Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Lobelia claviflora
Campanulaceae Juss.
Lobelia claviflora Albr. & R.W.Jobson , legitimate, scientific
Albrecht, D.E, Jobson, R.W., Walsh, N.G. & Knox, E.B. (23 July 2018), Lobelia claviflora (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a new species from northern New South Wales, Australia. Telopea 21: 122-126; Figs 1 & 2 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "New South Wales: North Western Plains: Cuttabri [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 18 Oct 2016, D.E. Albrecht 14685 & R.W. Jobson: holo: CANB 896067.1 (sheet), 896067.3 (spirit); iso: NSW, MEL, IND."
  • APC Dist.: NSW
  • Etymology: "Rather than the commoner interpretation of ‘claviflora’ – clubbed flowers – the epithet is from the Latin clavus, a purple stripe or band decorating the tunic worn by persons of state in Ancient Rome and –flora, flower; referring to the deep purple bands visible on the ventral side of throat of the corolla tube that extend into the tube."