Lobelioideae

Life-forms

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
Genera: Brighamia – Burmeistera – Centropogon – Clermontia – Cyanea – Delissea – Dialypetalum – Diastatea – Dielsantha – Downingia – Grammatotheca – Heterotoma – Hippobroma – Howellia – Isotoma – Legenere – Lithotoma – Lobelia – Lysipomia – Monopsis – Palmerella – Porterella – Ruthiella – Sclerotheca – Siphocampylus – Solenopsis – Trematolobelia – Unigenes – Wimmerella

Name

Lobelioideae Burnett, Outlines of Botany (1835)

Type genus: Lobelia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 929 (1753)

References

Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outlines of Botany, including a general history of the vegetable kingdom. Vol. 1–2, 1190 pp., London: John Churchill. Internet Archive Reference page.
Knox, E.B. 2014. The dynamic history of plastid genomes in the Campanulaceae sensu lato is unique among angiosperms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(30): 11097–11102. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1403363111 PDF Reference page.
Lammers, T.G. 2011. Revision of the Infrageneric Classification of Lobelia L. (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 98(1):37-62. DOI: 10.3417/2007150
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
USDA: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants[1]. List for guidance as not completely accurate.
Tropicos.org 2012. Lobelioideae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 June 2012.

Lobelioideae is a subfamily of the plant family Campanulaceae. It contains 32 genera,[1] totalling about 1200 species. Some of the larger genera are Lobelia, Siphocampylus, Centropogon, Burmeistera and Cyanea.

They are perennials, sometimes annuals, ranging in form from herbs to small trees. Most species are tropical in distribution, but in total this subfamily occurs almost worldwide, being absent only from Arctic regions, central Asia and the Near East.

This subfamily was formerly given family rank as Lobeliaceae, under a somewhat different circumscription.

The leaves are simple and alternate. The plants have milky sap. The flowers are bilaterally symmetric with five lobes and stamens. The corolla tube opens along the upper side with two lobes above and three below, and the stamens join together in the tube.
Genera

Brighamia A.Gray
Burmeistera H.Karst. & Triana
Calcaratolobelia Wilbur
Centropogon C.Presl
Clermontia Gaudich.
Cyanea Gaudich.
Delissea Gaudich.
Dialypetalum Benth.

Diastatea Scheidw.
Dielsantha E.Wimm.
Downingia Torr.
Grammatotheca C.Presl
Heterotoma Zucc.
Hippobroma G.Don
Howellia A.Gray
Hypsela C.Presl

Isotoma (R.Br.) Lindl.
Legenere McVaugh
Lobelia L.
Lysipomia Kunth
Monopsis Salisb.
Palmerella A.Gray
Porterella Torr.
Pratia Gaudich.

Ruthiella Steenis
Sclerotheca A.DC.
Siphocampylus Pohl
Solenopsis C.Presl
Trematolobelia Zahlbr. ex Rock
Unigenes E.Wimm.[2]

References

"Family: Campanulaceae Juss., nom. cons. subfam. Lobelioideae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
"GRIN Genera of Campanulaceae subfam. Lobelioideae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-03-02.