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{{short description|Genus of Campanulaceae plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Roella ciliata Campanulaceae IMG 2757s.JPG
|image_caption = ''Roella ciliata'' flower and leaves
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Roella
|authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)<ref>[[Sp. Pl.]]: 170 (1753)</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Roella''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family [[Campanulaceae]], native to southern South Africa. They are small shrubs or perennial herbs and can be erect through prostrate in habit.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00606-012-0602-z |title=Floral functional structure, sexual phases, flower visitors and aspects of breeding system in ''Roella ciliata'' (Campanulaceae) in a fragmented habitat |year=2012 |last1=Cupido |first1=Christopher N. |last2=Nelson |first2=Leanne J. |s2cid=14413794 |journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution |volume=298 |issue=5 |pages=931–936 |bibcode=2012PSyEv.298..931C }}</ref>
==Species==
Currently accepted species include:<ref name = "60447630-2" >{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447630-2 |title=''Roella'' L. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
*''[[Roella amplexicaulis]]'' <small>Dod</small>
*''[[Roella arenaria]]'' <small>Schltr.</small>
*''[[Roella bryoides]]'' <small>H.Buek</small>
*''[[Roella ciliata]]'' <small>L.</small>
*''[[Roella compacta]]'' <small>Schltr.</small>
*''[[Roella decurrens]]'' <small>L'Hér.</small>
*''[[Roella divina]]'' <small>Cupido</small>
*''[[Roella dregeana]]'' <small>A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella dunantii]]'' <small>A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella glomerata]]'' <small>A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella goodiana]]'' <small>Adamson</small>
*''[[Roella incurva]]'' <small>Banks ex A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella latiloba]]'' <small>A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella maculata]]'' <small>Adamson</small>
*''[[Roella muscosa]]'' <small>L.f.</small>
*''[[Roella prostrata]]'' <small>E.Mey. ex A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella recurvata]]'' <small>A.DC.</small>
*''[[Roella secunda]]'' <small>H.Buek</small>
*''[[Roella spicata]]'' <small>L.f.</small>
*''[[Roella squarrosa]]'' <small>P.J.Bergius</small>
*''[[Roella triflora]]'' <small>(R.D.Good) Adamson</small>
*''[[Roella uncinata]]'' <small>Cupido</small>
==References==
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[[Category:Campanuloideae]]
[[Category:Campanulaceae genera]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of South Africa]]
[[Category:Taxa described in 1753]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]