A Revision of Lobelia Subgen. Tupa (Campanulaceae) in China
中国半边莲属山梗菜亚属的修订

Based on specimens as many as available, a quantitative analysis of character varia- bility and correlation in Lobelia Subgen. Tupa was carried out with the results shown by pictorialized scatter diagram and histogram. Pollen grains and seed coat were examined un- der SEM. The classitication of the subgenus in China is revised. Twelve specipes are recog- nized; a new species, L. foliiformis, and a new subspecies, L. colorata subsp. guizhouensis, are described; L. taliensis is reduced to a subspecies or L. colorata, which consists of three subspecies; L. kwangsiensis is treated as a variety of L. davidii in accordance with the treat-ment made by Lian Yong-shan in Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin.73 (2)