Codonopsis

49 species are accepted.

• Codonopsis affinis Hook.f. & Thomson, China, Himalayas, Myanmar (Chinese: 大叶党参)
• Codonopsis alpina Nannf., (高山党参), west-central China, northern Myanmar, and Tibet
• Codonopsis argentea P.C.Tsoong, (银背叶党参), west-central China
• Codonopsis atriplicifolia Yan Yu & Qiang Wang
• Codonopsis bactriana F.O.Khass., U.Kodyrov & A.Myrz.
• Codonopsis benthamii Hook.f. & Thomson, China, Himalayas, Myanmar
• Codonopsis bhutanica Ludlow, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet
• Codonopsis bomiensis D.Y.Hong
• Codonopsis bragaensis Grey-Wilson, Nepal
• Codonopsis bulleyana Forrest ex Diels, (管钟党参)
• Codonopsis campanulata D.Y.Hong
• Codonopsis canescens Nannf., (灰毛党参)
• Codonopsis cardiophylla Diels ex Kom., (光叶党参)
• Codonopsis chimiliensis J.Anthony, Yunnan, Myanmar (滇湎党参)
• Codonopsis chlorocodon C.Y.Yu, (绿钟党参)
• Codonopsis clematidea (Schrenk) C.B.Clarke, Central Asia, Tibet, Xinjiang, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, western Himalayas (新疆党参)
• Codonopsis cordifolioidea P.C.Tsoong, (心叶党参)
• Codonopsis deltoidea Chipp, (三角叶党参)
• Codonopsis elliptica D.Y.Hong
• Codonopsis farreri J.Anthony (synonym Codonopsis gombalana C.Y.Wu), Yunnan, Myanmar, (秃叶党参, 贡山党参)
• Codonopsis foetens Hook.f. & Thomson, China, eastern Himalayas (臭党参)
• Codonopsis gongshanica Qiang Wang & D.Y.Hong
• Codonopsis gracilis Hook.f. & Thomson, Yunnan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
• Codonopsis hemisphaerica P.C.Tsoong ex D.Y.Hong
• Codonopsis henryi Oliv. (synonym Codonopsis levicalyx L.D.Shen), (川鄂党参, 光萼党参)
• Codonopsis hongii Lammers
• Codonopsis inflata Hook.f. & Thomson, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
• Codonopsis javanica (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson, widespread across China, Japan, Himalayas, Indochina, Java, Sumatra
• Codonopsis kawakamii Hayata, Taiwan (台湾党参)
• Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Trautv., China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East (羊乳)
• Codonopsis lixianica D.Y.Hong
• Codonopsis macrophylla Lammers & L.l.Klein, Tibet
• Codonopsis meleagris Diels, (珠鸡斑党参)
• Codonopsis micrantha Chipp, (小花党参)
• Codonopsis microtubulosa Z.T.Wang & G.J.Xu
• Codonopsis obtusa (Chipp) Nannf.
• Codonopsis ovata Benth., Pakistan, Kashmir
• Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf., China, Mongolia, Korea, Primorye (党参)
• Codonopsis rotundifolia Benth., Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan)
• Codonopsis subglobosa W.W.Sm., (球花党参)
• Codonopsis subscaposa Kom., (抽葶党参)
• Codonopsis subsimplex Hook.f. & Thomson, Tibet, Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan) (藏南党参)
• Codonopsis thalictrifolia Wall., Tibet, Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan), (唐松草党参)
• Codonopsis tsinglingensis Pax & K.Hoffm., (秦岭党参)
• Codonopsis tubulosa Kom., (管花党参)
• Codonopsis ussuriensis (Rupr. & Maxim.) Hemsl., China, Japan, Korea, Primorye (雀斑党参)
• Codonopsis viridiflora Maxim., (绿花党参)
• Codonopsis viridis Wall., Tibet, Himalayas (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan)

Formerly placed here

• Himalacodon dicentrifolius (C.B.Clarke) D.Y.Hong & Qiang Wang (as Codonopsis dicentrifolia (C.B.Clarke) W.W.Sm.), (珠峰党参)
• Pankycodon purpureus (Wall.) D.Y.Hong & X.T.Ma (as Codonopsis purpurea Wall.), Tibet, Yunnan, Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan) (紫花党参)
• Pseudocodon convolvulaceus (Kurz) D.Y.Hong & H.Sun (as Codonopsis convolvulacea Kurz), Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar (鸡蛋参)
  • Pseudocodon convolvulaceus subsp. forrestii (Diels) D.Y.Hong (as Codonopsis forrestii Diels), China, Myanmar
• Pseudocodon rosulatus (W.W.Sm.) D.Y.Hong (as Codonopsis rosulata W.W.Sm.), (莲座状党参)

Medicinal uses

Codonopsis pilosula (Chinese: 党 参; pinyin: dǎngshēn) is an important medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine.

Food uses

Codonopsis lanceolata (Korean: deodeok) is used as a food in Korean cuisine.