Campanula

Bellflower
Campanula persicifolia near Tehumardi, Saaremaa, Estonia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Campanuloideae
Genus:	Campanula L.
Type species
Campanula latifolia L.
Synonyms
List Marianthemum Schrank Roucela Dumort Symphyandra A.DC. Rapuntia Chevall. Decaprisma Raf. Erinia Noulet Loreia Raf. Pentropis Raf. Lacara Raf. Nenningia Opiz Trachelioides Opiz Weitenwebera Opiz Depierrea Schltdl. Quinquelocularia K.Koch Cenekia Opiz Drymocodon Fourr Sicyocodon Feer Diosphaera Buser Tracheliopsis Buser Campanulastrum Small Rotantha Small Petkovia Stef. Astrocodon Fed. Popoviocodonia Fed. Annaea Kolak. Gadellia Schulkina Pseudocampanula Kolak. Hyssaria Kolak. Mzymtella Kolak. Hemisphaera Kolak. Neocodon Kolak. & Serdyuk. Megalocalyx (Damboldt) Kolak. Brachycodonia Fed. ex Kolak. Echinocodonia Kolak.

Campanula /kæmˈpæn.juːlə/ is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes both its common and its scientific name from its bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".

The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region east to the Caucasus. The range also extends into mountains in tropical regions of Asia and Africa.

The species include annual, biennial and perennial plants, and vary in habit from dwarf arctic and alpine species under 5 cm high, to large temperate grassland and woodland species growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall.

The leaves are alternate and often vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin may be either entire or serrated (sometimes both on the same plant). Many species contain white latex in the leaves and stems.

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