Adenophora Hatsushimae
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''Adenophora'' is a
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of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Campanulaceae The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants bel ...
, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, L
Perennial Plant Feature: Ladybells.
Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont Extension
Most of the species in the genus are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. Many are
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to either China or
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Flora of China.


Description

These plants are perennial herbs, often with thick, fleshy roots. The stem usually grows erect from a
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. 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. The corollas of most species are blue. There is a characteristic nectar disc at the base of the
stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...
s.


Species

There are 68 species currently accepted as Adenophora.''Adenophora'' Fisch.
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These are:GRIN Species Records of ''Adenophora''.
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
# '' Adenophora amurica'' – Heilongjiang # ''
Adenophora biformifolia ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Inner Mongolia # ''
Adenophora biloba ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Inner Mongolia # ''
Adenophora borealis ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Inner Mongolia and Hebei # ''
Adenophora brevidiscifera ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Sichuan # '' Adenophora capillaris'' – Chongqing, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan # '' Adenophora changaica'' – Mongolia # '' Adenophora coelestis'' – Sichuan, Yunnan # ''
Adenophora contracta ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Liaoning, Inner Mongolia # ''
Adenophora cordifolia ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Henan # ''
Adenophora daqingshanica ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Inner Mongolia # ''
Adenophora dawuensis ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Sichuan # ''
Adenophora delavayi ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – northwestern Yunnan # ''
Adenophora divaricata ''Adenophora divaricata'', also known as spreading-branch ladybell, is a flowering perennial plant of the genus Adenophora ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are kno ...
'' – spreading-branch ladybell – Honshu, Shikoku, Korea, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi # ''
Adenophora elata ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi # ''
Adenophora fusifolia ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – South Korea # ''
Adenophora gmelinii ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' (synonym ''Adenophora taquetii'' ) – narrow-leaf ladybell, Jejudo ladybell – Buryatiya, Chita, Amur, Primorye, Mongolia, Korea, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi #'' Adenophora golubinzevaeana'' – Krasnoyarsk #'' Adenophora grandiflora'' – big-flower ladybell – Korea #'' Adenophora hatsushimae'' – Kyushu # '' Adenophora himalayana'' – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Nepal, northern India, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan # '' Adenophora hubeiensis'' – Hubei #'' Adenophora × izuensis'' – Honshu #'' Adenophora jacutica'' – Yakutiya # '' Adenophora jasionifolia'' – Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan # '' Adenophora khasiana'' (syn. ''A. bulleyana'' ) – Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan # '' Adenophora lamarckii'' – Lamark's ladybell – Irkutsk, Altai, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Korea # '' Adenophora liliifolia'' – lily-leaf ladybell – central and eastern Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc.) east to Xinjiang # '' Adenophora liliifolioides'' – Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet # ''
Adenophora linearifolia ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Sichuan # '' Adenophora lobophylla'' – Sichuan # '' Adenophora longipedicellata'' – Chongqing, Guizhou, W Hubei, Sichuan #'' Adenophora maximowicziana'' – Shikoku # '' Adenophora micrantha'' – Inner Mongolia # '' Adenophora morrisonensis'' – Taiwan # '' Adenophora nikoensis'' – Honshu # '' Adenophora ningxianica'' Song, G. and H. De-yuan. (1999)
A new species of Chinese ''Adenophora'' (Campanulaceae).
''Novon'' 9(1) 46.
– Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia # '' Adenophora palustris'' – marsh ladybell – Jilin, Korea, Honshu # '' Adenophora pereskiifolia'' (synonyms ''Adenophora kayasanensis'' and ''Adenophora racemosa'' ) – Manchurian ladybell, Korean ladybell, racemose ladybell, Gayasan ladybell – Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Amur, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Chita, Buryatiya # '' Adenophora petiolata'' – Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang # '' Adenophora pinifolia'' – Liaoning # '' Adenophora polyantha'' – many-flower ladybell – Korea, Anhui, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi # '' Adenophora potaninii'' – Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan #'' Adenophora probatovae'' – Primorye #'' Adenophora remotidens'' – Incheon ladybell – Korea # '' Adenophora remotiflora'' (synonym ''Adenophora erecta'' ) – scattered ladybell – Primorye, Japan, Korea, Manchuria #'' Adenophora rupestris'' – Irkutsk # '' Adenophora rupincola'' – Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan #'' Adenophora sajanensis'' – Krasnoyarsk # '' Adenophora sinensis'' – Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi #'' Adenophora stenanthina'' – Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Altai, Amur, Irkutsk, Chita, Buryatiya, Tuva # '' Adenophora stenophylla'' – Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria # '' Adenophora stricta'' – upright ladybell – Korea, Japan, Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang # ''
Adenophora subjenisseensis ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – central Siberia #'' Adenophora sublata'' – Primorye, Khabarovsk # ''
Adenophora taiwaniana ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Taiwan #'' Adenophora takedae'' – Honshu #'' Adenophora tashiroi'' – Fukue Island, Jeju-do Island #'' Adenophora taurica'' – Crimea #'' Adenophora trachelioides'' – Anhui, Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Zhejiang #'' Adenophora tricuspidata'' – Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, much of Asiatic Russia # ''
Adenophora triphylla ''Adenophora triphylla'', also known as Japanese lady bell, is one of the 62 species of ''Adenophora''. It is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae that is distributed mainly over the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and China. Ecology ''Ade ...
'' – giant bellflower – Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Russian Far East, Siberia # ''
Adenophora tuvinica ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Tuva #'' Adenophora uryuensis'' – Hokkaido #'' Adenophora wilsonii'' – Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan #'' Adenophora wulingshanica'' – Beijing # ''
Adenophora xiaoxiensis ''Adenophora'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, the bellflowers. Plants of this genus are known commonly as ladybells.Perry, LPerennial Plant Feature: Ladybells. Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermo ...
'' – Hunan #'' Adenophora xifengensis'' – Gansu


Uses

Many ''Adenophora'' species have been used in
traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence ...
.YouLi, H. (2010)
Resource and utilization of medicinal plant of the genus ''Adenophora'' in Qinling Mountains.
''Medicinal Plant'' 1(12) 3-6.


References

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