Rhodora 38: 318. 1936.
  • Lobelia spicata f. campanulata (McVaugh) Bowden, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 86: 96. 1959.

Homonyms

• Lobelia spicata Moc., nom. illeg. = Lobelia fenestralis Cav.
• Lobelia spicata Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don, nom. illeg. = Lobelia fenestralis Cav.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Montana. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792 [1789]. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lobelia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Lobelia spicata. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lobelia spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lobelia spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: palespike lobelia

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