Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Adenophora
Description
Family Campanulaceae
The Campanulaceae are herbs, shrubs , or rarely small trees comprising about 70 genera and 2,000 species usually with milky sap . The leaves are nearly always alternate and simple ; stipules are absent The flowers are bisexual , and actinomorphic in the subfamily Campanuloideae but zygomorphic in the Lobelioideae. The perianth and androecium are usually 5-merous, sometimes 3-10-merous. The calyx and corolla each consist of connate segments. The stamens equal the number of corolla lobes , alternate with them, and are adnate to the extreme base of the corolla or epigynous zone or more commonly arise from the annular epigynous nectary disk; the filaments are distinct and the anthers are introrse and only weakly connivent around the style in the Campanuloideae but in the lobelioideae the introrse anthers and also often the filaments are firmly connate. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of usually 2 carpels and locules with numerous axile ovules in the subfamily Lobelioideae but usually consists of 3-5 carpels and locules with numerous axile ovules in the subfamily Campanuloideae. The single style commonly has a number of lobes or stigmas equal to the number of carpels. The ovary is nearly always inferior and is generally crowned with an epigynous annular nectary disk. The fruit is usually a capsule or berry. -- Gerald Carr.
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: blue-violet, medium blue
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 18-24" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Campanulaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- campanules, harebells
- Subfamily:
Campanuloideae
()
- Tribe:
Campanuleae
()
- Genus:
Adenophora
()
- F.E.L. Fischer, 1823
- Specific epithet:
coelestis
- Diels
- Botanical name: - Adenophora coelestis Diels
- Specific epithet:
coelestis
- Diels
- Genus:
Adenophora
(
- Tribe:
Campanuleae
(
- Subfamily:
Campanuloideae
(
- Family:
Campanulaceae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 13-Jun-2008
Similar Species
Members of the genus Adenophora
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
A. bulleyana (Lady Bells) · A. coelestis (Adenophora) · A. confusa (Lady Bells) · A. divaricata (Lady Bells) · A. khasiana (Lady Bells) · A. latifolia (Lady Bells) · A. liliifolia (False Campanula) · A. potaninii (Ladybells Adenophora Potaninii) · A. tashiroi (Adenophora) · A. triphylla (Ladybells) · A. triphylla var. japonica (Nan Sha Shen) · A. 'Amethyst' (Lady Bells)
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Further Reading
- Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 7 1912-1913 Edinburgh: H. M. Stationery Off. url p. 157, p. 165, p. 173, p. 305.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5820712
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-360222
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15316643
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139415-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 139415-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 715161
