Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lobelia cardinalis L. [Campanulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cardinal flower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cardinal lobelia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cardinal-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cardinalflower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian pink	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kardinallobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kardinals-lobelie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lobelia cardinalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lobélie écarlate	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red cardinal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red lobelia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
scarlet lobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 76 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lobelia cardinalis var. propinqua (Paxton) Bowden Canad. J. Bot. 60: 2060 (1982).
Lobelia cordigera Cav. Icon. 6: 14 (1800).
Lobelia fulgens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Hort. Berol.: t. 85 (1809).
Dortmanna cardinalis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 380 (1891).
Dortmanna cordigera (Cav.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Dortmanna engelmanniana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Dortmanna fulgens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Dortmanna graminea (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Dortmanna longifolia (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Dortmanna phyllostachya (Engelm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 973 (1891).
Dortmanna splendens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 973 (1891).
Lobelia atrosanguinea Utinet Ann. Fl. Pomone 9: 121 (1841).
Lobelia cardinalis f. alba (J.McNab) H.St.John Rhodora 21: 218 (1920).
Lobelia cardinalis var. alba J.McNab Edinburgh New Philos. J. 19: 61 (1835).
Lobelia cardinalis var. angustifolia Vatke Linnaea 38: 722 (1874).
Lobelia cardinalis var. candida Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl.: 195 (1870).
Lobelia cardinalis f. cordigera (Cav.) Bowden Canad. J. Bot. 60: 2060 (1982).
Lobelia cardinalis var. glandulosa N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan: 24 (1874).
Lobelia cardinalis subsp. graminea (Lam.) McVaugh Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 347 (1940).
Lobelia cardinalis var. graminea (Lam.) McVaugh Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 348 (1940).
Lobelia cardinalis var. hispidula E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 338 (1948).
Lobelia cardinalis f. hispidula (E.Wimm.) Bowden Canad. J. Bot. 60: 2057 (1982).
Lobelia cardinalis var. integerrima Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl.: 195 (1870).
Lobelia cardinalis var. meridionalis Bowden Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 2: 241 (1960).
Lobelia cardinalis var. multiflora (Paxton) McVaugh Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 349 (1940).
Lobelia cardinalis var. phyllostachya (Engelm.) McVaugh Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 349 (1940).
Lobelia cardinalis var. pseudosplendens McVaugh Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 348 (1940).
Lobelia cardinalis f. rosea H.St.John Rhodora 21: 217 (1920).
Lobelia cardinalis f. splendens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Bowden Canad. J. Bot. 60: 2060 (1982).
Lobelia cardinalis var. texensis (Raf.) Rothr. Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 182 (1878 publ. 1879).
Lobelia coccinea (Moench) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 343 (1812), nom. superfl.
Lobelia cordigera var. fatalis E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 340 (1948).
Lobelia cordigera var. marryattiae (Paxton) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 418 (1953).
Lobelia cordigera var. multiflora (Paxton) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 418 (1953).
Lobelia cordigera var. pyramidalis (Paxton) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 418 (1953).
Lobelia formosa Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: 50 (1819).
Lobelia fulgens f. atrosanguinea (Hook.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 575 (1894).
Lobelia fulgens var. glabriuscula Klotzsch ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 707 (1843).
Lobelia fulgens f. maculata Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 575 (1894).
Lobelia fulgens var. marryattiae (Paxton) Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: 7 (1849).
Lobelia fulgens var. multiflora Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 14: 263 (1848).
Lobelia fulgens var. propinqua Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 2: 52 (1836).
Lobelia fulgens var. pyramidalis Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 14: 263 (1848).
Lobelia fulgens f. rosea Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 575 (1894).
Lobelia graminea Lam. Encycl. 3: 583 (1792).
Lobelia graminea var. intermedia E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 339 (1948).
Lobelia graminea f. kerneri (L.Nagy) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 415 (1953).
Lobelia graminea var. phyllostachya (Engelm.) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 414 (1953).
Lobelia graminea var. pseudosplendens (McVaugh) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 276b: 414 (1953).
Lobelia ignea Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 6: 247 (1839), nom. illeg.
Lobelia kerneri L.Nagy Gartenflora 38: 302 (1889).
Lobelia longifolia (C.Presl) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 382 (1839).
Lobelia marryattiae Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 14: 263 (1848).
Lobelia mucronata Engelm. in F.A.Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 108 (1848), nom. illeg.
Lobelia phyllostachya Engelm. in F.A.Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 108 (1848).
Lobelia porphyrantha Decne. ex Groenland Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 9: 118 (1860).
Lobelia princeps Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 298 (1839).
Lobelia propinqua J.W.Loudon Suppl. Hort. Brit. 2: 646 (1850), not validly publ.
Lobelia punicea Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 299 (1839).
Lobelia punicea var. kerneri (L.Nagy) E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 339 (1948).
Lobelia ramosa Burb. Gard. Chron., n.s., 15: 105 (1881), nom. illeg.
Lobelia schiedeana Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort.: 367 (1840), not validly publ.
Lobelia splendens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Hort. Berol.: t. 86 (1809).
Lobelia splendens var. atrosanguinea Hook. Bot. Mag. 69: t. 4002 (1843).
Lobelia splendens var. fulgens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 110 (1883).
Lobelia splendens var. ignea Hook. Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4960 (1857).
Lobelia splendens f. ignea (Hook.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 575 (1894).
Lobelia texensis Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 176 (1833).
Rapuntium cardinale (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Rapuntium coccineum Moench Suppl. Meth.: 277 (1802), nom. superfl.
Rapuntium cordigerum (Cav.) C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 26 (1836).
Rapuntium fulgens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 26 (1836).
Rapuntium gramineum (Lam.) C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 26 (1836).
Rapuntium longifolium C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 26 (1836).
Rapuntium splendens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 26 (1836).
Tupa ignescens Payer Traité Organogén. Fl.: t. 149 (1854).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lobelia cardinalis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Lobelia cardinalis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) 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 cardinalis ssp. graminea var. propinqua (Paxton) Bowden	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Lobelia cordigera Cav.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lobelia fulgens	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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