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 |
Binomial name | |
Campanula bravensis (Bolle) A.Chev, 1935 | |
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), its opposite species is Campanula jacobaea or contra bruxa azul (bad blue witch).[1] The plant plays a role in traditional medicine .[1]
Distribution and ecology
Campanula jacobaea are founded in the islands of Santiago, Fogo and Brava (the origin of the scientific name bravensis).
Notes
Further reading
- Isildo Gomes et al., Endemic plants and indigenous trees of the Cape Verde Islands, Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fishery and the Projects Conservation and Exploration of the Natural Resources on the Island Fogo (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeitand) and Conservation of Biodiversity, 2003, p. 21
External links
Wikispecies has information related to: Campanula bravensis |
- "Artemisia gorgonum Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Les îles du Cap Vert : géographie, biogéographie, agriculture. Flore de l'archipel, National Historic Natural Museum, Colonial Agronomy Laboratory, Paris, 1935 (available in pdf at TelaBotanica)
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