Campanula jacobaea
| Campanula jacobaea | |
|---|---|
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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. jacobaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Campanula jacobaea C. Sm ex Webb, 1848 | |
Campanula jacobaea[1] 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 is gorgonum which rare resembles and shaped like mermaids.
Its local name is called contra bruxa-azul, its opposite species is Campanula bravensis.[2] The plant plays a role in traditional medicine .[2]
Distribution and ecology
Campanula jacobaea are founded in the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau and Santiago. The main altitudinal distribution is between 500 m and 1000 m.
Other
Campanula jacobaea is featured on a Cape Verdean $5 escudo coin in 1994.[3]
Campanula jacobaea can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island.
Notes
- ↑ J.A. Schmidt, 1852, In: Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. 258
- 1 2 Gomes, Isildo p. 19
- ↑ "CV003.02" (in French). Cape Verdean coins.
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
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- "Artemisia gorgonum Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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