Neowimmeria tortuosa O. Deg. & I. Deg. , Phytologia 12: 73. 1965. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Lobelia tortuosa A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 912 1897.
Kaua`i: Hanapepe and Wahiawa watershed, [perpendicular cliffs along the Hanapepe River]. 25 June 1895. A.A. Heller 2443.
Lectotype [MIN]. Isolectotype(s) [A, BISH, F [2], GH [2], MASS, MO, NY [2,mfc!, fragment BISH!, photo BISH!], P [2], US!]. Lectotypified in W. L. Wagner and R. K. Shannon. Brittonia 51: 429. 1999.

Note: Nom. illegit., non Kuntze (1891). Collection 2443, pro parte. Additional syntypes: 24-26 June 1895, Heller 2443 (F [2], NY! [mfc, fragment BISH!, photo BISH!], US!) and 2-8 July (MO!, US!). Heller did not cite a date and thus all of the collections distributed under this number are syntypes.

=Lobelia niihauensis
*Verification: Wagner, W.L. & R.K. Shannon. 1999. Brittonia 51:422-438.
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*Verification: T.G. Lammers.

Neowimmeria tortuosa O. Deg. & I. Deg. var. glabrata (Skottsb.) O. Deg. & I. Deg., [Degener's Fl. Hawaiiensis, Leaflet No. 1,] Prodromus of Galeatella and Neowimmeria 11. 1974. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands --Basionym
Type Information
Lobelia tortuosa A. Heller f. glabrata Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 263 1926.
Kaua`i: Okolele ditch trail, on canyon wall. 31 October 1922. C. Skottsberg 1057.
Holotype [GB].
=Lobelia niihauensis

*Verification: T.G. Lammers.
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*Verification: T.G. Lammers.