The major vegetation regions in East Africa, modified from Kiage and Liu (2006). Two pictures were used as examples of giant lobelias and herbaceous lobelias. The left picture is the giant Lobelia deckenii Hemsl. from Mt Kenya, while the right picture is the herbaceous Lobelia lindblomii Mildbr. from Mt Elgon (pictures by Ling-Yun Chen).

 
 
  Part of: Muchuku JK, Gichira AW, Zhao S-Y, Chen J-M, Chen L-Y, Wang Q-F (2020) Distribution pattern and habitat preference for Lobelia species (Campanulaceae) in five countries of East Africa. PhytoKeys 159: 45-60. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.159.54341