genus
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flowering plant
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s within the
family
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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 ...
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North
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South America
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Species /ref> Venus' looking-glass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species include:
*'' Triodanis biflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Greene - small Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North America
*'' Triodanis coloradoensis'' (Buckley) McVaugh - Colorado Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas despite the name
*'' Triodanis holzingeri'' McVaugh - Holzinger's Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains plus Arizona and Tennessee
*'' Triodanis lamprosperma'' McVaugh - Prairie Venus' looking-glass - southern Great Plains
*'' Triodanis leptocarpa'' (Nutt.) Nieuwl. - Slimpod Venus' looking-glass - Great Plains
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Triodanis perfoliata
''Triodanis perfoliata'', the clasping Venus' looking-glass or clasping bellflower, is an annual flowering plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae (bellflower family). It is an annual herb native to North and South America, the natural range ...
'' (L.) Nieuwl. - Clasping Venus' looking-glass - widespread across North and South America from Canada to Argentina; naturalized in China, Korea, Australia
*'' Triodanis texana'' McVaugh - Texas Venus' looking-glass - endemic to Texas