Lobelia niihauensis

Lobelia niihauensis

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 niihauensis

Name

Lobelia niihauensis H.St.John, Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 9(14): 9 (1931).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Neowimmeria niihauensis (H.St.John) O.Deg. & I.Deg., Phytologia 12: 73 (1965).
• Heterotypic
  • Lobelia tortuosa A.Heller, Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 912 (1896), nom. illeg.
  • Lobelia tortuosa f. glabrata Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob 2: 263 (1926).
  • Lobelia niihauensis var. forbesii H.St.John, Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 15: 23 (1939).
  • Lobelia niihauensis var. meridiana H.St.John, Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 15: 23 (1939).
  • Lobelia tortuosa var. intermedia H.St.John, Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 15: 24 (1939).
  • Neowimmeria tortuosa O.Deg. & I.Deg., Phytologia 12: 73 (1965).
  • Neowimmeria intermedia (H.St.John) I.Deg. & O.Deg., Prodr. Galeatella & Neowimmeria: 9 (1974).
  • Neowimmeria meridiana (H.St.John) I.Deg. & O.Deg., Prodr. Galeatella & Neowimmeria: 9 (1974).
  • Neowimmeria niihauensis var. forbesii (H.St.John) I.Deg. & O.Deg., Prodr. Galeatella & Neowimmeria: 10 (1974).
  • Neowimmeria tortuosa var. glabrata (Skottsb.) I.Deg. & O.Deg., Prodr. Galeatella & Neowimmeria: 11 (1974).
  • Lobelia tortuosa var. haupuensis H.St.John, Phytologia 62: 435 (1987).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaiian Is. (Niihau, Kauai, Oahu) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• St. John, H. 1931. Occasional Papers of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 9(14): 9.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Lobelia niihauensis 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 niihauensis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Lobelia niihauensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Aug. 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lobelia niihauensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Niihau lobelia

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