Inhoud
incurva
Campanula incurva
Nomenclatuur
Aucher ex. A. DC synonym Campanula Leutweinii Heldr.
Infrageneric_taxa
Sect. Megalocodon Damboldt, sect. nov.
Typus. Campanula incurva Aucher in DC., Prodr. 7:464(1839).1)
Chromosomes
Campanula incurva resembles some species of sect. Quinqueloculares in habit and may related to this possibly artificial group. This rather isolated species may have evolved by reduction of the chromosome number from species with a diploid number of 34 chromosomes (in Campanula incurva 2n = 32!).2)
Habitus
Herba biennis; caules erecti vel suberecti.3)
Prostrate or ascending, pubescent, monocarpic, with stems 1-1 ½ ft. long.Leaves
Folia basalia et inferiora plerumque cordata, longe petiolata.4)
Lower leaves ovate-oblong to reniform, cordate at base, crenate to serrate, upper leaves more usually ovate, narrowed basally to winged petioles.Flowers
Flores erecti, magni, ad 3.5(-6)cm. longi. Calyx appendiculatus. Appendices calycis post anthesin valde accretae, capsulum obtectae. Stigmata tria.5)
Flower measuring, between 40 - 50mm (1 1/2 - 2 in.)6)
Flowers erect, axillary near the ends of brs., calyx with large, triangular appendages, corolla white to pale violet, to 2 in. long, campanulate.
Fruit
Capsula erecta, trilocularis poris basalibus dehiscens. Semina plana, brunnea.7)
Seed available, in small quantity. Information needed.- Species actually grown or used for breeding 8)
- Campanula incurva Aucher ex A. DC. (monocarpic) 3005-40. Arr.: Campanula Leutweinii Heldr. Par.: Inst. Bot. Acad. Sc., Leningrad, U.R.S.S., 4-6-40. Descr.: sem., C 4.9)
Varieties
Campanula incurva var. alba
Origin
Greece.