Campanula

Bellflower
	Campanula persicifolia near Tehumardi, Saaremaa, Estonia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Campanuloideae
Genus:	Campanula; L.
Type species
	Campanula latifolia; L.
Synonyms
	List Marianthemum Schrank ; Roucela Dumort ; Symphyandra A.DC. ; Rapuntia Chevall. ; Decaprisma Raf. ; Erinia Noulet ; Loreia Raf. ; Pentropis Raf. ; Lacara Raf. ; Nenningia Opiz ; Trachelioides Opiz ; Weitenwebera Opiz ; Depierrea Schltdl. ; Quinquelocularia K.Koch ; Cenekia Opiz ; Drymocodon Fourr ; Sicyocodon Feer ; Diosphaera Buser ; Tracheliopsis Buser ; Campanulastrum Small ; Rotantha Small ; Petkovia Stef. ; Astrocodon Fed. ; Popoviocodonia Fed. ; Annaea Kolak. ; Gadellia Schulkina ; Pseudocampanula Kolak. ; Hyssaria Kolak. ; Mzymtella Kolak. ; Hemisphaera Kolak. ; Neocodon Kolak. & Serdyuk. ; Megalocalyx (Damboldt) Kolak. ; Brachycodonia Fed. ex Kolak. ; Echinocodonia Kolak. ;

Campanula (/kæmˈpænjʊlə/) is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family of flowering plants. Campanula are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".

The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with centers of diversity in the Mediterranean region, Balkans, Caucasus and mountains of western Asia. The range also extends into mountains in tropical regions of Asia and Africa.

The species include annual, biennial and perennial plants, and vary in habit from dwarf arctic and alpine species under 5 cm high, to large temperate grassland and woodland species growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall.

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