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

More sample images from the Campanulaceae (Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record)

Wahlenbergia androsacea

Wahlenbergia capitata

Wahlenbergia denticulata

Wahlenbergia napiformis

Wahlenbergia virgata

Links to genera: (3) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Craterocapsa Hilliard & B.L. Burtt	Description, Image
Gunillaea Thulin	Description
Wahlenbergia Schrad. ex Roth	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Campanulaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Campanulaceae page
Flora of Mozambique: Campanulaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Campanulaceae
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