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| September 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
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September 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba |
| Family | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily | Campanuloideae |
| Scientific name | Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Trautvetter |
| Synonyms | Campanumoea japonica Siebold ex Morren; Campanumoea lanceolata Siebold & Zuccarini; Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Trautvetter forma emaculata (Honda) H. Hara; Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Trautvetter var. emaculata Honda; Codonopsis yesoensis Nakai; Glossocomia hortensis Ruprecht; Glossocomia lanceolata (Siebold et Zuccarini) Regel |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) tsuru-ninzin (ツルニンジン, 蔓人参 [meaning: crimbing ninjin (ninzin = Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer)]), ji-sob (ジイソブ, 爺蕎 [meaning: grandfather's spotted flower]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Rissia (Far East), Korea, China | |
| Habitat | Subalpine or mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Leaves 3-10cm long. Flowers outside pale green and inside pale pueple (merely pale green) 2.5-3.5cm long, calyx lobes 2-2,5cm long, flowering in August to October. Fruits 2-2.5cm long. Seeds brown with wings. Vine. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold & Zucc.) Trautv. |
| The Codonopsis Website | |
| Circumscription of Codonopsis and the allied genera Campanumoea and Leptocodon (Campanulaceae: Campanuloideae). I. Palynological data [PDF] | |
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