Codonographia Gorgonum, or the description of a pleiad of bellflowers (Campanula, Campanulaceae) from the Cabo Verde archipelago
Author
Gardère, Mathieu L.
Author
Florence, Jacques
Author
Muller, Serge
Author
Savriama, Yoland
Author
Dubuisson, Jean-Yves
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Candollea
2021
2021-02-01
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10.15553/c2021v761a2
3035ca9c-cfc4-4c81-982e-d973e5d3724e
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3.
Campanula feijoana
Gardère
in
Phytotaxa 197: 105. 2015
(
Fig. 1
,
3C
,
5A
,
7
).
Holotypus
:
CABO VERDE
.
Santo Antão
:
Ribeira
da Vinha
, rocher humide en station ombrophile,
17°08'1"N
25°04'12"W
,
400 m
,
13.XII.2013
,
Gardère 460
(
LISC
[
LISC118130
,
LISC118131
]!; iso-:
CECV
!,
K
!,
P
[
P00723702
]!)
.
=
Campanula hortelensis
Gardère
in
Phytotaxa
197: 109. 2015
,
syn. nov.
Holotypus
:
CABO VERDE
.
Santo Antão
:
Monte Hortelão
, rochers humides, au bord de la piste,
17°06'03"N
25°10'57"W
,
1500 m
,
14.XII.2013
,
Gardère 467
(LISC [
LISC118148
]!; iso-: CECV!).
Sub-frutex
20– 80 cm
tall, highly woody in lower part; floriferous stems branched, decumbent to pendulous arising from the base of one or several sterile basal rosettes, sometimes understated, glabrous to glabrescent in the woody basal parts with indument hispidulous toward the extremity, consisting of trichomes
0.15–0.4 mm
long.
Leaves
: pseudorosette leaves or rosette leaves obovate to spatulate, sometimes falciform, (1.4–) 2–6(–9) × (0.4–)0.9– 2(–2.7) cm, base cuneiform to gradually attenuate concave sometimes asymmetric, apex acute to ± obtuse; cauline leaves narrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic rarely elliptic, (0.7–)1.5 – 5(–7.5) × (0.5 –)0.8 –1.8(– 2.5) cm, base attenuate sometimes asymmetric, apex acute to ± obtuse; margin weakly revolute and sometimes obscurely ondulate, crenelate to serrulate, rarely entire; adaxial side pure green to dark green
in vivo
, weakly or densely covered with hispidulous to hispid indument, consisting of trichomes 0.2–0.6(–0.8) mm long, sometimes glabrescent; abaxial side greenish
in vivo
, venation whitish, hispidulous to hispid indument on primary and secondary veins consisting of trichomes (0.2–)0.3–0.6(–0.8) mm long and hispidulous indument on tertiary and ultimate veins consisting of trichomes
0.1–0.3 mm
long, lamina glabrescent.
Inflorescences
in monochasial pauciflorous cyme or rarely in pluriflorous thyrse.
Flowers
erect, pedicel
0.9–4.5 cm
long, with the same indument as the stem; axillate by one or two bracts subopposite, ovato-triangular or ovate to narrowly ovate, base semi-amplexicaul, apex acute, with the same indument as the leaves.
Calyx
: calyx-lobes narrowly triangular, 12–17 ×
3–9.5 mm
, pressed up against the corolla to recurvate, margin weakly revolute; appendages ovate, reflexed,
1–3 mm
long; lobe edges, appendages and median main vein covered with an indument hispidulous to hispid, consisting of trichomes
0.15–0.7 mm
long.
Corolla
infundibuliform, purple-blue to pure white passing through all intermediate tones; base wide round; tube sub-cylindrical c.
20 mm
long, constricted in the middle,
9–12 mm
large in the larger basal part and
7–10 mm
in the constricted part; throat flared, mouth
22–32 mm
large; lobes spreading to recurvate, 6–10 ×
11–18 mm
, apex apiculate; primary external veins micro-hispidulous to hispidous,
0.1–0.12 mm
long.
Stamens
with glabrous filaments; anthers,
2–4 mm
long.
Ovary
with glabrous to glabrescent roof, flat, topped by a yellowish-with nectary disk.
Style
thick, fleshy, (8–)
9–11 mm
long, included in the corolla, stigma trifid and papillose.
Etymology
. – The species is dedicated to the Portuguese naturalist João da Silva Feijó (GARDÈRE, 2015) who undertook the first scientific expedition entirely dedicated to the study of the natural history of the
Cabo Verde
islands between 1783 and 1796 during the “Philosophical Journeys” (
GARDÈRE et al., 2019a
) and who made the first collections of CVB between 1783 and 1789.
Vernacular names and uses
. – “Guinchino” (CARDOSO JÚNIOR, 1905; CHEVALIER, 1935), “Mataquim” (in Água das Caldeiras,
Hiemstra H236
; CARDOSO JÚNIOR, 1905), “Contra-Bruxas” and “Dedal” (CHEVALIER, 1935; BARBOSA, 1961; LEYENS & LOBIN, 1995;
FIGUEIREDO, 1995
); the colour adjectives “branco” (white) or “azul” (blue) are sometimes added to the name; “Hortelãoda-Rocha” in Moroços areas (
Gardère 1560
). However, in the archipelago according CHEVALIER (1935) “Mataquim” can also designate
Corchorus trilocularis
L. (
Malvaceae
) and on the island of Santo Antão, BARBOSA (1961) records this name for
Antirrhinum orontium
L. (
Scrophulariaceae
).
Fig. 7. –
Campanula feijoana
Gardère. Upright
form from
low-elevation locality:
A.
Habit;
B.
Pseudorosette-leaves;
C.
Inflorescence;
D.
Flower in lateral view;
E.
Flower in face view.Form of high-elevation locality in dense rupicolous shrubbery:
F.
Habit;
G.
Rosette-leaves. [
A:
Gardère 1522
;
B–E:
Gardère 1518
;
F–G:
Gardère 1562
] [Photos: M.L. Gardère]
Campanula feijoana
was once used for its magical and medical properties. Healers [curandeiros] used the leaves and flowers to make a tea to treat flu (LEYENS & LOBIN, 1995) and used it as a fetish plant against curses: “Contra-Bruxas” meaning “anti-witch”; the practice was to wash the body with the infused water and to put a few drops on the tongue. This tradition was still very much alive in the beginning of the last century in the Alto Mira region and in the Ribeira Corvo (Gardère, unpubl. data). CARDOSO JÚNIOR (1905) also mentioned, without going into detail, the use of this plant for medical purposes by the islanders.
Distribution and habitat
. –
Campanula feijoana
, endemic to Santo Antão, is a rupicolous species confined to steep, moist rocks. It is found from
150 m
to
1700 m
, in deep and shadowy valleys [ribeiras] (
Fig. 7A
), surrounding waterfalls, on seeping rock faces or near to springs [chupadeiros], or rarely on river banks; and up to the highest mountainous areas, on rock faces (
Fig. 7F
) regularly submitted to dense fog.
Campanula feijoana
grows with ferns, notably
Adiantum capillus-veneris
(
Pteridaceae
)
and
Pteris vittata
(
Pteridaceae
)
and with other species that are characteristic components of these rupicolous environments, like
Kickxia elegans
(G. Forst.) D.A. Sutton (
Scrophulariaceae
)
and
Blumea axillaris
(Lam.) DC. (
Asteraceae
)
.
Notes
. – The bellflowers from Santo Antão have long been identified as
C. jacobaea
(COUTINHO, 1914; CHEVALIER, 1935;
SUNDING, 1973
,
1982
;
ERIKSSON et al., 1974
,
1979
;
NOGUEIRA, 1976
; HANSEN & SUNDING, 1985, 1993; RUSTAN & BROCHMANN, 1993; LEYENS & LOBIN, 1995;
FIGUEIREDO, 1995
;
SÁNCHEZ-PINTO et al., 2005
), moreover material from this island (
Forbes s.n.
[K001134390]) was chosen by
WEBB (1848
: tab. 762) to be part of the
syntypes
of this species (see under
C. jacobaea
). In his infraspecific division of
C. jacobaea
, BOLLE (1861)
considered the bellflowers from Santo Antão and those from the upper humid areas of São Nicolau (see under
C. fransinea
), under the type variety “
genuina
”. Then, CARDOSO JÚNIOR (1902) designated the white-flowered bellflowers from Santo Antão under the variety “
albiflora
”. Without description this
variety remains
a
nomen nudum
.
More recently, the bellflowers from Santo Antão were described as two new species (GARDÈRE, 2015): (1)
C. feijoana
(
Fig. 7A–E
) was described with pauciflorous inflorescences, calyx-lobes spread-out to obliquely erect prolonged by reflexed appendages and pseudorosette leaves spatulate with papery lamina, whereas (2)
C. hortelensis
(
Fig. 7F, G
) was described with pluriflorous inflorescences, calyx-lobes appressed against the corolla tube and prolonged by curved appendages and rosette-leaves elliptical to obovate often falciform with subleathery lamina. But the recent discovery of new localities with intermediate forms between
C. feijoana
and
C. hortelensis
(e.g.
Gardère 1555
) obscures the clean morphological and geographical separation of the two species.
Campanula feijoana
was found mainly in shadowy valleys and
C. hortelensis
in mountainous areas, hence they seem to represent altitudinal ecotypes belonging to a single and unique species. Given that
C. feijoana
is more widespread and representative of bellflowers with infundibuliform constricted corollas on the island, we conserve the name
C. feijoana
and treat
C. hortelensis
as a synonym of
C. feijoana
. In this way, the range of
C. feijoana
now covers almost the entire island of Santo Antão, except for the mountains of the far eastern part (Bordia Perdia) where bellflowers with flared infundibuliform corollas are found (see under
C. vicinituba
).
Selected material seen
. –
CABO VERDE
.
Santo Antão
:
Água das Caldeiras
,
1250 m
,
8.
I
.1987
,
Hiemstra
H236
(
WAG
)
;
Água dos Velhos
,
800 m
,
X.1986
,
Hiemstra
H669
(
FR
)
;
Bordeira Norte
,
1550 m
,
16.XII.2013
,
Gardère
521
(
LISC
)
;
Chã da Lagoa
,
VIII –IX.1893
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
LISU
)
;
between
Chã de Morte
and
Tope de Coroa
,
1310 m
,
14.
I
.1982
,
Brochmann
&
Rustan
CB
-311/82
(
O
)
;
ibid. loco
,
1430 m
,
22.
I
.1982
,
Brochmann
&
Rustan
CB
-409/82
(
O
)
;
along the path from
Chã de Morte
to
Tope de Coroa
,
1430 m
,
22.
I
.1982
,
Rustan
&
Brochmann
ØHR -1715
;
Cima Monte Joana
,
950 m
,
25.X.1972
,
Sunding
2714
(
O
)
;
Cova
,
1180 m
,
4.
I
.1982
,
Brochmann
&
Rustan
CB
-056/82
(
O
)
;
ibid. loco
,
23–28.IX.1934
,
Chevalier
45512
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
1250 m
,
28.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1551
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
, c.
1200 m
,
12.XII.1985
,
Kilian
857
(
FR
)
;
entre
Cova
y
Lagoa
,
1100 m
,
18.
V
.1987
,
González
-
Coviella Ulrich
4060
(
CECV
,
TFC
)
;
Covão
,
16–22.IX.1934
,
Chevalier
45422
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
800 m
,
15.XI.2014
,
Gardère
797
(
P
)
;
Delgadinho de Corda
,
750–800 m
,
15.XII.2013
,
Gardère
508
(
LISC
,
P
)
;
Espanada
,
1340 m
,
7.XI.2014
,
Gardère
727
(
P
)
;
Gudo de Cavaleiro
,
1750 m
,
7.XI.2014
,
Gardère
716
(
P
)
;
Gudo da Fonte
,
950 m
,
29.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1555
(
CECV
,
LISC
,
P
)
;
Lombo do Mar
,
630 m
,
5.
I
.1982
,
Rustan
&
Brochmann
ØHR -1341
(
O
)
;
entre
Lombo Pelado
e
Curral da Ruça
,
17.III.1956
,
Grandvaux Barbosa
6924
(
CECV
,
LISC
)
;
Monte Hortelão
,
1500 m
,
8.XI.2014
,
Gardère
731
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
1500 m
,
29.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1560
(
CECV
,
LISC
,
P
)
;
Monte Manuel Joelhos
,
400 m
,
13.XI.2014
,
Gardère
760
(
P
)
;
Monte Pingo
,
1550 m
,
29.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1562
(
CECV
,
K
,
LISC
,
LPA
,
MARS
,
P
)
;
Moroços
,
1460 m
,
2.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-262
(
FR
)
;
Pinhão
,
500 m
,
16.XI.2014
,
Gardère
800
(
P
)
;
Poio
,
2.III.1956
,
Grandvaux Barbosa
6796
(
CECV
,
LISC
)
;
Ribeira da Água Amarogosa
, c.
1250 m
,
8.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-350
(
FR
)
;
Ribeira de Cabouco Chiqueiro
,
1500 m
,
9.XI.2014
,
Gardère
740
(
P
)
;
Ribeira do Cativo
,
28.III.1956
,
Grandvaux Barbosa
7008
(
CECV
)
;
Ribeira das Chapas
,
970 m
,
8.XI.2014
,
Gardère
734
(
CECV
,
LISC
,
P
)
;
Ribeira do Círio
,
1500 m
,
16.XII.2013
,
Gardère
526
(
LISC
)
;
Ribeira do Corvo
,
340 m
,
18.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1513
(
CECV
,
P
)
;
Ribeira da Cruz
,
1000 m
,
6.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-317
(
FR
)
;
Ribeira Fria
,
675 m
,
11.XI.2014
,
Gardère
752
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
580 m
,
6.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-314
(
FR
)
;
Ribeira da Garça
,
900 m
,
23.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1531
(
CECV
,
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
4.IV.1956
,
Grandvaux Barbosa
7109
(
CECV
,
LISC
)
;
ibid. loco
,
9.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-362
(
FR
)
;
ibid. loco
,
15.
I
.1866
,
Lowe
s.n.
(
BM
)
;
Ribeira da Igreja
,
22.XI.1979
,
Lobin
1654
(
FR
)
;
Ribeira de Janela
,
520 m
,
27.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1544
(
CECV
,
LISC
,
P
)
;
ibid. loco
, c.
1050 m
,
10.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-375
(
FR
)
;
Ribeira João Afonso
,
III.1887
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
COI
)
;
Ribeira dos Órgãos
,
350 m
,
2.XI.2014
,
Gardère
660
(
P
)
;
Ribeira das Patas
, c.
1550 m
,
8.II.1995
,
Leyens
CV
-95-346
(
FR
)
;
Ribeira
de
Paúl
,
XII.1852
,
Bolle
s.n.
(
FI-W
)
;
ibid. loco
,
Chã João Vaz
,
400 m
,
15.XI.2014
,
Gardère
794
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
300–400 m
,
29.XII.1993
,
Kilian
&
Leyens
2989
(
B
,
FR
)
;
ibid. loco
,
Descida de Ribeiraozinho
,
675–750 m
,
12.VII.2004
,
Marrero
&
Almeida
s.n.
(
LPA
)
;
ibid. loco
,
Descida de Santa Isabel
,
750–775 m
,
12.VII.2004
,
Marrero
&
Almeida
s.n.
(
LPA
)
;
ibid. loco
,
21.XI.1979
,
Lobin
1607
(
CECV
,
FR
)
;
ibid. loco
,
6.III.1866
,
Lowe
s.n.
(
BM
)
;
ibid. loco
,
820 m
,
20.
I
.1980
,
Rustan
848
(
O
)
;
ibid.loco
,
400 m
,
9.
I
.1982
,
Rustan
&
Brochmann
ØHR -1386
(
O
)
;
ibid. loco
,
380 m
,
24.X.1972
,
Sunding
2634
(
O
)
;
Ribeira das Pedras
,
200 m
,
6.XI.1976
,
Sunding
3434
(
O
)
;
montanhas de
Paúl
,
IX.1892
,
Cardoso Júnior
55
(
COI
,
Z
)
;
Ribeira das Pombas
,
250 m
,
18.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1518
(
CECV
,
LISC
,
P
),
1519
(
MARS
);
Ribeira da Ponta do Sol
,
150 m
,
19.XI.2015
,
Gardère
942
(
P
)
;
Ponta do Sol
,
III–IV.1893
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
LISC
)
;
ibid. loco
,
III–IV.1893
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
LISU
)
;
between
Vila
Ribeira Grande
and
Ponta do Sol
,
220 m
,
3.
I
.1982
,
Rustan
&
Brochmann
ØHR -1273
(
O
)
;
Ribeira do São Jorge
,
XI.1893
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
LISU
)
;
Ribeira da Torre
,
350 m
,
20.XI.2015
,
Gardère
959
(
CECV
,
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
180 m
,
11.XII.1985
,
Kilian
808
(
B
,
FR
)
;
ibid. loco
,
24.XII.1978
,
Lewejohann
CV
-78-180
(
GOET
)
;
ibid. loco
,
III.1864
,
Lowe
s.n.
(
FI-W
)
;
ibid. loco
,
4.III.1864
,
Lowe
s.n.
(
K
)
;
ibid. loco
,
Xôxô
,
400 m
,
14.X.1990
,
Martins
&
Gomes
320
(
LISC
)
;
ibid. loco
,
15.IX.1986
,
Mies
50
(
FR
)
;
ibid. loco
,
1460 m
,
13.II.1994
,
Leyens
CV
-94-124
(
B
,
FR
)
;
Ribeira da Vinha
,
400 m
,
9.VIII.2013
,
Gardère
&
da Costa
e
Silva
196
(
P
)
;
ibid. loco
,
400 m
,
21.XI.2017
,
Gardère
1522
(
P
)
;
Ribeirãozinho de Cima
,
28.III.1956
,
Grandvaux Barbosa
7014
(
CECV
,
LISC
)
;
Selada da Alto Mira
,
1127 m
,
1.XII.2015
,
Aedo
23393
(
MA
)
;
Tope de Coroa
,
1700 m
,
9.XI.2014
,
Gardère
742
(
P
)
;
sine loco
, s.d.,
Cardoso Júnior
I
(
L
)
;
sine loco
, s.d.,
Cardoso Júnior
II 83
(
L
)
;
sine loco
, s.d.,
Cardoso Júnior
II 122
(
L
)
;
sine loco
, s.d.,
Cardoso Júnior
II 148
(
L
)
;
sine loco
,
V.1887
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
COI
)
;
sine loco
,
I.1893
,
Cardoso Júnior
s.n.
(
Z
)
;
sine loco
, s.d. [
IV.1822
],
Forbes
s.n.
[
4
] (
K
p.p.: remaining
syntype
for
C. jacobaea
)
;
sine loco
, s.d.,
McWilliam
s.n.
(
K
)
;
sine loco
, s.d.,
Missão Técnica de Arborização
s.n.
(
LISC
)
;
sine loco
, “
in rupestribus ins.
S
.
Antonii
”,
III.1851
,
Schmidt
s.n.
, (
HBG
p.p.)
.