| Ladybells | |
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| Adenophora sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Campanuloideae |
| Genus: | Adenophora Fisch. (1823) |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Floerkea Spreng. (1818), illegitimate homonym, not Willd. 1801 nor Raf. 1808 | |
Adenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.[2] Most of the species in the genus are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. Many are endemic to either China or Siberia.[1][3]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]
- ^ Perry, L. Perennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Archived 2019-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont Extension
- ^ 沙参属 sha shen shu Adenophora. Flora of China.