Campanulaceae

Campanulaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes bellflowers and lobelias. Its members range from familiar garden ornamentals to specialized island species.

Asterales: Asterales is an order of flowering plants that includes Campanulaceae and Asteraceae. Campanulaceae belongs to this order, alongside daisies and several other distinctive plant families.
Campanula: Campanula is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as bellflowers. It contains many familiar ornamentals and gives the family its common name.
Asteraceae: Asteraceae is the flowering-plant family that includes daisies, sunflowers, and asters. Both families belong to Asterales, but Asteraceae is distinguished by its composite flower heads.
Hawaiian lobelioids: Hawaiian lobelioids are an unusually diverse group of Campanulaceae native to the Hawaiian Islands. Their radiation is among the most conspicuous examples of diversification within the family.
Flower: A flower is the reproductive structure of angiosperms, typically containing organs that produce or receive pollen and develop seeds. Floral anatomy supplies the characters botanists use to recognize and classify this family.
Lobelia: Lobelia is a genus of flowering plants that includes herbs, shrubs, and aquatic species. Its members display the family’s range from garden plants to specialized habitats.
Goodeniaceae: Goodeniaceae is a family of flowering plants concentrated in Australia and nearby regions. It is a neighboring Asterales family whose specialized flowers differ from typical campanulaceous flowers.
Adaptive radiation: Adaptive radiation is the diversification of a lineage into species adapted to different ecological niches. Hawaiian lobelioids diversified into varied forms and habitats after colonizing the islands.
Corolla: The corolla is the collective set of petals in a flower. Petal fusion and symmetry help distinguish major lineages within the family.
Platycodon grandiflorus: Platycodon grandiflorus, the balloon flower, is an East Asian perennial with inflated buds and star-shaped blooms. This cultivated bellflower is also grown for edible roots in parts of East Asia.

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