Codonopsis viridis Wall.

 
  • Family : CAMPANULACEAE
    (Bellflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Campanula viridis (Wall.) Spreng.; Codonopsis griffithii C.B.Clarke; Codonopsis viridis var. hirsuta Chipp; Glosocomia viridis (Wall.) Rupr.; Wahlenbergia viridis (Wall.) A.DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Codonopsis viridis Wall.
  • Common name : Green Bonnet Bellflower, Bonnet Bellflower
  • Habit : Perennial vine
  • Habitat : Scrub on open slopes, forest margins; 1200 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Climbing over shrubs in Himalaya.
  • Key identification features : Calyx lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, well separate
  • Flower, Fruit : August-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pakistan to South-East Tibet and North-West Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 165
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1387
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 221
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 170
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 433
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Codonopsis viridis. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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