Lobelia

See also: lobelia and lobelią

Translingual

Etymology

Lobel +‎ -ia, coined around 1750 to honor Belgian botanist Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616).

Proper noun

Lobelia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – the lobelias.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Campanulaceae – family; Lobelioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) - type species

References

• Lobelia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lobelia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lobelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lobelia at USDA Plants database
• Lobelia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Lobelia at the Catalogue of Life 
• Lobelia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Lobelia at The Plant List