Lobelia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158182
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Lobelia

Summary

Lobelia is a taxon[1]. Lobelia ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,695 views/month, #987 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lobelia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lobelia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Matthias de l'Obel is named after Lobelia[5].
  • Lobelia belongs to the parent taxon Lobelioideae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lobelia is Lobelia[7].
  • Lobelia's Commons category is recorded as Lobelia[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Lobelia is Lobelia cardinalis[9].
  • Lobelia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lobelia[10].
  • Lobelia's Commons gallery is recorded as Lobelia[11].
  • Lobelia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(2)[12].
  • Lobelia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Lobelia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • Lobelia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6918[15].
  • Lobelia's this taxon is source of is recorded as Lobelia alkaloid[16].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lobelia'}[17].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lobelien'}[18].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Lobeliat'}[19].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'nuottaruohot'}[20].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'lobélie'}[21].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Lobeelien'}[22].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Lobelia'}[23].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '半边莲属'}[24].
  • Lobelia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '半边莲属'}[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lobelia is Lobelia[7]. Lobelia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Lobelia is classified within Lobelioideae[6]. The taxonomic type of Lobelia is Lobelia cardinalis[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'lobelia'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Lobelien'}[18], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Lobeliat'}[19], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'nuottaruohot'}[20], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'lobélie'}[21], and {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Lobeelien'}[22].

Discovery and Description

Matthias de l'Obel is named after Lobelia[5].

Identifiers

Lobelia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48039[26]. Lobelia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4382[27]. Lobelia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2756426[28]. Lobelia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 34503[29].

Why It Matters

Lobelia ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,695 views/month, #987 of 195,241).[2] Lobelia has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Lobelia is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(2). wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Lobelioideae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Named after Matthias de l'Obel
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