Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.141468
Element CodePDCAM0E0K0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCampanulales
FamilyCampanulaceae
GenusLobelia
Other Common NamesFlorida lobelia (EN)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2024-02-06
Change Date2024-02-06
Edition Date2024-02-14
Edition AuthorsSoteropoulos (2024), rev. SE Ranking Workshop (2024)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Rank ReasonsLobelia floridana is a perennial forb endemic to the Coastal Plain along the Gulf of Mexico in the southeastern United States from the Florida panhandle to southeastern Louisiana. It is known from at least 106 occurrences and is threatened by development, habitat conversion, road maintenance, and invasive species. Many occurrences are protected. Monitoring of populations must be conducted to improve our understanding of reproduction, plant abundance, threats, and trends, as well as establishing conservation measures to protect the species.
Range Extent CommentsLobelia floridana occurs in the Coastal Plain from the panhandle of Florida west through Alabama and Mississippi to southeastern Louisiana along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the southeastern United States (Spaulding and Barger 2016, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023). Occurrences in Georgia (Jones and Coile 1988) are likely L. paludosa (Spaulding and Barger 2016), and there is disagreement about a 1909 collection from North Carolina, which has been deemed "plausible" (Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023) and "probably misidentified" (Spaulding and Barger 2016).
Occurrences CommentsBy applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium specimen data, and photo-based observation data documented between the years of 1993 and 2023, it is estimated that there are 106 occurrences rangewide (iNaturalist 2023, GBIF 2023, SEINet 2023).
Threat Impact CommentsLobelia floridana is potentially threatened by development, habitat conversion to plantations, alterations in hydrology, road maintenance, and invasive species, though there is insufficient data, including anecdotal accounts, to understand scope and severity of threats for this species.