Overview
Campanulales are an order of the subclass in the class Magnoliopsida flowering plants. As circumscribed in the Cronquist system, Campanulales includes families:
- Pentaphragmataceae In Watson and Dallwitz this family has 1 genus, Pentaphragma with 30 species from southeast Asia.
- Sphenocleaceae - 1 genus
- Campanulaceae (harebells) - 28 genera
- Stylidiaceae In Watson and Dallwitz it has 5 genera and 150 species.
- Donatiaceae
- Brunoniaceae In Watson and Dallwitz there is only one species in the family, Brunonia australis
- Goodeniaceae (naupaka) - 1 genus
Campanulales is not recognized as an order in the APG II system, where the families are included in order Asterales, except for Sphenocleaceae in Solanales.
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Taxonomy
The Order Campanulales is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (8): Campanulaceae · Compositae · Cyphiaceae · Cyphocarpaceae · Lobeliaceae · Nemacladaceae · Pentaphragmataceae · Sphenocleaceae
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8,954 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Order Campanulales.
Families
Campanulaceae
The Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains about 70 genera and 2000 species. They are mostly herbs, shrubs, and more rarely small trees, which usually have milky non-toxic sap. The family includes the familiar garden plants Campanula (or bellflower), Lobelia, and the balloonflower (Platycodon.) [more]
Compositae
Cyphiaceae
Cyphocarpaceae
Lobeliaceae
Nemacladaceae
Pentaphragmataceae
Sphenocleaceae
At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Family Sphenocleaceae.
More info about the Family Sphenocleaceae may be found here.
References
- TSN 34468. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 29 May 2002.
- L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. http://delta-intkey.com
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