Campanula bravensis

Campanula bravensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Campanula
Species:	C. bravensis
Binomial name
Campanula bravensis (Bolle) A.Chev, 1935

Campanula bravensis is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. The species is endemic to Cape Verde. ^[2] The specific name bravensis refers to the island of Brava. The species was described by Carl August Bolle, and named by Auguste Chevalier in 1935. Its local name is contra-bruxas-branca ("white against witches"). ^[3]

Distribution and ecology

Campanula jacobaea occurs in the islands of Santiago, Fogo and Brava. ^[2]

Notes

1. Catarino, S.; Duarte, M.C.; Romeiras, M.M. (2017). "Campanula bravensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T107378388A107468077. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T107378388A107468077.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Oromí, Martín, Zurita & Cabrera, 2005 : Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde: Hongos, Plantas y Animales Terrestres. Gobierno de Canarias, Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación Territorial, p. 42
3. Plantas endémicas e arvores indígenas de Cabo Verde

External links

• Auguste Chevalier (1935). Les îles du Cap Vert : géographie, biogéographie, agriculture. Flore de l'archipel , National Historic Natural Museum, Colonial Agronomy Laboratory, Paris