Paeonia sterniana

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. Albiflorae
Species: Paeonia sterniana

Name

Paeonia sterniana H.R.Fletcher, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 84: 327 (1959).

• Typus: China, SE Xizang [Tibet]: Kongbo, Tsangbo Valley, between Tripe and Gyala, 2,830 m, 24 Apr. 1947, F. Ludlow, G. Sherriff & H.H. Elliot 13543 (Holotype: BM).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Paeonia emodi subsp. sterniana (H.R.Fletcher) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov. Sect. Nat. 4(2): 30 (1997).

Distribution

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

References

• Fletcher, H.R. 1959. A new species of paeony: Paeonia sterniana H. R. Fletcher. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 84: 326–328, fig. 103. Reference page. 

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