Campanulaceae
Lobelia

Lobelia udzungwensis Thulin

First published in Kew Bull. 59: 190 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Tanzania

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Bulletin

  • --- & Palmer, J. D. (1998). Chloroplast DNA evidence on the origin and radiation of the giant lobelias in eastern Africa. Syst. Bot. 23: 109 - 149.
  • --- (1984). Lobeliaceae. In: R. M. Polhill (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • --- (1999). Reconstruction of adaptive radiation in insular habitats using integrated biogeographic information. J. Biogeogr. 26: 983-992.
  • Burtt-Davy, J. (1938). The classification of tropical woody vegetation-types. Imperial Forestry Institute Paper No. 13. University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
  • Hall, J. B. (1986). Luhomero Massif, Iringa Region, Tanzania: Reconnaissance Vegetation Survey, August 1985. Expedition report from the Department of Forestry and Wood Science, University College of North Wales, Bangor, U.K.
  • Knox, E. B. (1993). The species of giant senecio (Compositae) and giant lobelia (Lobeliaceae) in eastern Africa. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 241 - 257.
  • Lovett, J. C. (1988). Endemism and affinities of the Tanzanian montane forest flora. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 591 - 598.
  • Thulin, M. (1980). A new giant Lobelia from Tanzania. Kew Bull. 34: 815 - 817.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0