Campanula jacobaea

Campanula jacobaea
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

  1. J.A. Schmidt, 1852, In: Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. 258
  2. 1 2 Gomes, Isildo p. 19
  3. "CV003.02" (in French). Cape Verdean coins.

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