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.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Campanulales
()
- Reichenbach, 1828
- Family:
Campanulaceae
()
- Adans., 1763, Nom. Cons.
- Bellflower Family
- Genus:
Wahlenbergia
()
- Specific epithet:
pulchella
- Thulin
- Botanical name: - Wahlenbergia pulchella michelii Thulin
- Specific epithet:
pulchella
- Thulin
- Genus:
Wahlenbergia
(
- Family:
Campanulaceae
(
- Order:
Campanulales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Wahlenbergia
There are approximately 528 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
W. 'Blue Melody' · W. 'Tasmanian Skies' · W. aberdarica · W. abyssinica · W. abyssinica subsp. parvipetala · W. acaulis · W. acicularis · W. acuminata · W. adamsonii · W. adpressa · W. agrestis · W. akaroa (Bluebell) · W. albens · W. albicaulis · W. albo-marginata · W. albomarginata (Wahlenbergia) · W. albomarginata 'Blue Mist' · W. albomarginata albomarginata · W. albomarginata decora · W. albomarginata flexilis · W. albomarginata olivina · W. albomarginata subsp. decora · W. albomarginata subsp. flexilis · W. albomarginata subsp. laxa · W. albomarginata subsp. olivina · W. albomarginata white form · W. androsacea · W. angustifolia (Small Bellflower) · W. annua · W. annularis · W. annuliformis · W. appressifolia · W. arabidifolia · W. arcta · W. arenaria · W. arguta · W. arida · W. aridicola · W. arvatica · W. asparagoides · W. asperifolia · W. axillaris · W. baikalensis · W. banksiana · W. basutica · W. bernardi · W. berteroi · W. bicolor · W. billardierei · W. bilocularis · W. bivalvis · W. bojeri · W. bolusiana · W. bowkeriae · W. brachiata · W. brachycarpa · W. brachyphylla · W. brasiliensis · W. brehmeri · W. brevipes · W. brevisquamifolia · W. brockiei · W. burchellii · W. burgeriana · W. buseriana · W. caffra · W. calcarea · W. caledonica · W. californica · W. calycina · W. campanuloides · W. candolleana · W. candollei · W. capensis (Cape Bluebell) · W. capillacea · W. capillacea capillacea · W. capillacea subsp. tenuior · W. capillaris · W. capillata · W. capillifolia · W. capitata · W. cartilaginea · W. caryophylloides · W. celata · W. cephalodina · W. ceracea (Waxy Bluebell) · W. cerastioides · W. cernua · W. cervicina · W. chamissoniana · W. chondrophylla · W. ciliolata · W. cinerea · W. clavata · W. clavatula · W. claviculata · W. clematidea · W. clivosa · W. coerulea · W. colensoi
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Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9320415
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15929032
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:875597-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3313054
