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Volatile terpenes are characteristic chemical compounds contained in the rhizomes of genus Atractylodes plants and their chemical structure have been identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The present study aimed to classify volatile terpenes analyzed by GC-MS in Atractylodes rhizomes by their chemical structures. The articles published from 2007 to 2017 were searched using electronic databases. The reported volatile terpenes identified by GC-MS were classified by their chemical skeletons. Volatile terpenes were divided into C10-based monoterpenes and C15-based sesquiterpenes and they were subdivided into acyclic, monocyclic, polycyclic (bicyclic and tricyclic) terpenes. Particularly, monocyclic sesquiterpenes included Elemene-type, Olefinic, and Bisabolene-type; bicyclic sesquiterpenes included Eudesmane-type, Guaiane-type, Germacrene-type, Cadinene-type, Humulene-type, Caryophyllene-type, Himachalane-type, Eremophilane-type, Spirovetivane-type, Hydroazulene-type, Marasmane-type, Olefinic, and Valencane-type; and tricyclic sesquiterpenes included Longifolene-type, Aristolene-type, Patchoulane-type, Isocomene-type, Cedrene-type, Copaene-type, Longipinane-type, Neoclovene-type, and Panasinsane-type. The present study provides structural information of volatile terpenes from Atractylodes rhizomes, which would be fundamental data for further structural researches.