Abstract
Lobelia brasiliensis, a new species of subsection Haynaldianae F. E. Wimmer (of Lobelia L. sect. Rhynchopetalum), is described from Brazil. It is distinguished from related Brazilian species by its yellowish puberulous abaxial leaf surface and the smaller dimensions of its floral structures. This species also has a different flowering period and is isolated geographically. The genus Lobelia was established by Linnae- us (1753) in Species Plantarum. Lobelia is in- cluded in the family Campanulaceae Jussieu (Cronquist, 1981), subfamily Lobelioideae Bur- nett (Burnett, 1835; Wimmer, 1943), considered by some authors to be the separate family Lob-
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