Plant Details

Accepted name:: Codonopsis pilosula subsp. pilosula [Campanulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.
Infraspecies:: 2

Codonopsis pilosula subsp. handeliana (Nannf.) D.Y.Hong & L.M.Ma

Codonopsis pilosula subsp. tangshen (Oliv.) D.Y.Hong

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
codonopsis pilosula root	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
codonopsis pilosulae radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
codonopsis radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dang shen	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dangshen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pilose asiabell	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pilose asiabell root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix codonopsis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tangshen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
党参	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
素花黨參	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黨參	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Codonopsis pilosula var. modesta (Nannf.) L.D.Shen Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 41 (1983).
Codonopsis silvestris Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 425 (1900).
Codonopsis glaberrima Nannf. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 34: 387 (1940).
Codonopsis modesta Nannf. Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 26 (1929 publ. 1930).
Codonopsis pilosula var. glaberrima (Nannf.) P.C.Tsoong Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(3): 58 (1975).
Codonopsis pilosula var. volubilis (Nannf.) L.D.Shen Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 73(2): 41 (1983).
Codonopsis volubilis Nannf. in H.F.von Handel-Mazzetti, Symb. Sin. 7: 1079 (1936).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Codonopsis pilosula (Frach.) Nannf. Var. modesta (Nannf.) L. T. Shen	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. var. modesta (Nannf.) L.T.Shen	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Codonopsis pilosula Nannf. var. modeata (Nannf.) L. T. Shen	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Codonopsis pilosula Nannf. var. modesta (Nannf.) L. T. Shen	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Codonopsis pilosula Nannfeldt var. modesta L. T. Shen	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Codonopsis pilosula Nannfeldt var. modesta L.T.Shen	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Codonopsis sylvesrtis Komarow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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