Biology:Codonopsis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Codonopsis
Codonopsis pilosula flowers.jpg
Codonopsis pilosula
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Genus: Codonopsis
Wall. (1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Campanumoea Blume
  • Glosocomia D.Don
  • Glossocomia Rchb.
  • Leptocodon (Hook.f.) Lem.

Codonopsis is a genus of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. As currently recognized, Codonopsis includes two other groups sometimes separated as distinct genera, i.e. Campanumoea and Leptocodon.[1][2][3][4] The enlarged genus Codonopsis is widespread across eastern, southern, central, and southeastern Asia, including China , Japan , the Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, the Indian Subcontinent, Iran, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.

Uses

Medicinal uses

Codonopsis pilosula (Chinese: 党参; pinyin: dǎngshēn) is an important medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine.[5]

Food uses

Deodeok muchim, a Korean salad made from C. lanceolata

Codonopsis lanceolata (Korean: deodeok) is used as a food in Korean cuisine.

Species

Species currently (July 2014) accepted by Kew's World Checklist.[1] Species with no range given are endemic to China

  • Codonopsis affinis – China, Himalayas, Myanmar (Chinese: 大叶党参)
  • Codonopsis alpina – (高山党参)
  • Codonopsis argentea – (银背叶党参)
  • Codonopsis benthamii – China, Himalayas, Myanmar
  • Codonopsis bhutanica – Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet
  • Codonopsis bragaensis – Nepal
  • Codonopsis bulleyana – (管钟党参)
  • Codonopsis canescens – (灰毛党参)
  • Codonopsis cardiophylla – (光叶党参)
  • Codonopsis chimiliensis – Yunnan, Myanmar (滇湎党参)
  • Codonopsis chlorocodon – (绿钟党参)
  • Codonopsis clematidea – Central Asia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas (新疆党参)
  • Codonopsis convolvulacea – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar (鸡蛋参)
  • Codonopsis cordifolioidea – (心叶党参)
  • Codonopsis deltoidea – (三角叶党参)
  • Codonopsis dicentrifolia – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam (珠峰党参)
  • Codonopsis efilamentosa – Yunnan, Myanmar
  • Codonopsis farreri – Yunnan, Myanmar – (秃叶党参)
  • Codonopsis foetens – China, eastern Himalayas (臭党参)
  • Codonopsis forrestii – China, Myanmar
  • Codonopsis gombalana – (贡山党参)
  • Codonopsis gracilis – Yunnan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
  • Codonopsis henryi – (川鄂党参)
  • Codonopsis hirsuta
  • Codonopsis hongii
  • Codonopsis inflata Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
  • Codonopsis javanica – widespread across China, Japan, Himalayas, Indochina, Java, Sumatra
  • Codonopsis kawakamii – Taiwan (台湾党参)
  • Codonopsis lanceolata – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East (羊乳)
  • Codonopsis levicalyx – (光萼党参)
  • Codonopsis limprichtii
  • Codonopsis macrophylla – Tibet
  • Codonopsis mairei
  • Codonopsis meleagris – (珠鸡斑党参)
  • Codonopsis micrantha – (小花党参)
  • Codonopsis minima – Korea
  • Codonopsis nepalensis – Nepal
  • Codonopsis ovata Pakistan, Kashmir
  • Codonopsis pianmaensis
  • Codonopsis pilosula – China, Mongolia, Korea, Primorye (党参)
  • Codonopsis purpurea – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan) (紫花党参)
  • Codonopsis rosulata – (莲座状党参)
  • Codonopsis rotundifolia – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan)
  • Codonopsis subglobosa – (球花党参)
  • Codonopsis subscaposa – (抽葶党参)
  • Codonopsis subsimplex – Tibet, Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan) (藏南党参)
  • Codonopsis thalictrifolia – Tibet, Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan) – (唐松草党参)
  • Codonopsis tsinglingensis – (秦岭党参)
  • Codonopsis tubulosa – (管花党参)
  • Codonopsis ussuriensis – China, Japan, Korea, Primorye (雀斑党参)
  • Codonopsis vinciflora
  • Codonopsis viridiflora – (绿花党参)
  • Codonopsis viridis – Tibet, Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1106504 entry