Codonopsis Chlorocodon
''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. Uses Medicinal uses '' Codonopsis pilosula'' () is an important medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine.Li, C. Y., et al. (2009)Quality assessment of Radix Codonopsis by quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance.''Journal of Chromatography A'' 1216(11) 2124-29. Food uses ''Codonopsis lanceolata'' (Korean: deodeok) is used as a food in Korean cuisine. Species Species currently (July 2014) accepted by Kew's World Checklist. Species with no range given are endemic to China *''Codonopsis affinis'' – China, Himalayas, Myanmar () *'' Codo ...
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Nathaniel Wallich
Nathaniel Wolff Wallich FRS FRSE (28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854) was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India, initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later for the Danish East India Company and the British East India Company. He was involved in the early development of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, describing many new plant species and developing a large herbarium collection which was distributed to collections in Europe. Several of the plants