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Taxon:  Paeonia officinalis L.



Summary
Genus:
Paeonia
Section:
Paeonia
Subsection:
Paeonia
Family:
Paeoniaceae
Nomen number:
26329
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:530. 1753
Verified:
10/05/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. banatica (Rochel) Soo (0 active accession[s])
Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. huthii Soldano (0 active accession[s])
Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. italica N. G. Passal. & Bernardo (0 active accession[s])
Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. microcarpa (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman (0 active accession[s])
Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. officinalis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  5. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Paeonia+officinalis&quantity=1
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- Note: with four sspp.
  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  9. Hong, D.-Y. et al. 2008. Relationships and taxonomy of Paeonia arietina G. Anderson complex (Paeoniaceae) and its allies. Taxon 57:929. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  10. Hong, D.-Y. Peonies of the world: taxonomy and phytogeography. 2010 228-241.
  11. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  13. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
common peony –
cottage peony –
European peony –
garden peony –
piney –
French
pivoine officinale –
German
Bauern-Pfingstrose –
echte Pfingstrose –
gewöhnliche Pfingstrose –
Portuguese (Brazil)
paeônia –
Swedish
bergpion –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary s.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania w.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal n.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland (s.), Hungary (s.)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania (w.), Serbia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (s.), Portugal (n.)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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