Bellflower family🌸

Campanulaceae

キキョウ科

A family including bellflowers (Platycodon, Campanula) and Lobelia. Characterized by bell-shaped or star-shaped flowers. Placed in Asterales under the APG system, with some classifications merging Lobeliaceae into this family. The balloon flower (Platycodon) is one of Japan's 'Seven Herbs of Autumn.'

Key Characteristics

●Sympetalous flowers, bell-shaped to stellate
●5 fused petals
●Many species contain milky latex
●Leaves alternate, simple

Morphological Traits

A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.

Leaf arrangement

Alternate / Opposite / Whorled

Leaf type

Simple / Compound

Venation

Pinnate

Leaf margin

Serrate / Dentate / Crenate

Growth form

Shrub / Tree / Herb

Evergreen/Deciduous

Deciduous

Compound type

Pinnate

Leaf dissection

Dissected / Undivided

Stipules

Absent

Latex

Present

Flower symmetry

Actinomorphic / Zygomorphic

Petal count

Many

Ovary position

Inferior / Superior

Stamen count

5 / 7-10

Plant sex

Hermaphrodite

Phylogenetic Position

Angiosperms > Eudicots > Asterales > Campanulaceae

Divergence Era

Late Cretaceous to Paleogene

Representative Genera

キキョウ属（Platycodon）ホタルブクロ属（Campanula）

Related Evolution Events

・Pollination mutualism with specific bee species via bell-shaped corollas

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Plants in Bellflower family on this site

Balloon Flower

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