Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Metachlamydeae

Campanulaceae - Bellflower family

Literature

Thulin, M. (1983) Campanulaceae FZ 7(1)

Description of the family

Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs, with milky latex. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, very rarely opposite or whorled, usually simple. Inflorescence cymose, racemose or flowers solitary. Bracts present with 2 bracteoles. Flowers bisexual (rarely unisexual), actinomorphic (3-)5(-10)-merous. Petals united to varying degrees, sometimes ± free. Ovary ± inferior, rarely superior, 2-10-locular. Style 1. Fruit a capsule (in ours).

Worldwide: 82 genera and 2000 species (including Lobeliaceae), cosmopolitan

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Links to genera: (2)

GenusContent
Gunillaea ThulinDescription
Wahlenbergia Schrad. ex RothDescription

Other sources of information about Campanulaceae:

GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Campanulaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Campanulaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=44, retrieved 3 September 2010

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