Lobelia eryliae subsp. eryliae

Lammers, Th. G., 2011, Revision of the Malesian species of Lobelia section Rhynchopetalum (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), Blumea 56 (3), pp. 218-224 : 223

a. subsp. eryliae

Lobelia eryliae C.E.C.Fisch. (1928) 141. — Type: Smith 0012 (holo K), Indonesia, Sulawesi, peak of Bonteyne , evergreen jungle, 10 Feb. 1925.

Lobelia epilobioides E.Wimm. (1935) 79. — Type: Rachmat 426 (holo L), Indonesia, Sulawesi, G. Batoe , Aug. 1913.

Lobelia epilobioides var. sarasinorum E.Wimm.(1948) 367.— Type: Sarasin & Sarasin 1289 (lecto B, here designated), Sulawesi, Loka , 13 Oct. 1895.

Bracteoles 1.5 –3 mm long. Hypanthium 3 –6 by 2– 4.5 mm. Calyx lobes linear-triangular, 4 –10 mm long, 1.2 – 3.2 times longer than hypanthium. Corolla violet, mauve, pink, or white, 13–19 mm long; tube 2 – 3.5 times longer than broad; dorsal lobes 8 –13 by 0.6 –1.1 mm; ventral lobes elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 8–12 by 1.5 – 3 mm. Filament tube 6 –10 mm, glabrous or short-pubescent toward base in lines; dorsal anthers 2.5– 4.5 mm long; ventral anthers bearded at apex with white trichomes 1–2.2 mm long.

Distribution — Endemic to South Sulawesi in Indonesia.

Habitat & Ecology — Evergreen forest and meadows at 600– 2300 m. Flowering: January through June; fruiting:April through October.

Icones. Wimmer (1953) f. 99c, Moeliono (1960) f. 9.

Note — Two specimens were cited in the protologue of L. epilobioides var. sarasinorum . The one designated here as lectotype was annotated by Wimmer with this name and ‘sp. orig.’, and conforms to the protologue (cf. Rec. 9A.3). The other syntype (Kaudern 289, S) was annotated with a name that was never effectively published. It does not match the protologue due to its larger flowers and is assigned above to L. sulawesiensis .