| Scientific Name | Lobelia erinus L. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | LOBELIACEAE | Synonyms | Lobelia benguellensis Hiern, Lobelia bicolor Sims, Lobelia erinus L. var. bellidifolia (Thunb.) Sond., Lobelia erinus L. var. grandiflora Paxton, Lobelia erinus L. var. schrankii (Sweet) E.Wimm., Lobelia erinus L. var. subvillosa E.Wimm., Lobelia filiformis Lam. (in part), Lobelia filiformis Lam. var. filiformis, Lobelia filiformis Lam. var. natalensis (A.DC.) E.Wimm., Lobelia krookii Zahlbr., Lobelia lavandulacea Klotzsch, Lobelia lydenburgensis E.Wimm., Lobelia melsetteria E.Wimm., Lobelia montaguensis E.Wimm., Lobelia nuda Hemsl., Lobelia oranjensis E.Wimm., Lobelia parvisepala E.Wimm., Lobelia rosulata S.Moore, Lobelia senegalensis A.DC. (in part), Lobelia senegalensis A.DC. var. senegalensis, Lobelia transvaalensis Schltr., Lobelia tysonii E.Phillips, Lobelia wildii E.Wimm. | Common Names | Edging Lobelia (e), Garden Lobelia (e), Impenjana (z), Incamathela (z), Isidala Esiluhlaza (z), Mahlo-a-konyana (ss), Napjane-ea-phiri (ss), Tsoinyane (ss), Wild Lobelia (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2004/10/05 | Assessor(s) | J.E. Victor |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Lobelia erinus L. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Lobelia erinus L. | Lower Risk - Least Concern | Victor (2002) | | Lobelia erinus L. | Not Threatened | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Lobelia montaguensis E.Wimm. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Lobelia montaguensis E.Wimm. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
Bibliography | Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. 2002. South Africa. In: J.S. Golding (ed), Southern African plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 14 (pp. 93-120), SABONET, Pretoria.
Victor, J.E. and Dold, A.P. 2003. Threatened plants of the Albany Centre of Floristic Endemism, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 99:437-446.
Vlok, J. and Schutte-Vlok, A.L. 2010. Plants of the Klein Karoo. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.
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Citation | | Victor, J.E. 2004. Lobelia erinus L. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/06/30 |
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