''Microcodon'' is a genus of plants in the family

Campanulaceae The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants bel ...

. It contains four known species, all

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

.''Microcodon'' A.DC.
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Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...

''. Retrieved 4 October 2023.Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. * '' Microcodon glomeratus'' A.DC. 1830 * '' Microcodon hispidulus'' (L.f.) Sond. in W.H.Harvey 1865 * '' Microcodon linearis'' (L.f.) H.Buek in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher 1837 * '' Microcodon sparsiflorus'' A.DC. 1830

References

External links

Cornell University, Diversity of Life photo, Microcodon glomeratum
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5403677 Campanuloideae Campanulaceae genera Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces