Paeonia obovata subsp. willmottiae

Paeonia obovata subsp. willmottiae

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: Paeonia obovata subsp. willmottiae

Name

Paeonia obovata subsp. willmottiae (Stapf) D.Y.Hong & K.Y.Pan, Higher Pl. China 4: 560 (2000).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Paeonia willmottiae Stapf, Bot. Mag. 142: t. 8667. 1916.
    • Typus: “Miss Willmott May 22.1915” [from the garden of Miss Willmott at Warley Place, Essex, England, but originally from China] (Lectotype designated by Hong et al. 2001: 134: K).
• Homotypic
  • Paeonia obovata var. willmottiae (Stapf) Stern J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68: 128. 1943.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Hubei, Sichuan), Inner Mongolia (Ningxia), China North-Central (Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi), Qinghai, China Southeast (Henan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hong, D.Y. & Pan, K.Y. 2000. Higher Plants China, 4: 560.

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 subsp. willmottiae 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.