Trachelium (plant)
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Trachelium caeruleum | |
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Genus: | Trachelium |
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Trachelium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae.
There are at least three species.[1]
Species include:
- Trachelium caeruleum – blue throatwort
- Trachelium × halteratum
- Trachelium lanceolatum
Two other species, T. asperuloides and T. jacquinii,[2] may be treated as members of genus Campanula.
T. caeruleum is cultivated as an ornamental plant.
References
- ^ Trachelium. The Plant List.
- ^ Meric, C., et al. (2008). Nuclear DNA content of an endemic taxon from Turkey, Trachelium jacquinii (Sieber) Boiss. subsp. dalgiciorum N. Ozhatay and Dane (Campanulaceae). Biotechnology 7(3), 595-98.