bellflower family

Japanese: bellflower family(英語表記)bellflowerfamily
bellflower family

...It seems that folk religious practitioners connected the vengeful spirits who died an untimely death with the bellflower, which symbolizes transience, and passed this legend on. [Yoshiharu Iijima]
[Campanulaceae (bellflower family)]
There are about 70 genera and 2,000 species of dicotyledonous plants, and they are widely distributed throughout the world from the tropics to the polar regions (Figure). Most are herbaceous plants, but some, such as the Hawaiian Clermontia , grow as large trees.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "bellflower family" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…民間宗教者たちが,非業の死をとげた怨霊と,はかなさを象徴するキキョウの花とを結びつけ,この伝説を語り歩いたものらしい。【飯島 吉晴】
【キキョウ科Campanulaceae(英名bellflower family)】
 双子葉植物,約70属2000種があり,熱帯から寒帯まで世界中に広く分布している(図)。たいてい草本であるが,中にはハワイ産のクレルモンティアClermontiaのような大木もある。…

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