; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 163 (1753)
Distribution: temp. Northern Hemisphere, Mediterranean, few montane tropics. The genus is extremely polyphyletic and needs split in almost 20 genera, if the impractical inclusion of all genera of the tribe like Phyteuma or Asyneuma shall be avoided. Campanula s. str. is equivalent to group CAM 17 (type: C. trachelium).
= Annaea Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 94(1): 163 (1979)
= Astrocodon Fed.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 24: 471 (1957)
= Azorina (Watson) Feer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 611 (1890)
= Brachycodon Fed.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 24: 468 (1957) non Progel (1865)
= Brachycodonia Fed. ex Kolak.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(1): 120 (1994)
= Cenekia Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 36 (1852), et Bercht. & Opiz, Ökon.-Techn. Fl. Bohm. 2(2): 9 (1839)
= Decaprisma Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 78 (1836)
= Depierrea Anon. ex Schltdl.; Linnaea 16: 374 (1842)
= Diosphaera Feer; Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 519 (1894)
= Drymocodon Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 111 (1869)
= Echinocodon Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 121: 387 (1986), nom. illeg.
= Echinocodonia Kolak.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(1): 114 (1994)
= Erinia Noul.; Fl. Bass. Sous-Pyrén. 407 (1837)
= Fedorovia Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 97: 687 (1980), nom. illeg.
= Gadellia Schulkina; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 16: 177 (1979)
= Gaertnera Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 6: 24 (1791), nom. illeg.
= Hayekia Lakušić ex D.Lakušić, Shuka & Eddie; Willdenowia 49(1): 86 (2019)
= Hemisphaera Kolak.; Okhr. Prír. Gruzii 12: 161 (1984)
= Hyssaria Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 103(1): 151 (1981)
= Lacara Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1836)
= Loreia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 82 (1836)
= Marianthemum Schrank; Denkschr. Bayer. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 34 (1822)
= Medium Opiz; Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. [Berchtold et al.] 2(2): 9 (1839), nom. illeg.
= Megalocalyx (Damboldt) Kolak.; Kolokol´chik. Kavkaza 125 (1991), without basionym or basionym ref.
= Mzymtella Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 103(1): 150 (1981)
= Nenningia Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 68 (1852), et Bercht. & Opiz, Ökon. Techn. Fl. Bohm. 2: 11. 9 (1839)
= Neocodon Kolak. & Serdyuk.; Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 40: 27 (1984)
= Pentropis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 2: 80 (1836)
= Petkovia Stef.; Jahrb. Univ. Sofia, Land- u. Forstw. Fakul. 14(2): 98-100 (1935-6)
= Popoviocodonia Fed.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 29: 470 (1957)
= Pseudocampanula Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 94(1): 162 (1979), without latin descr.
= Quinquelocularia K.Koch; Linnaea 23: 630 (1859)
= Rapunculus Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 111 (1869)
= Rapuntia Chevall.; Fl. Gen. Env. Paris, ed. 2, 2: 526 (1836)
= Rotantha Small; Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 1289 (1933)
= Roucela (L.) Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 14 (1822)
= Sachokiella Kolak.; Soobshch. Akad. Nauk Gruzinsk. S.S.R. 118(3): 595 (1985)
= Sicyocodon Feer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 613 (1890)
= Sykoraea Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 94 (1852)
= Syncodon Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 17: 111 (1869)
= Talanelis Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1836)
= Theodorovia Kolak.; Kolokol´chik. Kavkaza 50 (1991)
= Theodorovia Kolak. ex Ogan.; Fl. Rastitel´nost´ Rastitel´nye Resursy Armen. 38 (1991), nom. nov.
= Tracheliopsis Opiz; Oekon.-Techn. Fl. Böhm. [Berchtold et al.] 2(2): 9 (1839), et Seznam 98 (1852)
= Weitenwebera Opiz; Seznam [Opiz] 104 (1852), et Bercht. & Opiz, Ökon.-Techn. Fl. Bohm. 2: 11. 9 (1839)