Campanula bravensis
| Campanula bravensis | |
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| A five Cape Verdean escudo coin featuring Campanula jacobaea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Campanula |
| Species: | C. bravensis |
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Campanula bravensis (Bolle) A.Chev, 1935 |
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Campanula bravensis is a species of flowers that belong to the Campanulaceae family. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. Its last form of the scientific name bravensis is where the plant is founded, the island of Brava. The species was described by Carl August Bolle, it was later named by Auguste Chevalier in 1935.
Its local name is called contra bruxa-branca (bad white witch), the common name in English is the Brava bellflower, its opposite species is Campanula jacobaea or contra bruxa azul (bad blue witch). The plant plays a role in traditional medicine .
Campanula jacobaea are founded in the islands of Santiago, Fogo and Brava (the origin of the scientific name bravensis).
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