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 of the species in the genus 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沙参属 sha shen shu Adenophora. 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.
Species There are 68 species currently accepted as Adenophora.Adenophora Fisch. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 August 2024. These are:GRIN Species Records of Adenophora. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
Adenophora amurica – Heilongjiang Adenophora biformifolia – Inner Mongolia Adenophora biloba – Inner Mongolia Adenophora borealis – Inner Mongolia and Hebei 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 daqingshanica – Inner Mongolia Adenophora dawuensis – Sichuan Adenophora delavayi – northwestern Yunnan Adenophora divaricata – spreading-branch ladybell – Honshu, Shikoku, Korea, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi Adenophora elata – Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Adenophora fusifolia – South Korea Adenophora gmelinii (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 – 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 – central Siberia Adenophora sublata – Primorye, Khabarovsk Adenophora taiwaniana – 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 – giant bellflower – Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Russian Far East, Siberia Adenophora tuvinica – Tuva Adenophora uryuensis – Hokkaido Adenophora wilsonii – Chongqing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan Adenophora wulingshanica – Beijing Adenophora xiaoxiensis – Hunan 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.
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