''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 be ...
. It contains four known species, all
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found els ...
to
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
.
[Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
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Microcodon glomeratus
''Microcodon'' is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains four known species, all endemic to South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounde ...
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A.DC. 1830
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Microcodon hispidulus
''Microcodon'' is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains four known species, all endemic to South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounde ...
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(L.f.) Sond. in W.H.Harvey 1865
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Microcodon linearis
''Microcodon'' is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains four known species, all endemic to South Africa.Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botani ...
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(L.f.) H.Buek in C.F.Ecklon & K.L.P.Zeyher 1837
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Microcodon sparsiflorus''
A.DC. 1830
References
External links
Cornell University, Diversity of Life photo, Microcodon glomeratum
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Campanuloideae
Campanulaceae genera
Flora of South Africa