Paeonia obovata

Paeonia obovata

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 obovata
Subspecies: P. o. subsp. japonica – P. o. subsp. obovata – P. o. subsp. willmottiae

Name

Paeonia obovata Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 39 (1859).

• Typus: Russia, Amur, Kitsi, 11 June 1856, C.J. Maximowicz s.n. (Lectotype designated by Hong 2020: 137: LE; isolectotype K).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Paeonia obovata var. typica Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 301 (1898).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan), Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol, Ningxia), Manchuria (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), China North-Central (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi), Qinghai, China Southeast (Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang). Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Maximowicz, C.J. 1859. Primitiae Florae Amurensis. Versuch einer Flora des Amur-Landes (= Mémoires présentés à l'Académie impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg par divers Savans et dans ses assemblées 9). St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. BHL Biblioteca DigitalReference page. 

Additional references

• Hong, D.-Y., Pan, K,Y, & Rao, G.Y. 2001. Cytogeography and taxonomy of the Paeonia obovata polyploid complex. Plant Systematics and Evolution 227(3/4): 123–136. DOI: 10.1007/s006060170043 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 obovata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 10. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Paeonia obovata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

日本語: ベニバナヤマシャクヤク（紅花山芍薬）
한국어: 산작약
svenska: Lackpion

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