Lobelia

Also known as lobelias, asthma weed

thumb|Lobelia erinus in an alpine border

OverviewAI-generated

Lobelia is a genus of plants within the family Campanulaceae. It belongs to the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is accepted under the authority L. and is commonly referred to as lobelia. Its habitat includes freshwater environments.

Records for Lobelia are held by several institutions, including FCN-UAQ, INECOL, IIB-UV, CIBYC-UAEM, and IBUNAM. These records are associated with the country of Mexico. The genus has 402,119 occurrence records, 3,359 iDigBio records, and 2,271 media items. Additionally, 313 PubMed entries reference the name Lobelia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyCampanulaceae

Habitatfreshwater

Native toAlabama, Alberta, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam

Observations recorded402,119

Common Name: lobelia

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 3,359
With media: 2,271
Family: Campanulaceae
Collections: FCN-UAQ, INECOL, IIB-UV, CIBYC-UAEM, IBUNAM, FCF-UANL
Recorded in: Mexico

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Research

313 papers

Beyond Alkaloids: Novel Bioactive Natural Products From Lobelia Species.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021
Targeting MAPK14 by Lobeline Upregulates Slurp1-Mediated Inhibition of Alternative Activation of TAM and Retards Colorectal Cancer Growth.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
Biological activity, phytochemistry and traditional uses of genus Lobelia (Campanulaceae): A systematic review.Fitoterapia · 2019
Sick Headache, Lobelia in.Western journal of medicine and surgery · 1840
Molecular Mechanisms of Lobelia nummularia Extract in Breast Cancer: Targeting EGFR/TP53 and PI3K-AKT-mTOR Signaling via ROS-Mediated Apoptosis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Lobelioideae
Named after: Matthias de l'Obel
Image: Lobelia tupa inflorescence.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Lobelia
Commons category: Lobelia
topic's main category: Category:Lobelia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6918
Commons gallery: Lobelia
taxon common name: 半边莲属
taxonomic type: Lobelia cardinalis

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections

Contents

Description
Taxonomy
Species list
Ecology
Cultivation and uses
Hybrids
Traditional medicine
Adverse effects
Chemical constituents
Mexican spurred lobelias
References
Bibliography
External links

thumb|Lobelia erinus in an alpine border

Lobelia () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions. They are known generally as lobelias.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lobelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.