Codonopsis


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. 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.

Species

49 species are accepted.
  • Codonopsis affinis – China, Himalayas, Myanmar
  • Codonopsis alpina – – west-central China, northern Myanmar, and Tibet
  • Codonopsis argentea – – west-central China
  • Codonopsis atriplicifolia
  • Codonopsis bactriana
  • Codonopsis benthamii – China, Himalayas, Myanmar
  • Codonopsis bhutanica – Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet
  • Codonopsis bomiensis
  • Codonopsis bragaensis – Nepal
  • Codonopsis bulleyana –
  • Codonopsis campanulata
  • Codonopsis canescens –
  • Codonopsis cardiophylla –
  • Codonopsis chimiliensis – Yunnan, Myanmar
  • Codonopsis chlorocodon –
  • Codonopsis clematidea – Central Asia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas
  • Codonopsis cordifolioidea –
  • Codonopsis deltoidea –
  • Codonopsis elliptica
  • Codonopsis farreri – Yunnan, Myanmar –
  • Codonopsis foetens – China, eastern Himalayas
  • Codonopsis gongshanica
  • Codonopsis gracilis – Yunnan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
  • Codonopsis hemisphaerica
  • Codonopsis henryi –
  • Codonopsis hongii
  • Codonopsis inflata – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
  • Codonopsis javanica – widespread across China, Japan, Himalayas, Indochina, Java, Sumatra
  • Codonopsis kawakamii – Taiwan
  • Codonopsis lanceolata – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East
  • Codonopsis lixianica
  • Codonopsis macrophylla – Tibet
  • Codonopsis meleagris –
  • Codonopsis micrantha –
  • Codonopsis microtubulosa
  • Codonopsis obtusa
  • Codonopsis ovata – Pakistan, Kashmir
  • Codonopsis pilosula – China, Mongolia, Korea, Primorye
  • Codonopsis rotundifolia – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas
  • Codonopsis subglobosa –
  • Codonopsis subscaposa –
  • Codonopsis subsimplex – Tibet, Himalayas
  • Codonopsis thalictrifolia – Tibet, Himalayas –
  • Codonopsis tsinglingensis –
  • Codonopsis tubulosa –
  • Codonopsis ussuriensis – China, Japan, Korea, Primorye
  • Codonopsis viridiflora –
  • Codonopsis viridis – Tibet, Himalayas

    Formerly placed here

  • Himalacodon dicentrifolius –
  • Pankycodon purpureus – Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas
  • Pseudocodon convolvulaceus – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
  • * Pseudocodon convolvulaceus subsp. forrestii – China, Myanmar
  • Pseudocodon rosulatus –

    Uses

Medicinal uses

Codonopsis pilosula is an important medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine.

Food uses

Codonopsis lanceolata is used as a food in Korean cuisine.