Campanulaceae (bellflower family)

[= Lobeliaceae]

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There are 79 genera and about 2300 species (cosmopolitan, especially Mediterranean region and southern Africa), of which 17 genera and 394 species are native to southern Africa.

**Genera indigenous or naturalised (*) in southern Africa**

Information from Welman (2000a,b).

Genera with actinomorphic flowers (Campanulaceae in the strict sense)

Craterocapsa Four species, endemic to southern Africa (including Zimbabwe), occurring mainly on the eastern high mountains.
Gunillaea Two species (Africa and Madagascar), of which one, Gunillaea rhodesica, is native to southern Africa.
Merciera Five species, all endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.
Microcodon Four species, endemic to Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa.
Namacodon One species, Namacodon shinzianum, which is endemic to the mountains of central Namibia.
Prismatocarpus The 30 species are endemic to southern Africa (mainly Western Cape, also Northern Cape and Eastern Cape).
Rhigiophyllum One species: Rhigiophyllum squarrosum, endemic to the Western Cape.
Roella The 25 species are all endemic to southern Africa (almost all in the Western Cape, but one occurring in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal).
Siphocodon Two species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Theilera One species: Theilera guthriei, endemic to Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Treichelia One species: Treichelia longebracteata, endemic to the Western Cape (specifically Cape Peninsula).
Wahlenbergia About 200 species (mainly southern Hemisphere), of which 150 are native to southern Africa.

Genera with zygomorphic flowers (previously in the Lobeliaceae)

Cyphia Over 60 species, of which 35 are native to southern Africa.
Grammatotheca One species: Grammatotheca bergiana, occurring in both South Africa and Australia (native to both?).
Lobelia About 300 species (cosmopolitan, mainly tropics and subtropics), of which about 70 are native to southern Africa.
Monopsis About 20 species (Africa), of which 18 are native to southern Africa.
Wimmerella Ten species, all endemic to southern Africa.

Publications

Welman, W.G. 2000a. Campanulaceae. In: Seed Plants of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 200-202. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Welman, W.G. 2000b. Lobeliaceae. In: Seed Plants of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 339-340. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.