Codonopsis
Sign in to saveCodonopsis 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
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCampanulaceae
Die Gattung Codonopsis, manchmal Tigerglocken genannt, gehört zur Familie der Glockenblumengewächse (Campanulaceae). Die 42 bis 67 Arten sind in Zentral-, Süd- sowie Ostasien verbreitet mit Schwerpunkt im Himalaya und südwestlichen China. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 1.1 Vegetative Merkmale 1.2 Generative Merkmale 2 Ökologie 3 Systematik und Verbreitung 4 Quellen 4.1 Literatur 4.2 Einzelnachweise 5 Weblinks 6 Historische Literatur Beschreibung Illustration von Codonopsis lanceolata Illustration aus Flore des Serres, Volume 15 von Codonopsis gracilis Vegetative Merkmale Codonopsis-Arten sind überwiegend kriechend, niederliegend oder kletternd, selten aufrecht wachsende, ausdauernde krautige Pflanzen oder selten Sträucher. Sie besitzen Knollen als Überdauerungsorgene. Die gegenständig oder wirtelig angeordneten Laubblätter sind mit oder ohne Blattstiel. Generative Merkmale Die relativ großen und oft hängenden, zwittrigen Blüten sind radiärsymmetrisch und fünfzählig mit doppelter Blütenhülle. Manche Arten haben einen stechend-ranzigen Geruch, ähnlich dem von Katzenurin. Die fünf blauen, purpurfarbenen, grünen, gelben oder weißen Kronblätter sind glockenförmig, trichterförmig oder
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Research
854 papers- Molecular mechanisms of Codonopsis pilosula in inhibiting hepatocellular carcinoma growth and metastasis.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2024
- Codonopsis Radix: A comprehensive review for its ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and potential clinical applications.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2025
- Codonopsis radix: a review of resource utilisation, postharvest processing, quality assessment, and its polysaccharide composition.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024
- Radix Codonopsis: a review of anticancer pharmacological activities.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024
- Codonopsis pilosula polysaccharide alleviates ulcerative colitis by modulating gut microbiota and SCFA/GPR/NLRP3 pathway.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
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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 – (高山党参) – west-central China, northern Myanmar, and Tibet Codonopsis argentea – (银背叶党参) – west-central China Codonopsis atriplicifolia Codonopsis bactriana Codonopsis benthamii – China, Himalayas, Myanmar Codonopsis bhutanica – Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet Codonopsis bomiensis Codonopsis bragaensis – Nepal Codonopsis bulleyana – (管钟党参) Codonopsis campanulata 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 cordifolioidea – (心叶党参) Codonopsis deltoidea – (三角叶党参) Codonopsis elliptica Codonopsis farreri (synonym Codonopsis gombalana ) – Yunnan, Myanmar – (秃叶党参, 贡山党参) Codonopsis foetens – China, eastern Himalayas (臭党参) Codonopsis gongshanica Codonopsis gracilis – Yunnan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam Codonopsis hemisphaerica Codonopsis henryi (synonym Codonopsis levicalyx ) – (川鄂党参, 光萼党参) 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 lixianica Codonopsis macrophylla – Tibet Codonopsis meleagris – (珠鸡斑党参) Codonopsis micrantha – (小花党参) Codonopsis microtubulosa Codonopsis obtusa Codonopsis ovata – Pakistan, Kashmir Codonopsis pilosula – China, Mongolia, Korea, Primorye (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 viridiflora – (绿花党参) Codonopsis viridis – Tibet, Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan)