Phyteuma
| Phyteuma | |
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| Phyteuma globulariifolium | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Phyteuma L. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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RapunculusMill. | |
Phyteumais a genus offlowering plantsin the familyCampanulaceae,native toEuropeandMorocco.[1][2][3]
The common name isrampion,a name shared with the related plantCampanula rapunculus.Rampion features prominently in some versions of the fairy taleRapunzel.In the version collected by theBrothers Grimm,it is said that "rapunzel" is the name given to a local variety of rampion.
The species areherbaceousperennialplants, growing to 5–90 cm tall. Theleavesare alternate,petiolate,and vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin is serrated. The flowers are produced in dense erectpanicles,each flower with a narrow, deeply five-lobedcorolla,1–2 cm or more long), mostly purple, sometimes pale blue, white or pink. Thefruitis acapsulecontaining numerous smallseeds.
Species[edit]
- Phyteuma × adulterinum- Germany, Czech Republic (P. nigrum × P. spicatum)
- Phyteuma betonicifolium- Alps
- Phyteuma charmelii- Morocco, Spain, France, Italy
- Phyteuma confusum- Austria, Balkans
- Phyteuma cordatum- French and Italian Alps
- Phyteuma gallicum- France
- Phyteuma globulariifolium- Pyrenees, Alps
- Phyteuma hedraianthifoliumSwitzerland, northern Italy
- Phyteuma hemisphaericum- Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria
- Phyteuma humile- France, Italy
- Phyteuma × huteriMurr - Austrian Alps (P. betonicifolium × P. ovatum)
- Phyteuma michelii- France, Italy
- Phyteuma nigrum- Black rampion - France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria
- Phyteuma × obornyanum- Austrian Alps (P. confusum × P. globulariifolium)
- Phyteuma orbiculare- Round-headed rampion - most of Europe except Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Bulgaria
- Phyteuma × orbiculariforme- Czech Republic (P. nigrum × P. orbiculare)
- Phyteuma ovatum- Pyrenees, Alps
- Phyteuma persicifolium- Slovenia, Austria, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Phyteuma × pyrenaeumSennen - French Pyrenees (P. ovatum × P. spicatum)
- Phyteuma rupicola- French Pyrenees
- Phyteuma scheuchzeri- Alps; naturalised in Great Britain
- Phyteuma scorzonerifoliumVill. - Alps
- Phyteuma serratumViv. - Corsica
- Phyteuma sieberi- Alps
- Phyteuma spicatum- Spiked rampion - most of Europe
- Phyteuma tetramerum- Carpathians of Romania and Ukraine
- Phyteuma vagneri- Carpathians of Romania and Ukraine
- Phyteuma zahlbruckneri
References[edit]
- ^abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^Altervista Flora Italiana, generePhyteuma
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