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bellflower family
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bellflower family

Campanulaceae

The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap. Among them are the familiar garden plants Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloonflower).

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

bellflower subfamily

subfamilyCampanuloideae

Lobelia subfamily

subfamilyLobelioideae

baroe subfamily

subfamilyCyphioideae

threadplant subfamily

subfamilyNemacladoideae

Cyphocarpoideae

subfamilyCyphocarpoideae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48040.