Lobelia dunbariae
Genus: Lobelia section Revolutella.
Range: Moloka'i, wet forest, 1,000-1,200 m.
Growth form: Subshrub, 0.3-0.8 m tall.
Except for the widely ranging Lobelia hypoleuca, this is the only Lobelia on Moloka'i. This species is a short prostrate shrub, whereas L. hypoleuca is a tall erect plant.
The name Lobelia dunbariae was first used by Rock in his 1919 monograph in a description of what is now known as subsp. dunbariae. The first published description of any specimen from the species, however, was by Hillebrand as Lobelia neriifolia subsp. β. Note that Hillebrand's L. neriifolia was renamed Lobelia hillebrandii by Rock (1919) and that the subspecies β, which was dubbed subsp. paniculata also by Rock (1919). Lammers (1990) moved the subspecies from L. hillebrandii subsp. paniculata to L. dunbariae subsp. paniculata.
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Sources:
- Hillebrand, 1888 (as Lobelia neriifolia var. β is L. dunbariae subsp.paniculata);
- Rock, 1919 (is L. dunbariae subsp. dunbariae);
- Rock, 1919 (as Lobelia hillebrandii var. paniculata);
- Wimmer, 1953;
- Wimmer, 1953 (as Lobelia costata);
- Wimmer, 1953 (as Lobelia hillebrandii var. paniculata);
- Wimmer, 1968 (as Lobelia hillebrandii var. paniculata);
- Wagner et al., 1990.