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!Codonopsis Wall.

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Published In: Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants 2: 103. 1824. (Fl. Ind., ed. 1820)

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)

Contributor Text: E. NASIR

General/Distribution: A genus of c. 40 species, mainly East Asian. 3 Himalayan species are found in Pakistan.

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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.

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1	Plants erect to decumbent, Leaves up to 3 x 1 cm, narrowly ovate to lanceolate	(2)
+	Twiners. Leaves up to 7 x 5 cm, broadly ovate with rounded or cordate bases	3 Codonopsis rotundifolia

2 (1)	Plants 1 m or more tall or decumbent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Calyx segments broad, triangular, overlapping at base, sinus acute	1 Codonopsis clematidea
+	Plants 1 m or less tall. Leaves frequently lanceolate, apex protracted. Calyx segments narrow, sinus frequently obtuse, sometimes acute	2 Codonopsis obtusa

Lower Taxa

!Codonopsis clematidea (Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) C.B. Clarke
Codonopsis obtusa (Chipp) Nannf.
Codonopsis ovata Benth.
!Codonopsis rotundifolia Benth.

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