Campanula alaskana, the Alaska bellflower,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, native to north-western North America (the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, Washington state). It was first described by Asa Gray in 1886 as Campanula rotundifolia var. alaskana and elevated to a full species by William Wright in 1918.[2]
Campanula alaskana | |
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In Alberta, Canada | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Genus: | Campanula |
Species: | C. alaskana
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Binomial name | |
Campanula alaskana (A.Gray) W.Wight[2]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Campanula alaskana". NatureServe. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ a b c "Campanula alaskana", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-16