What is Azorina vidalii?

Q: What is Azorina vidalii?


A: Azorina vidalii is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the bellflower family and is native to the Azores.

Q: How is Azorina vidalii used?


A: Azorina vidalii is used as an ornamental plant in many countries outside of the Azores.

Q: Who first named Azorina vidalii?


A: Hewett Cottrell Watson was the first to give the name Campanula vidalii to the plant.

Q: Why was the plant named Azorina vidalii?


A: Heinrich Feer changed the name to Azorina vidalii, creating a new genus Azorina, in honor of its origination from the Azores and its collector "Capt. Vidal, R.N."

Q: Is Azorina vidalii common in its native habitat?


A: Yes, Azorina vidalii is endemic to the Azores and is common there.

Q: Is Azorina vidalii a type of Campanula?


A: Azorina vidalii is in the same family as Campanula, but it is the only species within the genus Azorina.

Q: What publication did Hewett Cottrell Watson name Azorina vidalii in?


A: Hewett Cottrell Watson named the plant Campanula vidalii in Hooker's Icones Plantarum, table DCLXXXIV (684).

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