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[2] is a species of bellflowers that belong to the Campanulaceae family. The species is endemic to Cape Verde and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.[1]

Its local name is called contra bruxa-azul', opposed to contra-bruxa-branca which is for Campanula bravensis (Brava bellflower).[3] The plant plays a role in traditional medicine .[3]

Distribution and ecology

Campanula jacobaea are founded in the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau[4] and Santiago. The main altitudinal distribution is between 500 m and 1000 m.

The plant is a mesophyte species and founded in humid and sub-humid areas.[1]

Other

Campanula jacobaea is featured on a Cape Verdean $5 escudo coin in 1994.[5]

Campanula jacobaea can be founded at Jardim Botânico Nacional Grandvaux Barbosa in São Jorge dos Órgãos in eastern Santiago Island.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Campanula jacobaea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017. 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ J.A. Schmidt, 1852, Beitr. Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins., p. 258
  3. 1 2 Gomes, Isildo p. 19
  4. ↑ Endemic plants of São Nicolau
  5. ↑ "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
  • "Artemisia gorgonum Webb". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO). Retrieved 23 May 2012.
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