Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lobelia laxiflora Kunth [Campanulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Lobelia laxiflora subsp. angustifolia (A.DC.) Eakes & Lammers

Lobelia laxiflora subsp. laxiflora

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acaxóchitl	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aretitos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chilpanxóchitl	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fackel-lobelie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sierra madre lobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dortmanna laxiflora (Kunth) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Rapuntium laxiflorum (Kunth) C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 26 (1836).
Tupa laxiflora (Kunth) Planch. & Oerst. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1857: 154 (1858).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lobelia laxiflora	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Lobelia laxiflora H.B.K.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lobelia laxiflora Kunth	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lobelia laxiflora L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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