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1. Codonopsis Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. Carey. 2:103. 1824. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3:430.1881; Chipp in J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 38:374-391.1908; Federov in Schischkin, Fl. URSS. 24:433.1957; Rech. f. & Schimann-Czeika in Rech. t., Fl. Iran. 13:3.1965.
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Plants perennial, twining, decumbent or erect. Flowers solitary, terminal or axillary. Calyx lobes 5, foliaceous. Corolla campanulate with 5 short lobes; bluish-green. Stamens 5, free, filaments flattened, situated on the margin of the disc. Capsule fleshy when young, becoming dry and hard, beaked, dehiscing localicidally by 3 valves. Ovary 3-locular; styles cylindrical; stigmas 3, flattened.
A genus of c. 40 species, mainly East Asian. 3 Himalayan species are found in Pakistan.
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Twiners. Leaves up to 7 x 5 cm, broadly ovate with rounded or cordate bases |
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3 Codonopsis rotundifolia |
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Plants erect to decumbent, Leaves up to 3 x 1 cm, narrowly ovate to lanceolate |
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Plants 1 m or more tall or decumbent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Calyx segments broad, triangular, overlapping at base, sinus acute |
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1 Codonopsis clematidea |
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Plants 1 m or less tall. Leaves frequently lanceolate, apex protracted. Calyx segments narrow, sinus frequently obtuse, sometimes acute |
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2 Codonopsis obtusa |
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