Codonopsis Checklist

The following checklist has been compiled by Hubert Agback, Hubert.Agback@mailbox.swipnet.se who has kindly allowed me to publish it on this website. This version dated 13/12/98.

Manuscript in preparation, revised periodically.
The checklist eventually will include any Codonopsis name found in the literature.

Notes: Many references are not yet checked at the source for accuracy. Synonymic reference to another entry in the list in shortened form, to outside the list with full bibliographic citation, if available. The list is not adjusted for any definite taxonomic system. Therefore accepted names sometimes may be in conflict. The list is intended as a base for further investigation on the part of the reader. Abbreviations of monograph and journal titles are not checked for consistency. Type specimens are sometimes noted. A question mark is sometimes used when data is unreliable. A bibliographic list of authors is found at the end of the checklist.

 

Codonopsis Wallich, Fl. Ind. 2: 103 (1824)
Type: C. viridis (Spreng.) Wallich

Subgeneric classification. System of Komarov:

C. subg. Eucodonopsis  Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29: 104 (1908) (= Acta Horti Petrop.) 
nom. inval. (?)
	
        C. ser. Volubiles Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29: 104 (1908), (= Acta Horti 
        Petrop.)
                (Subseries A: Cc. affinis, farreri, micrantha, rotundifolia, silvestris, tangshen, viridis. 	
                Subseries B: Cc. henryi, lanceolata, macrocalyx, minima, tubulosa,  ussuriensis)
        C. ser. Erectae Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29: 113 (1908),  (= Acta Horti 
	Petrop.)
                (Cc. benthamii, bulleyana, cardiophylla, chimiliensis, clematidea, deltoidea, dicentrifolia, 
                foetens, meleagris,  mollis, ovata, purpurea, rosulata, subglobosa, subscaposa, subsimplex, 
                thalictrifolia, viridiflora)	
C. subg. Pseudocodonopsis Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29: 102 (1908), (= Acta Horti 
Petrop.)
        (Cc. convulvulacea, forrestii, vinciflora, efilamentosa)

Subgeneric classification. System of Nannfeldt, Notes. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 78: 149-160 (1931)

C. subgenus Pseudocodonopsis
        Cc. convulvulacea, efilamentosa, forrestii, rosulata, vinciflora
C. subgenus Eucodonopsis
        C. series Volubiles
                C. “lanceolata-group”
                        Cc. lanceolata, ussuriensis, minima
                C. “pilosula-group”
                        Cc. affinis, henryi, micrantha, modesta, pilosula (=silvestris), tangshen, viridis.
        C. series Erectae
                Group 1 (=tubulosa-group)
                        Cc. benthamii, chimiliensis, deltoidea, draco, macrocalyx, meleagris, purpurea, 
                        rotundifolia, subscaposa, subsimplex, tubulosa.
                Group 2 (= ovata-group): subgroups 1-4 + possibly C. farreri
                        Subgroup 1: Cc. mollis, thalictrifolia
                        Subgroup 2: Cc. bulleyana, foetens, macrantha, nervosa, subglobosa and possibly C. 
                                 kawakamii.
                        Subgroup 3: Cc. clematidea, obtusa, ovata
                        Subgroup 4. Cc. alpina, bicolor, cardiophylla, tsinglingensis, viridiflora
                        Not determined: C. farreri 

Subgeneric classification. System of Hong

C. subg. Obconicicapsula Hong, Acta Phytotax. Sin.  18(2): 245 (1980)
        Type sp.: C. dicentrifolia C B Clarke
        (Cc. dicentrifolia, list incomplete)
C. subg. Codonopsis
        C. sect. Volubila
                (C.longifolia, C. rotundifolia, list incomplete)
        C. sect. Erectae (Komar.) Hong, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin.  73(2): 48 (1983)
                (C. xizangensis list incomplete)
        Other classification:
C. sect. Leptocodon Hook. f., Ill. Himal. Pl.  pl. 16a (1855)
Type - T: C. gracilis Hook. f. - Illustrations of Himalayan Plants t. 16 A (1855)
        see Leptocodon (Hook. f.) Lem., Ill. Hort.  3. Misc. 49 (1856)

Species list

C. accrescenticalyx Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 25 (1915) (also as p. 24) see C. tubulosa

C. affinis Hook. f. & Thoms., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 12 (1858)

C. albiflora Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 279 (1854) see Campanumoea lancifolia (Roxb.) Merrill, Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 587 (1923), Campanumoea celebica Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.13: 727 (1825)

C. alpina Nannf., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16(78): 154-155, f. 1 g, pl. 227 (1931)
Type: China, Tibet, Sarong, on Doker-la, Mekong-Salween divide, Lat 28 20 N.. Open pasture on rocky slopes.
Forr., Aug 1917, No 14659 (Herb. Edinburgh)
Syn: C. foetens var. major,

C. argentea C.H. Tsoong, Contr. Inst. Bot. Nat. Peiping 3(3): 92, pl. 11 (1935)

C. benthamii Hook. F. & Thoms., J. Linn. Soc. 2: 14 (1858)

C. bhutanica Ludlow, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 97(3): 3 (1972)

C. bicolor Nannf., Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 24-25 (1929)
Type: China, Szechuan, Dongrergo, 4200 m, in alpine meadows, in fruit. H. Sm. 8/8 1922, No 3538 (UPS)

C. bodinieri Lév., Fl. du Kouy. Tcheou 57 (1914-15) see C. lanceolata Benth. & Hook. F.

C. bragaënsis Grey-Wilson, Plantsman 12: 99 (1990)
Type: Nepal, Marsyandi valley, slopes of Annapurna 3 to s.W of Braga, c. 3800 m, July 1989, Grey-Wilson et al s.n. (holotypus K)

C. bulleyana Forr. ex Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5(25): 171-172 (1912)
Syn: Cyananthus mairei Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-nan 25 (1915), Lobelia filiformis var. natalensis,

C. canescens Nannf., Bot. Tidsskr. 34: 385-386 (1940)
Type: China, Sikang, Taofu (Dawo) 3100 m on a dry sunny hill, H. Sm. 16/9 1934, No 12221. (UPS)

C. cardiophylla Diels ex Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29(1): 117 (1908) (= Acta Hort. Petropol.)

C. cashmeriana Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. 450 in error see Campanula cashmiriana Royle

C. celebica (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 565 (1835) see Campanumoea celebica
Basionym: - Campanumoea celebica Blume, Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 13: 727 (1825)

C. chimiliensis Anthony, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(73): 184, pl. 217 (1926)

C. chlorocodon C.Y. Wu, Fl. Rep. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan 82, pl. 30, f. 2 (1965)

C. clematidea (Schrenk) C.B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3(8): 433 (1881)
Basionym: - Wahlenbergia clematidea Schrenk, Enum. Pl. Nov. Songar. 1: 38 (1841)
Syn: C. ovata var. cuspidata, C. ovata var. obtusa, Glosocomia clematidea Fisch., Wahlenebergia clematidea Schrenk.

C. convulvulacea Chipp., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 38: 289 (1908) (non Kurz) See C. vinciflora Komar.

C. convolvulacea Kurz, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 195 (1873) nom. nud.? (citation in error, the Journal started in 1886)

C. convolvulacea Kurz, J. Bot . 11: 195 (1873)
Syn: C. cernua hort ex Hornem., C. graminifolia Lév., Wahlenebergia cernua, W. ecklonii,

C. convolvulacea var. convolvulacea
Syn C. convulvulacea var. typica Anthony

C. convolvulacea var. efilamentosa (W.W. Sm.) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 69 (1983)
Basionym: - C. efilamentosa W.W. Smith

C. convolvulacea var. forrestii (Diels) Ballard, Bot. Mag. 162: pl. 9581 (1939)
Basionym: - C. forrestii Diels, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 5(25): 171 (1912)
Syn: C. forrestii var. hirsuta

C. convolvulacea var. heterophylla C.Y. Wu, Fl. Rep. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan 80, pl. 30, f. 1 (1965)
see C. convolvulacea var. vinciflora

C. convolvulacea var. hirsuta (Hand.-Mazz.) Nannf., Symb. Sin. 7(4): 1077 (1936)
Basionym: - C. limprichtii var. hirsuta Hand.-Mazz.
Syn: C. limprichtii var. hirsuta

C. convolvulacea var. limprichtii (Lingl. & Borza) Anthony, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(73): 178 (1926)
Basionym: - C. limprichtii Lingl. & Borza
Syn: C. limprichtii

C. convolvulacea var. pinifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Nannf., Symb. Sin. 7(4): 1077 (1936)
Basionym: - C. limprichtii var. pinifolia Hand.-Mazz. See C. pinifolia
Syn: C. graminifolia, C. limprichtii var. pinifolia, Wahlenbergia pavida

C. convulvulacea var. typica Anthony, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(73): 184, pl. 217 (1926) (nom. inval.) See C. convulvulacea var. convulvulacea

C. convolvulacea var. vinciflora (Komar.) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 68 (1983)
Basionym: - C. vinciflora Komar.
Syn: C. convolvulacea var. heterophylla, C. vinciflora, Lobelia aquatica

C. cordata Hassk., Natuurw. Tijdschr. 10: 9 (1856) see Campanumoea javanica Blume ssp javanica, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 727 (1825)

C. cordifolia Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29(1): 108-109 (1908)
see Campanumoea javanica Blume ssp javanica, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 727 (1825)

C. cordifolioidea C.H. Tsoong, Contr. Inst. Bot. Nat. Acad. Peiping 3(3): 95, f. 7, pl. 12 (1935)

C. deltoidea Chipp, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38(267): 387 (1908)

C. dicentrifolia (C.B. Clarke in Hook. f.) W.W. Sm., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4(2): 388-389 (1913)
Basionym: - Wahlenbergia dicentrifolia C.B. Clarke in Hook. f., The Flora of British India 3(8): 430 (1881)
Syn: Codonopsis margaritae W.W. Smith (in letter); Wahlenbergia dicentrifolia C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Rec. Bot. Surv India 4(2): 388-89 (1913); W. divergens A. DC.

C. draco Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17(4): 733-735, f. 19 (1910)
Type : P. C. Silvestri 2423, 2424, 2425, 2425a

C. efilamentosa W.W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8(37): 107-108 (1913)
see C. convolvulacea var. efilamentosa

C. farreri Anthony, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(73): 181, pl. 216 (1926)

C. farreri var. farreri

C. farreri var. grandiflora S.H. Huang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 6(4): 394 (1984)
Type: China, Yunnan, Fugong, 3100-3600 m. Ling Quin 2/8 1979, No 791720 (KUN)

C. foetens Hook. f. & Thoms., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 16-17 (1858)
Syn: Wahlenbergia debilis

C. foetens var. major Hand.-Mazz., Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 61: 169 (1924)
see C. alpina

C. forrestii Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5(25): 171 (1912) see C. convolvulacea var. forrestii
Syn C. mairei Lév.

C. forrestii var. hirsuta C.H. Tsoong & Shen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(3): 55, 67, pl. 4, f. 8 (1975)
see C. convolvulacea var. forrestii

C. glaberrima Nannf., Bot. Tidsskr., 34: 386-387 (1940) see C. pilosula var modesta
Type: Licent No 2793 (Herb. Wien)

C. gombalana C.Y. Wu, Fl. Rep. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan 81, pl. 17 (1965)

C. gracilis Hook. f., Ill. Himal. Pl., t. 16 A (1855) see Leptocodon gracilis

C. gracilis (Lem.) Hook. f. & Thoms.
Syn Leptocxodon gracilis

C. graminifolia Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 24 (1915) see C. convolvulacea var. pinifolia

C. grey-wilsonii J M H Shaw, New Plantsman 3:93 (1996)
Syn. C. nepalensis Grey-Wilson

C. grey-wilsonii ‘Himal Snow’

C. griffithii Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 431 (1881) see C. viridis var. hirsuta Chipp.

C. handeliana Nannf. in Hand.Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7(4): 1078 (1936) see C. pilosula var. handeliana
Syn: Wahlenbergia okavangensis

C. handeliana Nannf., Symb. Sin. 7(4): 1078 (1936) see ? C. macrocalyx, ? C. tubulosa

C. henryi Oliv., in Hook. f., Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1967 (1891)
Syn: Wahlenbergia cernua

C. inflata Hook. f., Ill. Himal. Pl. t. 16, c (1885)

C. inflata Hook. f. & Thoms., J Linn. Soc. 2 13 (1858) see Campanumoea inflata (Hook. f.) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 3(8): 436 (1881)

C. japonica Miq. , Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2: 192

C. javanica (Blume) Hook. f., Ill. Himal. Pl. 116 (1855)
Basionym: - Campanumoea javanica Blume, Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 13: 727 (1825)
see Campanumoea javanica
Syn: Campanumoea cordata Miquel, Sumatra, Zijne Plantenwereld En Hare Voortbrengselen, 599
(1862)

C. kawakamii Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 165 (1911)
syn. Wahlenbergia denudata

C. lanceolata (Sieb. & Zucc.) Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 46 (1879)
Basionym: - Campanumoea lanceolata Sieb. & Zucc., Fl. Japon. 1: 174, t. 91 (1835)
Syn: Campanumoema lanceolata, Glosocomia hortensis Rupr., Glosocomia lanceolata Reg.

C. lanceolata (Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f.
Syn Campanumoea japonica Sieb. ex Morr., Belgique Hort. 337 (1863), C. lanceolata Sieb. & Zucc., Fl. Japon. 1: 174, t. 91 (1835),
Codonopsis bodinieri Lév., C. japonica Miq., C. ussuriensis (Rupr.)
Hemsl. , Glosocomia hortensis ussuriensis Rupr. & Maxim., Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb. 15: 209
(1857), G. lanceolata Maxim., Mél. Biol. 6: 268, G. lanceolata Reg., Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb.
15: 223 (1857),G. ussuriensis Rupr. & Maxim., Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb. 15: 209 (1857)

C. lanceolata var. ussuriensis Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6(1): 47 (1879) see C. ussuriensis

C. lancifolia (Roxb.) Moeliono, Fl. Malesiana 6: 120 (1960) see Campanumoea. lancifolia
Basionym: - Campanula lancifolia Roxb., Fl. Indica 1: 505 (1820)
Syn: Campanula. lancifolia, C. celebica

C. lancifolia subsp. celebica (Blume) Moeliono, Fl. Malesiana 6: 121 (1960) see Campanumoea celebica
Basionym: - Campanumoea celebica Blume, Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 13: 727 (1825)

C. leucocarpa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2:565 See Campanumoea celebica Blume,
Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 13: 727 (1825)

C. levicalyx Shen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(3): 55, 64, pl. 5, f. 11 (1975)

C. levicalyx var. hirsuticalyx Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 183 (1983)

C. levicalyx var. levicalyx

C. limprichtii Lingl. & Borza, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13(370-372): 391-392 (1914)
see C. convolvulacea var. limprichtii
Type: China, Yunnan, Talifu, aming shady sites in pine forest on Ai-ning-po, at Pu-peng, 2500 m. Limpricht 21/8 1913, No 851.

C. limprichtii var. hirsuta Hand.-Mazz., Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 61: 169 (1924)
see C. convolvulacea var. hirsuta
Syn: Wahlenbergia epacridea Sonder

C. limprichtii var. pinifolia Hand.-Mazz., Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 61: 170 (1924)
see C. convolvulacea var. pinifolia, C. pinifolia

C. longifolia D. Y. Hong, Acta Phytotax. Sin., 18(2): 245-246, f. 1: 4 (1980)
Type: China, S. Xizang (Tibet), Nyalam, 3600-3700 m. Xizang Drug Pl. Exped. 28/7 1972, No 1563 (Herb. Inst. Bot. Acad. Sin.)

C. lurida Lindl., Bot Reg., Misc 82 (1839) see C. rotundifolia Royle

C. macrantha Nannf., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16(78): 157-158, f. 1a, pl. 229 (1931)
Type: China, Tibet, Salween-Kiu-chiang divide. Lat. 28 40 N. Long. 98 15 E. Amongst heavy grass in side valleys. Forr. , Aug 1919, No 18949 (Herb. Edinburgh)
Syn: C. nervosa (Chipp.) Nannf., Lightfootia denticulata (Burch.) Sonder,
Wahlenbergia dentata Brehmer

C. macrocalyx Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5(25): 170-171 (1912)

C. macrocalyx var. coerulescens Hand.-Mazz., Anzeig. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math. Nat. 61(20): 169 (1924)
see C. tubulosa
Syn: Wahlenbergia clavatula Brehmer

C. macrocalyx var. coerulescens Hand.-Mazz., Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 61: 169 (1924)

C. macrocalyx var. parviloba Anthony, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15(73): 183 (1926)

C. mairei Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan 24 (1915) see C. forrestii Diels
Syn: Wahlenbergia fasciculata Brehmer

Codonopsis margaritae W.W. Smith (in letter, pre 1914) (not valid),

C. maximowiczii Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo)50: 389 (1936)

C. meleagris Diels, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5(25): 172 (1912)
Syn: Wahlenbergia compacta Brehmer

C. micrantha Chipp, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38(267): 382 (1908)
Syn: Campanumoea violifolia Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-nan 24 (1915)

C. microtubulosa Z.T. Wang & G.J. Xu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(2): 184-186, f. 1 (1993)
Type: China, Szechuan, Nanping, 2500 m. Wang Zheng-tao and Yü Bo-yang 2377 1986, No 867206.

C. minima Nak., Bot. Mag. Tokyo 29: 7 (1915)

C. modesta Nannf., Acta Horti Gothob., 5: 26 (1929) see C. pilosula var modesta
Syn: Wahlenbergia humifusa Markgr.
Type: China, Szechuan, Ch´un-ch´e, 3200 m, among shrubs. H. Sm. 24/8 1922, No 4304. (UPS)

C. mollis Chipp, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38(267): 381 (1908) see C. thalictrifolia var mollis

C. nepalensis H. Hara, Japanese J. Bot. 53(5): 134-40 (1978)
Type. Seti Kola, Anapurna Himal, Central Nepal, Stainton, Sykes and L.H.J.Williams (6687 BM)

C. nepalensis Grey-Wilsonii Plantsman 12: 99 (1990) nom. illeg.
Type: Nepal, Kali gandaki valley, W. of Marpha, woodland fringes, c. 1500 m, sept. 1973, Grey-Wilson & Phillips 777 (holotypus K; isotypus K). see C. grey-wilsonii

C. nepalensis ‘Himal Snow’ Grey-Wilson New Plantsman 2: 220 (1995) nom illegit.

C. nervosa (Chipp) Nannf., Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 26-29, pl. 13, f. b (1929)
Basionym: ?(C. ovata Benth. var. nervosa Chipp.

C. nervosa (Chipp) Nannf., Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 26-29, pl. 13, f. b (1929) p. p. non C. ovata var nervosa
Chipp see C. macrantha
Type: China, Szechuan, Tsipula, alpine meadows, 4000 m. H. Sm. 5/8 1922, No 4198

C. nervosa var. macrantha (Nannf.) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 57 (1983)
Syn: Wahlenbergia sabulosa Brehmer

C. nervosa var. nervosa

C. obtusa (Chipp) ? see ? C. clematidea

C. ovata Benth. in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 253, tab. 69 (1836).
Syn: Wahlenbergia roylei A. DC. Prodr. 7: 425 (1839)

C. ovata var. cuspidata Chipp, J. Linn. Soc., Bot.38(267): 385 (1908) see C. clematidea

C. ovata var. nervosa Chipp, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38(267): 385 (1908) see C. nervosa
Syn. Wahlenbergia decipiens A. DC.

C. ovata var. obtusa Chipp, J. Linn. Soc., Bot., 38(267): 385 (1908) see C. clematidea

C. parviflora Wallich ex A. DC., Monogr. Campan.123 (1830) see Campanumoea parviflora Benth. & Hook. f.

C. parviflora Wallich, Numer. List n. 1300 (1828) nom. nud. see Campanumoea
parviflora

C. pianmaensis S.H. Huang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 6(4): 393-394, f. 1 (1984)
Type: China Yunnan, Lushui Chian, Pianma, 3500 m. S K Wu 17/8 1964, No 8428 (KUN)

C. pilosa Chipp, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 38(267): 388 (1908) see C. tubulosa Komar.

C. pilosula (Franch.) Nannf., Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 29 (1929)
Basionym: - Campanumoea pilosula Franch., Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum Imperio 1: 192 (1884)

C. pilosula var. glaberrima (Nannf.) C.H. Tsoong, Icon. Cormophgt. Sin. 4: 774 (1975) see C. pilosula var modesta

C. pilosula var. handeliana (Nannf. in Hand.Mazz.) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 41 (1983)
Basionym: - C. handeliana Nannf. in Hand.Mazz., Symbolae Sinicae 7(4): 1078 (1936)
Syn. C. handeliana Nannf.

C. pilosula var. modesta (Nannf.) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 41 (1983)
Basionym: - C. modesta Nannf., Acta Horti Gothoburgensis 5: 26 (1929)
Syn: C. glaberrima Nannf., C. modesta Nannf., C. pilosula var. glaberrima C.H. Tsoong.

C. pilosula var. pilosula

C. pilosula var. volubilis (Nannf.) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 41 (1983)
Basionym: - C. volubilis Nannf.

C. pinifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) Grey-Wilson, Plantsman 12: 89-90, (1990)
Syn: C. convulvulacea var. pinifolia Nannf., C. convolvulacea var. limprichtii Anthony

C. purpurea Wallich in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 105-106 (1824)
Syn. Campanula purpurea Spreng., Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 78, Wahlenbergia congestifolia Brehmer, W. purpurea A. DC. Prodr 7: 425 (1839)

C. retroserrata Z.T. Wang & G.J. Xu, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(2): 186-187, f. 2 (1993)
Type: China, Suchuan, Yanyuan, 2400 m, Wang Zheng-tao 5/9 1985, No 869382.

C. rosulata W.W. Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13(63-64): 157-158 (1921)
Syn. Wahlenbergia dunantii A. DC.

C. rotundifolia Benth. in Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 254, tab. 62 (1836).
Syn: C. lurida Lindl., Wahlenbergia lurida Schouw, Linnaea 24: 161 (1851), W. rotundifolia A. DC. Prodr. 7: 425 (1839)

C. rotundifolia Hand.Mazz. in Karst. and Schenck., Vegetationsbilder, Reihe 22, Plate 46b (1903-1940) (nom illeg.) see C. silvestris

C rotundifolia var. angustifolia

C. rotundifolia var. grandiflora

C. silvestris Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18(3): 425-426 (1901) see C. pilosula var pilosula
Syn: Campanumoea pilosula Franch., Pl. David 1:192 (1884), Codonopsis rotundifolia Hand.Mazz. in Karst. and H. Schenck., Vegetationsbilder, Reihe 22, Plate 46b (1903-1940)

C. subglobosa W.W. Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8(37): 108-109 (1913)

C. subscaposa Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29(1): 114 (1908) (= Acta Hort. Petropol. )

C. subsimplex Hook. f. & Thoms., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 16 (1858)

C. tangshen Oliv., in Hook. f., Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1966 (1891)

C. thalictrifolia Wallich in Roxb., Fl. Ind.. 2: 106-107 (1824)
Syn: Campanula thalictrifolia Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4: Cur. Post 78, Glosocomia tenera D. Don., Prodr. Fl. Nepal 158 (1825), G. thalictrifolia Wallich, Cat. N. 1297 (1828) nom. nud., Wahlenbergia thalictrifolia A. DC. Prodr. 7: 425 (1839)

C. thalictrifoia var. mollis (Chipp) Shen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 55 (1983)
Syn: C. mollis Chipp, Wahlenbergia cuspidata Brehmer

C. thalictrifoia var. thalictrifolia

C. tibetica hort?

C. truncata Wallich, Numer. List n. 1301 (1829) nom. nud. see Campanumoea. lancifolia (Roxb.)
Merrill, Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 587 (1923); Campanumoea celebica Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 13: 727 (1825)

C. truncata Wallich ex A. DC., Monogr. Campan., 120 (1830) see Campanumoea. lancifolia
lancifolia (Roxb.) Merrill, Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 587 (1923)

C. tsinglingensis Pax & K. Hoffm. In Fedde, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 500 (1922)

C. tubulosa Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29(1): 112, t. 2, f. 3 (1908)
Syn: C. accrescenticalyx Lév., C. macrycalyx var. coerulescens Hand.-Mazz., ? C. pilosa Chipp.,

C. ussuriensis (Rupr. & Maxim.) Hemsl. in F.B. Forbes & Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26(173): 6 (1889)
Basionym: - Glosocomia ussuriensis Rupr. & Maxim., Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb. 15: 209 (1857)
Syn: C. lanceolata var. ussuriensis Trautv., Glosocomia lanceolata Reg., Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb. 15: 223 (1857),, G. lanceolata Maxim., Mél. Biol. 12: 487, G. lanceolata var. obtusa, G. lanceolata var. ussuriensis, G. ussuriensis Rupr. & Maxim., Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb. 15: 209 (1857)

C. vinciflora Komar., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 29(1): 103-104, t. 2, f. 4 (1908) (= Acta Horti Petropolitani) see C. convolvulacea var. vinciflora
Syn: C. convulvulacea Chipp., non Kurz

C. viridiflora Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 27(4): 496-497 (1881)

C. viridis (Spreng.) Wallich., Fl. Ind. 2: 103 (1824)
Syn: Campanula viridis Spreng., Syst. 4: Cur. Post. 78, Wahlenbergia viridis A. DC. Prodr. 7: 425 (1839)

C. viridis var. hirsuta Chipp., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 38: 386 (1908)

C. volubilis Nannf., Bot. Tidsskr., 34: 388, pl. 5, f. 1h (1940) see C. pilosula var. volubilis
Type: China, Szechuan, Chiao-ch´eng, Pa-shui-ko, 1900 m, twining in sunny shrubs. H. Sm. 20/9 1924, No 7201 (UPS).

C. xizangensis D. Y. Hong, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(2): 246, f. 1: 1-3 (1980)
Type: China, S. Xizhang (Tibet). C Y Wu and S K Chen, No 75-907 (Herb. Inst. Bot Kunming Acad. Sin.)
Syn: Lobelia filiformis var. krebsiana

Author list:
Anthony = Anthony, John 1891-1972
Ballard = Ballard, Francis 1896-1975
Benth. = Bentham, George 1800-84
Blume = Blume, Karel Lodewijk 1796-1862
Borza = Borza, Alexandru 1887-1971
Brehmer = Brehmer, Wilhelm Georg Baptist Alexander von 1883-
Burch. = Burchell, William John 1781-1863
A. DC. = de Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus 1806-93
Chipp = Chipp, Thomas Ford, 1886-1931
C.B. Clarke = Clarke, Charles Baron 1832-1906
Diels = Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil 1874-1945
D. Don = Don, David 1799/1800-1841
Fisch. = Fischer, Friedrich Ernest Ludwig von (Fedor Bogdanovic) 1782-1854
Forr. = Forrest, George 1873-1932
Franch. = Franchet, Adrien René 1834-1900
Grey-Wilson = Grey-Wilson, Christopher 1944-
Griff. = Griffith, William 1810-45
Hand.-Mazz. Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich 1882-1940
H. Hara = Hara, Hiroshi 1911-86
Hassk. = Hasskarl, Justus Carl 1811-94
Hayata = Hayata, Bunzo 1874-1934
Hemsl. = Hemsley, William Botting 1843-1924
K. Hoffm. = Hoffman, Käthe (Kaethe) 1883-c.1931
Hong = Hong, De-Yuang 1936-
Hook. f. = Hooker, Joseph Dalton 1817-1911
Hornem. = Horneman, Jens Wilken 1770-1841
S.H. Huang = Huang, Shu-hua 20th Cent.
Karst. = Karsten, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann 1817-1908
Komar = Komarov, Nicolai Federovich 1901-1942
Kurz = Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz 1834-78
Lem. = Lemaire, Charles Antoine 1801-1871
Lév. = Léveillé, Joseph-Henri, 1796-1840
Lindl. = Lindley, John 1799-1865
Lingl. = Lingelsheim, Alexander von 1874-1937
Ludlow = Ludlow, Frank 1896-1972
Markgr. = Markgraf, Friedrich 1897-1987
Maxim. = Maximowicz, Carl Johann 1827-91
Merrill = Merrill, Elmer Drew 1876-1956
Moeliono = Moeliono, B. 20th Cent.
Morr. = Morren, Charles Francois Antoine 1807-58
Miq. = Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm 1811-71
Nak.= Nakai, Takenoshin 1882-1952
Nannf. = Nannfeldt, Johan Alex Frithiof 1904-85
Oliv. = Oliver, Daniel 181830-1916
Pamp. = Pampanini, Ranato 1875-1949
Pax = Pax, Ferdinand Albin 1858-1942
Reg. = Regel. Eduard August von 1815-92
Roxb. = Roxburgh, William 1751-1815
Royle = Royle, John Forbes 1779-1858
Rupr. = Ruprecht, Franz Josef (Iwanowitsch) 1814-70
Schenck = Schenck, Johann Heinrich Rudolf 1860-1927
Schouw = Schouw, Joakim(Joachim) Frederik 1789-1852
Schrenk = Schrenk, Alexander Gustav von 1816-76
Shen, = Shen, Lian-Dai T. 20th Cent.
Sieb. = Siebold, Philipp Franz von 1796-1866
H. Sm., Smith, Harry 1889-1971
W.W. Sm. = Smith, William Wright 1875-1956
Sonder = Sonder, Otto Wilhelm 1812-81
Spreng. = Sprengel, Curt (Kur t) Polycarp Joachim 1766-1833
Stainton = Stainton, John Dvaid Adam 1921-
Sykes = Sykes, William Russel 1927-
Thoms. = Thomson, Thomas 1817-78
Trautv. = Trautvetter, Ernst Rudolf von 1809-89
C.H. Tsoong, = Tsoong, Chi-Hsim 20th Cent.
Wallich = Wallich, Nathaniel 1786-1854
L.H.J.Williams = Williams, Leonard Howard John 1915-
C.Y. Wu = Wu, Yin-Chan 20th Cent
Zucc. = Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard 1797-1848

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G.J. Xu