Lobelia heyneanaSchult.

WFO wfo-0000815178 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Lobelia heyneana, photographed by Shiwalee Samant
fig. a Shiwalee Samant, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-15 / obs. 172021111
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. b Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62406599
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. c Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62406376
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. d Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62406380
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by Shiwalee Samant
fig. e Shiwalee Samant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172021095
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. f S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 92800707
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. g S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 92800613
Lobelia heyneana, photographed by Shiwalee Samant
fig. h Shiwalee Samant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172021176

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Lobelia heyneana is native: Central African Republic, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, China South-Central, Oman, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya Central African RepublicDR CongoEritreaEthiopiaTanzaniaZambiaChina South-CentralOmanTaiwanAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Lobelia heyneana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Central African Republic CAF AFRICA
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Tanzania TAN
Zambia ZAM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Oman OMA
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dortmanna trialata (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze
  • Lobelia aligera Haines
  • Lobelia arenarioides (C.Presl) A.DC.
  • Lobelia bialata Merr.
  • Lobelia decurrens Roth
  • Lobelia dichotoma Miq.
  • Lobelia dichotoma var. aligera (Haines) E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia dichotoma var. pilosella E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia heyneana f. parviflora (Danguy) E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia heyneana var. lamiifolia (C.B.Clarke) E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia heyneana var. parviflora (Danguy) E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia heyneana var. viridissima E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia subincisa Wall.
  • Lobelia subracemosa Miq.
  • Lobelia subracemosa var. rigidior Miq.
  • Lobelia trialata Buch.-Ham.
  • Lobelia trialata var. asiatica Chiov.
  • Lobelia trialata var. lamiifolia C.B.Clarke
  • Lobelia trialata var. umbrosa (Hochst. ex Hemsl.) Chiov.
  • Lobelia umbrosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Lobelia zeylanica var. aligera (Haines) Haines
  • Lobelia zeylanica var. parviflora Danguy
  • Rapuntium arenarioides C.Presl
  • Rapuntium trialatum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) C.Presl

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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