taxonID	type	description	language	source
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	diagnosis	A Lobeliae organensi affinis sed ab ea pedicello, calyce, hypanthio et rachi racemorum dense piloso, fortiter purpureis, lobis calycis erectis, curvatis versus floris centrum, bracteolis longioribus, usque ad 5 mm longis differt.	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Rio de Contas, encosta até o topo do Pico das Almas, - 13.526944, - 41.968056, 1500 – 1900 m, 12 June 2012, L. P. de Queiroz et al. 15642 (holotype HUEFS 193684! (on two sheets); isotypes RB 00797737!, MBM 388116!).	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	description	Robust herbs up to 4 m tall. Stem fistulous, erect, unbranched at basis, sometimes branched near the apex, tomentose, not winged. Latex white. Leaves alternate, rosulate at basis, sessile; blade 8 – 40 × 2 – 3.5 cm, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, apex acute, base acute to sub-attenuate, margin with very small callose teeth, chartaceous, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface tomentose, indumentum whitish. Inflorescence dense terminal raceme, with rachis tomentose, bracts lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface tomentose, especially over the main vein, margin entire with trichomes, 15 – 25 × 5 – 12 mm. Flowers with pedicels 20 – 30 mm long, tomentose, sigmoid, two bracteoles seldom present, in the middle of the pedicel, lanceolate, 2.5 – 5.0 mm long, more often absent; hypanthium widely obconic; calyx lobes erect, with the apex bending towards the center of the flower, purplish, linear-triangular, 10 – 20 mm long, entire; corolla sub-bilabiate, tube glabrous, 3.5 – 5.0 cm long, purple to pink, lobes 10 – 40 × 1 – 4 mm, oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, all lobes near the same size, or the superior ones slightly larger, all free at the apex; filaments connate in a tube, free only at base, tomentose, anthers bluish, glabrous, two inferior penicillate at apex; ovary about 3 / 4 free of hypanthium. Capsules ovate, 9 – 15 × 8 – 13 mm. Seeds elliptical, flattened, surrounded by a large wing, 1.1 × 0.9 mm.	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The epithet is a reference to the Bahia state, where the species was discovered and is endemic.	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	distribution	Distribution and habitat: — Lobelia bahiana is endemic to Brazil, where it is only found in Bahia state, in the Chapada Diamantina mountain range (Fig. 3). The species occurs in wetlands and rocky grasslands in regions with elevations over 1,000 m a. s. l.	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	biology_ecology	Phenology: — Flowering and fruiting mainly from June to December, but occasionally in other months.	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	conservation	Conservation status: — VU (Vulnerable), B 1 ab (iii) + B 2 ab (iii). The new species has a narrow distribution (EOO = 3,292 km ²) and it has a restricted Area of Occupancy (AOO <500 km ²). It is known from only six localities, three of them are protected by the Chapada Diamantina National Park.	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
0D0387E03963B552FF73FA5EFC3FFEC2.taxon	materials_examined	Paratypes: — BRAZIL. Bahia: Abaíra, Caminho Boa Vista para Bicota, alt. 1200 – 1600 m, 9 July 1995, F. França 1306 (MBM 240117); Lençóis, Caminho para Cachoeira do Glass [Cachoeira da Fumaça], 23 July 1985, M. L. Guedes 732 (VIES 1655); Mucugê, estrada entre o Capão do Correia e o Povoado Cascavel, - 13.179206, - 41.352239, 16 December 2018, G. P. Coelho 303 (ICN 203237); Piatã, Pai Inácio, Três Morros, - 13.060722, - 41.886444, 5 November 1996, D. J. N. Hind 4070 (CEPEC 74709); Rio de Contas, trilha de acesso para o Pico das Almas, - 13.516667, - 41.933333, 19 November 2000, F. Juchum 112 (RB 553499), perto do Pico das Almas, em local chamado Queiroz (perto de Brumadinho), 21 February 1987, R. M. Harley 24566 (CEN 107734).	en	Coelho, Guilherme Peres, Iganci, João Ricardo Vieira, Rollim, Isis De Mello, Trovó, Marcelo, Miotto, Silvia Teresinha Sfoggia (2025): Lobelia bahiana (Campanulaceae, Lobelioideae), a new narrow endemic species from Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 50-58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.5
