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Taxon: Campanula americana L.

Genus: Campanula
Family: Campanulaceae subfamily: Campanuloideae.
Nomen number: 405360
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:164. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database
Name verified on: 27-Feb-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2004
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • American bellflower   (Source: F Mich ) – English
  • tall bellflower   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • amerikansk blåklocka   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Brummitt, R. K. 1993. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 39. Taxon 42:879. [conservation proposal not recommended].
  • Crook, C. H. 1951. Campanulas: their cultivation and classification.
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  • Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
  • Reveal, J. L. et al. 1990. (993) Proposal to conserve the name and type of Campanula americana L. (Campanulaceae). Taxon 39:696–698. [conservation proposal].
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  • Shetler, S. G. 1963. A checklist and key to the species of Campanula native or commonly naturalized in North America. Rhodora 65:329.
  • Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
  • Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.
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Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Campanula americana L.:


Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?405360 (21 May 2013)

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