Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lobelia siphilitica L. [Campanulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blaue kardinals-lobelie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue cardinal flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
blue cardinal-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blue lobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blå axlobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
breat blue lobelia	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
cardinal-flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
great blue lobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
great lobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lobelia syphilitica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lobélie géante	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dortmanna siphilitica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 380 (1891).
Lobelia antisyphilitica Hayne Getreue Darstell. Gew. 13: t. 9 (1813), nom. superfl.
Lobelia belgica De Jonghe Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 2, 4: 39 (1845).
Lobelia bollii E.Wimm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 3 (1929).
Lobelia coelestis Nutt. ex Loudon in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 592 (1830).
Lobelia densiflora J.Rennie Mag. Bot. Gard. 1: t. 67 (1833).
Lobelia reflexa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 342 (1812), nom. superfl.
Lobelia siphilitica var. alba G.Don & W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 646 (1839).
Lobelia siphilitica f. alba (G.Don & W.H.Baxter) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 576 (1894).
Lobelia siphilitica f. albiflora Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Lobelia siphilitica var. bollii (E.Wimm.) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 423 (1953).
Lobelia siphilitica var. candida Alph.Wood Class-book Bot.: 476 (1881).
Lobelia siphilitica var. densiflora (J.Rennie) E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 340 (1948).
Lobelia siphilitica var. grandis E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 422 (1953).
Lobelia siphilitica f. laevicalyx Fernald Rhodora 45: 476 (1943).
Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 377 (1839).
Lobelia siphilitica f. ludoviciana (A.DC.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 576 (1894).
Lobelia siphilitica var. maculata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 377 (1839).
Lobelia siphilitica var. minor Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 100 (1835).
Lobelia siphilitica f. purpurea E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Brittonia 10: 118 (1958), nom. illeg.
Lobelia siphilitica f. purpurea Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 576 (1894).
Lobelia siphilitica var. rosea N.Coleman Kentucky Sci. Inst. Misc. Publ. 2: 24 (1874).
Rapuntium siphiliticum (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Rapuntium syphiliticum Moench Methodus: 655 (1794), orth. var.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lobelia siphilitica	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Lobelia siphilitica L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lobelia syphilitica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Lobelia syphilitica L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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