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Internal ID UUID64402aad7264a147684076
Scientific name Lobelia giberroa
Authority Hemsl.
First published in Fl. Trop. Afr. 3: 465 (1877)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lobelia ulugurensis Engl. ex R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 16: 398 (1922)
Lobelia volkensii Engl. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 49 (1894)
Lobelia usafuensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 420 (1901)
Lobelia intermedia Hauman Mem. Inst. Roy. Col. Belge 8vo, ii. Fasc. 1, 31 (1934).
Lobelia squarrosa Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1898: 157 (1898)
Lobelia giberroa subsp. squarrosa (Baker f.) Mabb. Kew Bull. 29: 566 (1974)
Rapuntium volkensii Kuntze Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 21: 173 (1903)
Tupa schimperi Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 10 (1850)
Lobelia giberroa var. volkensii (Engl.) Hauman Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo 2: 8. 1934
Lobelia volkensii var. ulugurensis Engl. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 106. 1895
Lobelia giberroa var. ulugurensis (Engl.) Hauman Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo) 2: 9 1934
Lobelia giberroa var. usafuensis (Engl.) Hauman Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo 2: 7. 1934
Lobelia giberroa var. longibracteata Hauman Mém. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge, Sect. Sci. Nat. (8vo 2: 10. 1934
Lobelia giberroa var. intermedia (Hauman) Robyns Fl. Spermatophyt. Parc Nat. Albert 2: 413. 1947
Lobelia giberroa var. iringensis E.Wimm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 106. 1934
Lobelia giberroa var. mionandra E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 368. 1948
Dortmanna giberroa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891)

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Language Common/alternative name
Amharic የቆላ ጅብራ
Japanese ロベリア・ギベロア

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Zambia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000814451
Tropicos 5501672
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143304-1
The Plant List kew-352500
NCBI Taxonomy 360853
IPNI 143304-1
iNaturalist 916350
GBIF 5408376
USDA GRIN 22464
Wikipedia Lobelia_giberroa

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Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia Hankiso M, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10236777
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00588-2
PMID:37269005
Woody species diversity and regeneration status of Sub-Alpine forest of Mount Adama exclosure site, Northwestern highlands of Ethiopia Mengistu DA, Bekele DA, Gela AG, Meshesha DT, Getahun MM Heliyon 20-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10220367
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16473
PMID:37251442
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Antimalarial activity of the 80%methanol extract and solvent fractions of Cucumis ficifolius A. rich roots against Plasmodium berghei in mice Bizuneh GK, Tadege G, Sirak B, Gurmu AE, Adamu BA, Tefera AM, Anagaw YK Heliyon 11-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9958454
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13690
PMID:36852070
Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning Kefalew A, Soromessa T, Demissew S Bot Stud 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294133
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00353-w
PMID:35851664
Woody Species Composition, Plant Communities, and Environmental Determinants in Gennemar Dry Afromontane Forest, Southern Ethiopia Ahmed S, Lemessa D, Seyum A Scientifica (Cairo) 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9242778
doi:10.1155/2022/7970435
PMID:35784587
Community perceptions towards the impacts of ecotourism development in the central highlands of Ethiopia: the case of Lake Wanchi and its adjacent landscapes Angessa AT, Lemma B, Yeshitela K, Endrias M Heliyon 09-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8851079
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08924
PMID:35198783
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia Dibaba A, Soromessa T, Warkineh B BMC Ecol Evol 07-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8819878
doi:10.1186/s12862-022-01964-4
PMID:35130842
Ericaceous vegetation of the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia will prevail in the face of climate change Kidane YO, Hoffmann S, Jaeschke A, Beloiu M, Beierkuhnlein C Sci Rep 03-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8813939
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05846-z
PMID:35115621
Identification of lobetyolin as a major antimalarial constituent of the roots of Lobelia giberroa Hemsl Tadege G, Alebachew Y, Hymete A, Tadesse S Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 22-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8802882
doi:10.1016/j.ijpddr.2022.01.002
PMID:35092864
Woody species composition and community types of Hangadi Watershed, Guji Zone, Ethiopia Tamiru B, Soromessa T, Warkineh B, Legesse G, Belina M BMC Ecol Evol 28-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8715571
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01949-9
PMID:34963465
Pleistocene origin and colonization history of Lobelia columnaris Hook. f. (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) across sky islands of West Central Africa Pérez‐Pérez MA, Yu W Ecol Evol 20-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8601881
doi:10.1002/ece3.8256
PMID:34824795
Beyond Alkaloids: Novel Bioactive Natural Products From Lobelia Species Zheng Q, Wang Y, Zhang S Front Pharmacol 08-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7982472
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.638210
PMID:33762957
Up in the air: Threats to Afromontane biodiversity from climate change and habitat loss revealed by genetic monitoring of the Ethiopian Highlands bat Razgour O, Kasso M, Santos H, Juste J Evol Appl 07-Dec-2020
PMCID:PMC7980307
doi:10.1111/eva.13161
PMID:33767753
Expanding the reach: ethnobotanical knowledge and technological intensification in beekeeping among the Ogiek of the Mau Forest, Kenya Zocchi DM, Volpato G, Chalo D, Mutiso P, Fontefrancesco MF J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 29-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7523059
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00409-w
PMID:32993808

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