Biology:Lobelia giberroa

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Short description: Species of plant

Lobelia giberroa
Lobelia giberroa, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Rwanda
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia
Species:
L. giberroa
Binomial name
Lobelia giberroa
Hemsl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dortmanna giberroa (Hemsl.) Kuntze
  • Hochst. ex A.Rich. E.Wimm.
  • (Engl.) Hauman (Engl.) Kuntze
  • Lobelia giberroa var. usafuensis Lobelia giberroa var. longibracteata
  • (Engl.) Hauman Rapuntium volkensii
  • Lobelia giberroa var. intermedia Hauman
  • (Engl.) Hauman Engl.
  • Lobelia intermedia Lobelia giberroa var. mionandra
  • Hauman Tupa schimperi
  • (Hauman) Robyns E.Wimm.
  • Baker f. Lobelia giberroa var. volkensii
  • Lobelia ulugurensis Lobelia giberroa subsp. squarrosa
  • (Engl.) Engl. ex R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr. Lobelia usafuensis
  • Lobelia giberroa var. iringensis (Baker f.) Mabb.
  • Engl. Lobelia squarrosa
  • Lobelia volkensii var. ulugurensis Lobelia giberroa var. ulugurensis

Lobelia giberroa is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae.[2][3][1][4] It is native to the Mountains of the Moon Massif (Rwenzori Mountains) in Uganda. It is the tallest of all the giant Lobelia species at up to 10 metres (33 ft) tall. Its creme de menthe flowers form a spikelike raceme.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lobelia giberroa Hemsl.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143304-1. 
  2. Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, pp. 1324–5. London and New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-439903-7
  3. Muchuku, J. K.; Gichira, A. W.; Zhao, S. Y.; Chen, J. M.; Chen, L. Y.; Wang, Q. F. (2020). "Distribution pattern and habitat preference for Lobelia species (Campanulaceae) in five countries of East Africa - PMC". PhytoKeys (159): 45–60. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.159.54341. PMID 32973388. Bibcode2020PhytK.159...45M. 
  4. "Lobelia giberroa Hemsl.". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3VRQN. 
  5. Graf, Alfred Byrd. Exotica. East Rutherford, N.J.: The Ruhrs Co.. p. 1033. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15600464 entry