Campanula jacobaea C. Sm. ex Webb

(Figs 19; 20)

In Hooker, Icones Plantarum 8: ad tab. 762 (1848).

Campanula bravensis (Bolle) A. Chev., Revue de Botanique appliquée

et d’Agriculture tropicale 15: 888 (1935).

“ Fransinea insulana ”, Feijó in Pereira & Santos 2012: 501 (descr.inval.).

ETYMOLOGY. — The genus “ Fransinea ” is named after the Italian mathematician Miguel Franzini (c. 1730-1810), who was one of Feijó’s professors at the University of Coimbra and a friend of Vandelli. Recruted during the Pombal reform period, Franzini taught mathematics (Monteiro 1949; Correia 1954). The epithet “ insulana ” indicates the insular origins of the species.

ECOLOGY. — Plant lignified, occupying arid terrain.

COMMON NAME. — “ Campainhas ” is the common name in Portuguese to designate the bellflowers, name no longer used in Cabo Verde.