Adenophora

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Ladybells
Adenophora bulleyana - 2.JPG
Adenophora sp.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily:
Genus: Adenophora
Fisch.
Synonyms[1]

Floerkea Spreng. 1818, illegitimate homonym, not Willd. 1801 nor Raf. 1808

Adenophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.[2] Most are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. Many are endemic to either China or Siberia.[1][3]

Description[]

These plants are perennial herbs, often with thick, fleshy roots. The stem usually grows erect from a caudex. There are usually several basal leaves borne on long petioles. The leaves on the stem are alternately arranged in most species. Flowers are solitary or borne in cymes. The corolla of the flower is bell-shaped, funnel-shaped, or tubular, with five lobes.[3] The corollas of most species are blue.[2] There is a characteristic nectar disc at the base of the stamens.[3]

Diversity[]

There are about 62 species in the genus.[3]

Species include:[1][3][4]

Adenophora triphylla var. japonica
  1. – Heilongjiang
  2. – Sichuan
  3. – Chongqing, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
  4. – Mongolia
  5. – Sichuan, Yunnan
  6. – Liaoning, Inner Mongolia
  7. – Henan
  8. – spreading-branch ladybell[5] – Honshu, Shikoku, Korea, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi
  9. – Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi
  10. [6] – erect ladybell[5] – Ulleungdo Island
  11. – South Korea
  12. – narrow-leaf ladybell[5] – Buryatiya, Chita, Amur, Primorye, Mongolia, Korea, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi
  13. – Krasnoyarsk
  14. – big-flower ladybell[5] – Korea
  15. – Kyushu
  16. – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Nepal, northern India, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan
  17. – Hubei
  18. – Honshu
  19. – Yakutiya
  20. – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  21. – Gayasan ladybell[5] – Korea
  22. (syn. A. bulleyana) – Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  23. – Korean ladybell[5] – Korea
  24. – Lamark's ladybell[5] – Irkutsk, Altai, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Korea
  25. Adenophora liliifolia – lily-leaf ladybell[5] central and eastern Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc.) east to Xinjiang
  26. – Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet
  27. – Sichuan
  28. – Chongqing, Guizhou, W Hubei, Sichuan
  29. – Shikoku
  30. – Inner Mongolia
  31. – Taiwan
  32. – Honshu
  33. [7] – Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia
  34. – marsh ladybell[5] – Jilin, Korea, Honshu
  35. – Manchurian ladybell[5] – Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Amur, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Chita, Buryatiya
  36. – Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang
  37. – Liaoning
  38. – many-flower ladybell[5] – Korea, Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi
  39. – Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan
  40. – Primorye
  41. – racemose ladybell[5] – Korea
  42. – Incheon ladybell[5] – Korea
  43. – scattered ladybell[5] – Primorye, Japan, Korea, Manchuria
  44. – Irkutsk
  45. – Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan
  46. – Krasnoyarsk
  47. – Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi
  48. – Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Altai, Amur, Irkutsk, Chita, Buryatiya, Tuva
  49. – Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria
  50. – upright ladybell[5] – Korea, Japan, Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  51. – Primorye, Khabarovsk
  52. – Honshu
  53. – Jejudo ladybell[5] – Korea
  54. – Fukue Island, Jeju-do Island
  55. – Crimea
  56. – Anhui, Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Zhejiang
  57. – Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, much of Asiatic Russia
  58. Adenophora triphylla – giant bellflower – Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Russian Far East, Siberia
  59. – Hokkaido
  60. – Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan
  61. – Beijing
  62. – Gansu

Uses[]

Many Adenophora species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Perry, L. Perennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont Extension
  3. ^ a b c d e 沙参属 sha shen shu Adenophora. Flora of China.
  4. ^ GRIN Species Records of Adenophora. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 364. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  6. ^ Lee, S., et al. (1997). A new species of Adenophora (Campanulaceae) from Korea. Journal of Plant Research 110(1) 77-80.
  7. ^ Song, G. and H. De-yuan. (1999). A new species of Chinese Adenophora (Campanulaceae). Novon 9(1) 46.
  8. ^ YouLi, H. (2010). Resource and utilization of medicinal plant of the genus Adenophora in Qinling Mountains. Medicinal Plant 1(12) 3-6.
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