Lobelia gloria-montis Rock

Genus: Lobelia section Galeatella

Range: Maui, bogs and wet forest, 1,350-1,750 m.

Growth form: Treelet, 1-5 m tall.

This species was first described by Hillebrand, but as part of Lobelia gaudichaudii in Hillebrand, 1888. Hillebrand's description was based on DeCandolle's description of a plant collected by Gaudichaud on O'ahu, but extended it to include plants found on Maui and Kauai. The plant from Maui is this plant, L. gloria-montis. The plant from Kauai is L. x kauaiensis (A. Gray) A. Heller.

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• Hillebrand, 1888 (as part of Lobelia gaudichaudii, the plant from Eeka on Maui.);
• Rock, 1913 (included as Lobelia gaudichaudii var. longibracteata in the description of the bog on Puu Kukea);
• Rock, 1913 (as Lobelia gaudichaudii var. longibracteata);
• Rock, 1919 (including Lobelia gloria-montis var. longibracteata);
• Degener, 1938 (including var. longibracteata and var. molokaiensis);
• Wimmer, 1953 (as Lobelia gaudichaudii var. gloria-montis including f. bryanii, f. sanguinea and var. longibracteata);
• Degener, 1960 (as Galeatella gloria-montis including var. bryanii, longibracteata, kukuiensis, sanguinea and molokaiensis included in description of genus Galeatella);
• Wimmer, 1968;
• Wimmer, 1968 (as Lobelia longibracteata);
• Wagner et al., 1999.