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, L
Perennial Plant Feature: Ladybells.
Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont Extension Most are native to eastern Asia, with a few in Europe. Many are endemic to either China or Siberia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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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 caudex. 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 stamens.

Diversity

There are about 62 species in the genus.

Species include:GRIN Species Records of ''Adenophora''.
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

# ''Adenophora amurica'' – Heilongjiang
# ''Adenophora brevidiscifera'' – Sichuan
# '' Adenophora capillaris'' – Chongqing, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
# ''Adenophora changaica'' – Mongolia
# ''Adenophora coelestis'' – Sichuan, Yunnan
# ''Adenophora contracta'' – Liaoning, Inner Mongolia
# ''Adenophora cordifolia'' – Henan
# ''Adenophora divaricata'' – spreading-branch ladybell – Honshu, Shikoku, Korea, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi
# ''Adenophora elata'' – Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi
# ''Adenophora erecta''Lee, S., et al. (1997)
A new species of ''Adenophora'' (Campanulaceae) from Korea.
''Journal of Plant Research'' 110(1) 77-80. – erect ladybell – Ulleungdo Island
# ''Adenophora fusifolia'' – South Korea
# ''Adenophora gmelinii'' – narrow-leaf 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 kayasanensis'' – Gayasan ladybell – Korea
# ''Adenophora khasiana'' (syn. ''A. bulleyana'') – Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
#'' Adenophora koreana'' – Korean ladybell – Korea
# '' 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 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'' – Manchurian 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 racemosa'' – racemose ladybell – Korea
#''Adenophora remotidens'' – Incheon ladybell – Korea
# '' Adenophora remotiflora'' – 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 sublata'' – Primorye, Khabarovsk
#''Adenophora takedae'' – Honshu
#'' Adenophora taquetii'' – Jejudo ladybell – Korea
#''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'' – giant bellflower – Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Russian Far East, Siberia
#'' Adenophora uryuensis'' – Hokkaido
#''Adenophora wilsonii'' – Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan
#'' Adenophora wulingshanica'' – Beijing
#'' Adenophora xifengensis'' – Gansu

Uses

Many ''Adenophora'' species have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.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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Campanuloideae
Campanulaceae genera