Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Grey-Wilson Bonnet Bellflower
Description
Genus Codonopsis
Plants
perennial
, twining
, decumbent
or erect
. Flowers solitary, terminal
or axillary
. Calyx lobes
5, foliaceous
. Corolla campanulate
with 5 short lobes; bluish-green. Stamens 5, free
, filaments
flattened, situated on the margin
of the disc. Capsule fleshy
when young, becoming dry and hard, beaked
, dehiscing localicidally by 3 valves
. Ovary 3-locular; styles cylindrical; stigmas 3, flattened.
A genus of c.
40 species, mainly East Asian.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Deciduous.
Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August. • Flower Color: light blue
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 24-36" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
()
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
()
- (Doflein, 1901) Copeland, 1956
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
()
- Lynn, 1996
- Subclass:
Choreotrichia
()
- Small & Lynn, 1985
- Order:
Tintinnida
()
- Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
- Family:
Codonellidae
()
- Kent, 1881
- Subfamily:
Cyananthoideae
()
- Tribe:
Narcisseae
()
- Genus:
Codonopsis
()
- Kofoid & Campbell, 1939
- Specific epithet:
grey-wilsonii
- J.M.H.Shaw
- Botanical name: - Codonopsis grey-wilsonii J.M.H.Shaw
- Specific epithet:
grey-wilsonii
- J.M.H.Shaw
- Genus:
Codonopsis
(
- Tribe:
Narcisseae
(
- Subfamily:
Cyananthoideae
(
- Family:
Codonellidae
(
- Order:
Tintinnida
(
- Subclass:
Choreotrichia
(
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 13-Jun-2008
Similar Species
Members of the genus Codonopsis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. clematidea (Asian Bellflower) · C. grey-wilsonii (Grey-Wilson Bonnet Bellflower) · C. grey-wilsonii 'Himal Snow' (Grey-Wilson Bonnet Bellflower) · C. lanceolata (Bonnet Bellflower) · C. mollis (Bonnet Bellflower) · C. pilosula (Dang Shen)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Release date: November 27, 2009
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-367815
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:989005-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 989005-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1011249
Footnotes
- E. Nasir "Codonopsis". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
