Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
First published in Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 286 (1776)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Siberia to N. & E. China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Khabarovsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye
Introduced into:
Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Korea, New York, Sweden, Vermont
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Paeonia albiflora Pall. in Fl. Ross. 1(2): 92 (1789)
- Paeonia albiflora var. edulis (Salisb.) Pursh in J.Donn, Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 8: 177 (1815)
- Paeonia albiflora var. fragrans Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 278 (1817)
- Paeonia albiflora f. hirta Regel in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 13 (1861)
- Paeonia albiflora var. humei Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 279 (1817)
- Paeonia albiflora f. nuda Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 13: 393 (1937)
- Paeonia albiflora f. pilifera Schipcz. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2(11-12): 44 (1921)
- Paeonia albiflora f. pilosella Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 13: 393 (1937)
- Paeonia albiflora var. pottsii D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 7: t. 351 (1836)
- Paeonia albiflora var. pubescens Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 605 (1932)
- Paeonia albiflora var. purpurea Korsh. in Trudy Glavn. Bot. Sada 12: 302 (1892)
- Paeonia albiflora var. spontanea Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 5(9): 33 (1928)
- Paeonia albiflora var. trichocarpa Bunge in Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 3 (1831)
- Paeonia albiflora var. whitleyi Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 277 (1817)
- Paeonia edulis Salisb. in Parad. Lond. 2: t. 78 (1807)
- Paeonia edulis var. reevesiana Paxton in Paxton's Mag. Bot. 1: 197 (1834)
- Paeonia edulis var. sinensis Sims in Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1768 (1815)
- Paeonia fragrans (Sabine) Redouté in Choix Plus Belles Fleurs: t. 22 (1827)
- Paeonia humei (Sabine) E.Vilm. in Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 3: 892 (1870)
- Paeonia lactea Pall. in Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 321 (1776), nom. nud.
- Paeonia lactiflora var. hirta (Regel) Y.C.Chu in Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 2: 77 (1959)
- Paeonia lactiflora f. nuda (Nakai) Kitag. in Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 302 (1979)
- Paeonia lactiflora f. pilosella (Nakai) Kitag. in Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 303 (1979)
- Paeonia lactiflora var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68: 129 (1943)
- Paeonia lactiflora var. villosa M.S.Yan & K.Sun in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 12: 325 (1992)
- Paeonia lobata Pall. in Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 553 (1773), nom. nud.
- Paeonia makoya Marnock in Floric. Mag. & Misc. Gard. 3: 229 (1839)
- Paeonia officinalis Thunb. in Fl. Jap.: 230 (1784), sensu auct.
- Paeonia reevesiana (Paxton) Loudon in Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 601 (1850)
- Paeonia sinensis Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 247 (1841), pro syn.
- Paeonia whitleyi (Sabine) Anon. in Garden (London, 1871-1927) 36: 8 (1889)
- Paeonia yui W.P.Fang in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 321 (1958)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Hong, D.Y. (2010). Paeonies of the world taxonomy and phytogeography: 1-302. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2001). Flora Nordica 2: 1-430. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
- Marhold, K. (ed.) (2012). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 14. Taxon 61: 1336-1345.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2001). Flora of China 6: 1-511. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3 2: 1-579. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Hong, D.Y. (2010). Paeonies of the world taxonomy and phytogeography: 1-302. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2001). Flora Nordica 2: 1-430. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
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