Paeonia officinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Paeonia officinalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 530 (1753).

Typus: Herbarium Linnaeanum N° 692.1 (LINN) (Lectotype designated by Schmitt 2003)

Homotypic
- Moutan officinalis (L.) Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 162 (1850).
- Paeonia nemoralis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 375 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Paeonia peregrina var. officinalis (L.) Huth, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 270 (1891).
- Paeonia peregrina proles officinalis (L.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. France 1: 146 (1893).

Paeonia officinalis Gouan (1765) = Paeonia officinalis subsp. microcarpa (Boiss. & Reut.) Nyman
Paeonia officinalis Thunb. (1784) = Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
Paeonia officinalis Falk (1785) = Paeonia intermedia C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.
Paeonia officinalis Lour. (1790) = Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
Paeonia officinalis Pall. (1815) = Paeonia mascula Mill.
Paeonia officinalis Hayne (1817) = ?

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Czechoslovakia (introduced), Hungary, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Central European Russia (introduced).
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Vermont (introduced).

Schmitt, E. 2003. Typification of the Linnean names of the genus Paeonia L. Candollea 58(1): 183–188. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Paeonia officinalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug 23. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Paeonia officinalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.