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Campanulaceae

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Campanulaceae

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The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belonging to the genera Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloonflower). Campanula rapunculus (rampion or r. bellflower) and Codonopsis lanceolata are eaten as vegetables. Lobelia inflata (indian tobacco), L. siphilitica and L. tupa (devil's tobacco) and others have been used as medicinal plants. Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) m

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Campanulaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, and class Magnoliopsida. It belongs to the order Asterales, with Campanulales also listed as a parent taxon. The family is recognized as an accepted taxon and has Lobeliaceae as a synonym. Its fruit types include berries and pyxidia.

Records for this family are held by institutions such as IIB-UV, FC-UNAM, IBUNAM, CAS, and MEL. These records originate from countries including Mexico, China, Brazil, and Ecuador. The family is associated with freshwater habitats.

Synthesized by Vinony from 43 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Campanulaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyCampanulaceae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded4,057,944

General: "The Campanulaceae consists of about 84 genera, 2,319 Appearance: Key differences from similar families: Campanulaceae

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Specimen records
1,711
With media
764
Family
Campanulaceae
Collections
IIB-UV, FC-UNAM, IBUNAM, CAS, MEL, NY
Recorded in
Mexico, China, Brazil, Ecuador
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Research

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  • Subfamilies and genera
  • Fossil record
  • Chemical compounds
  • Literature
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The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belonging to the genera Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloonflower). Campanula rapunculus (rampion or r. bellflower) and Codonopsis lanceolata are eaten as vegetables. Lobelia inflata (indian tobacco), L. siphilitica and L. tupa (devil's tobacco) and others have been used as medicinal plants. Campanula rapunculoides (creeping bellflower) may be a troublesome weed, particularly in gardens, while Legousia spp. may occur in arable fields.

Most current classifications include the segregate family Lobeliaceae in Campanulaceae as subfamily Lobelioideae. A third subfamily, Cyphioideae, includes the genus Cyphia, and sometimes also the genera Cyphocarpus, Nemacladus, Parishella and Pseudonemacladus. Alternatively, the last three genera are placed in Nemacladoideae, while Cyphocarpus is placed in its own subfamily, Cyphocarpoideae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Campanulaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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