genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
and
Eurasia
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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 elsew ...
to
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. Plants of the genus may be known commonly as harebells, but this name can also apply to the entire family.''Asyneuma''. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). There are up to about 33 species.
Characters used to identify ''Asyneuma'' species include a generally wheel-shaped (rotate) corolla with the petals fused at the bases and spreading outward into very narrow lobes, lacking or rudimentary appendages on the
calyx
Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to:
Biology
* Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...
, a stigma with 2 to 4 lobes, and an oblong or roughly spherical fruit capsule that breaks open via pores on the sides. These characters are not always helpful in distinguishing ''Asyneuma'' from the closely related genus ''
Campanula
''Campanula'' () is one of several genera of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae commonly known as bellflowers. They take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers — ''campanula'' is Latin for "little bell" ...
Asyneuma lobelioides
''Asyneuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia.Asyneuma lycium'' (Boiss.) Bornm. - Turkey
# ''
Asyneuma macrodon
''Asyneuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia.Asyneuma michauxioides'' (Boiss.) Damboldt - Turkey
# '' Asyneuma persicum'' (A.DC.) Bornm. - Turkey, Iraq, Iran
# '' Asyneuma pulchellum'' (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Bornm.- Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus
# '' Asyneuma pulvinatum'' P.H.Davis - Turkey
# '' Asyneuma rigidum'' (Willd.) Grossh. - Algeria, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Sinai, Syria
# ''
Asyneuma thomsonii
''Asyneuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia.Asyneuma trichocalycinum
''Asyneuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia.
'' (Boiss.) Bornm. - Turkey
# ''
Asyneuma trichostegium
''Asyneuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia.Asyneuma virgatum
''Asyneuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. They are native to North Africa and Eurasia.CampanuloideaeCampanulaceae genera