| Classification |
| Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order Type: Eudicots-Asterids II
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae + Lobeliaceae
Family common Name: Bellflower Family
Genus: Campanula, Lobelia, Platycodon |
Defining Features: In certain
areas of tropics some forms of palm-like shrub and tree species have evolved
from this family.
Defining Morphology: Floral
Features: Inflorescences are various. Flowers are showy, solitary or in
racemes, spikes or heads. Flowers are often actinomorphic, bisexual with
hypanthium. Flowers have inferior ovary with axile placentation. Nectar
disk is present above the ovary. Fruit and Seed Features: Dicotyledon.
Fruit a capsule or berry. Vegetative Features: Habit as mostly herbs, often
laticifers with milky juice. Leaves are simple, alternate and estipulate.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.
Economic Use: As cultivated
garden ornamentals.
Number of Genera Globally:
65
Number of Species Globally:
2,200
