Paeonia kesrouanensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Sectio: P. sect. Paeonia
Subsectio: P. subsect. Foliolatae
Species: Paeonia kesrouanensis

Name

Paeonia kesrouanensis (J.Thiébaut) J.Thiébaut, Mém. Inst. Égypt. 31: 37 (1936).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Paeonia corallina var. kesrouanensis J.Thiébaut, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 114 (1934).
    • Typus: Lebanon, Feitroun (Kesrouan), 25 km NE of Beirut (Beyrouth), 1,200 m, 10 Apr. 1932, J. Thiébaut s.n. (Lectotype designated by Davis & Cullen 1965: 206): P; isolectotype K).
• Homotypic
  • Paeonia mascula subsp. kesrouanensis (J.Thiébaut) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 4(2): 29 (1997).
• Heterotypic
  • Paeonia turcica P.H.Davis & Cullen, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 26: 176 (1965).
    • Typus: Turkey, “Denizli, Boz Dag, above Abbas (Olukbasi), 1,500-1,800 m, in steep Pinus nigra forests above Geyran Yayla, 16 July 1947, Davis 13327” (cited from the holotype sheet) (Holotype: K; isotype: E) ("16 July 1941, Davis 13359" as written by Davis & Cullen, Fl. Turkey 1: 208 (1965).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Thiébaut, J. 1934. Notes sur quelques plantes de la flore Libano-Syrienne. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 81(1): 113–121. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1934.10833943 Reference page. 
• Thiébaut, J. 1936. Flore Libano-Syrienne. Partie 1. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Égypte 31: 1–175. Archive.org Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, P.H. & Cullen, J. 1965. Paeonia. Pp. 204–206 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 1 (Pteridophyta to Polygalaceae). 567 pp., Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Davis, P.H., Cullen, J., Coode, M.J.E. & Hedge, I.C. 1965. Materials for a Flora of Turkey: X. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 26(2): 165–201 + 4 plates. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Hong, D.-Y. 2010. Peonies of the world. Taxonomy and phytogeography. 302 pp., Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-392-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Paeonia kesrouanensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5. Reference page.