TABLE 1 in Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil

TABLE 1. Diagnostic morphological characteristics to distinguish Lobelia bahiana from L. brasiliensis and L. organensis, their distributions and habitats in Brazil. Abbreviations for Brazilian states: BA = Bahia; DF = Distrito Federal; ES = Espírito Santo; GO = Goiás; MG = Minas Gerais; PE = Pernambuco; RJ = Rio de Janeiro. Lobelia bahianaL. brasiliensisL. organensisDistributionBADF, GOBA, ES, MG, PE, RJHabitatWetlandsWetlandsHigh-altitude grasslands and cloud forests, occasionally wetlandsIndumentum (abaxial surface of leaves)TomentoseTomentoseGlabrous, occasionally sparsely tomentoseIndumentum (rachis, pedicels, calyx and hypanthium)Densely tomentoseDensely tomentoseGlabrousIndumentum (ovary and outer surface of corolla)GlabrousDensely tomentoseGlabrousIndumentum (color)WhiteYellowishWhiteHypanthiumWidely obconic, sometimes almost inconspicuousHemispheric to widely obconicBriefly hemispheric, very conspicuousCalyx lobesErect, typically bending towards the center of the flowerErectPatenttosub-erectBracteolesUsually absent, when present ca. 2.5–5.0 mm longUsually absent, when present up to 1.0 mm longUsually present, up to 1.0 mm longReference sheetsG. P. Coelho 303 (ICN); F. Juchum 112 (RB)G. T. Prance & N. T. Silva 59034 (UB); M. Aparecida da Silva 7749 (IBGE)J. Külkamp 907 (RB); G.P. Coelho 290 (ICN)