- Family: Campanulaceae Juss.
- Genus: Campanula L.
Campanula keniensis Thulin
- Genus: Campanula L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is Kenya (Masai).
Descriptions
According to Flora of Tropical East Africa
[FTEA]Campanulaceae, Mats Thulin (University of Uppsala). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1976
- Habit
- Annual ± stiffly erect herb, up to 35 cm. tall.
- Stem
- Stem branched mainly in the upper part, strongly ribbed, hirsute with mixed hairs of very variable lengths.
- Leaves
- Leaves sessile, narrowly ovate to ovate above, elliptic to oblanceolate or narrowly ovate towards the base, up to 10–25 mm. long, 5–10 mm. wide, acute or subacute, with truncate or at least in upper leaves, cordate base, hirsute; margin ± undulate-crenate; midvein and lateral veins prominent beneath.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence lax, leafy, with marked overtopping of the terminal flower giving a dichotomous appearance; pedicels short, elongating up to 10 mm. in fruit.
- Hypanthium
- Hypanthium broadly obconical, with 5 distinct nerves and up to 5 additional ± weak nerves in between them, shortly and densely pubescent but with long hairs on the nerves.
- Calyx
- Calyx-lobes narrowly triangular, 4–8 mm. long, acute, with long hairs at margins and on midvein outside, otherwise shortly and densely pubescent on both sides; calyx-appendages ovate, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, reflexed, ± obtuse.
- Corolla
- Corolla blue or mauve with whitish base, cylindrical, 6–8 mm. long, with erect apiculate lobes 1–1.6 mm. long; midveins of petals distinct with ± long hairs, corolla otherwise densely puberulous outside, glabrous inside.
- Stamens
- Stamens with ovate shortly ciliate filament-bases; anthers 1.3–2 mm. long.
- Pistil
- Ovary 3-locular; style much shorter than the corolla-tube, 3-lobed, hairy at the base.
- Fruits
- Capsule 3-locular, dehiscing by basal valves.
- Seeds
- Seeds numerous, elliptic-oblong in outline, compressed, ± 0.6 mm. long, almost smooth, yellowish brown.
- Habitat
- Upland grassland; 2150–2430 m.
- Distribution
- K6 not known elsewhere
Distribution
Other Data
Campanula keniensis Thulin appears in other Kew resources:
Herbarium Catalogue (2 records)
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1, 1975 | Bally, P.R.O. [9889], Kenya | K000333049 | ||
Gilbert, M.G. [4900], Kenya | K000333050 |
Bibliography
First published in Bot. Not. 128: 350 (1975 publ. 1976)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Thulin in Bot. Notiser 128: 350, fig. 1/A, 2/D (1976).
Sources
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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