Lobelia eryliae subsp. luzonica, (E. Wimm.) Lammers

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

b. subsp. luzonica (E.Wimm.) Lammers , comb. & stat. nov.

Lobelia epilobioides var. luzonica E.Wimm., Pflanzenr. IV. 276c (1968) 882. — Type: Clemens 9170 (holo L; iso B), Philippines, Luzon , Benquet Subprov., ‘ Pauai’ [Paoay], Jan. 1915.

Bracteoles 0.3–1.5 mm long. Hypanthium 2.5 – 4.5 by 2– 3 mm. Calyx lobes linear or subulate, 8 –13 mm long, 2.2– 4 times longer than hypanthium. Corolla pale blue or pink, 12–18 mm long; tube 5 –7 by 1.5 – 3 mm, 1.5 –2.5 times longer than broad; dorsal lobes 5 –11.5 by 0.5 –0.8 mm; ventral lobes linear-triangular, 5–14 by 1–2 mm. Filament tube 5.5–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely short-pubescent toward apex; dorsal anthers 3– 4 mm long; ventral anthers bearded at apex with white trichomes 0.6 –1 mm long.

Distribution — Endemic to Mt Paoay and Mt Santo Tomas in Benguet Province on Luzon in the Philippines.

Habitat & Ecology — Mossy forest among shrubs at 2100 m. Flowering: January through July.

Note — Wimmer annotated Bureau of Science 4327 ( L) as “sp. orig. pro varietate!” and the sheet here recognized as the holotype as “sp. isotypicum!” However, it was the latter that he called “Typus” in the protologue (cf. Art. 9.1 Note 1) .