Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla

Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species: P. daurica
Subspecies: P. d. subsp. macrophylla
Trinomial name
Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla
(Albov) D.Y.Hong
Synonyms[1]
  • Paeonia corallina var. wittmaniana f. macrophylla Albov
  • Paeonia macrophylla (Albov) Lomakin
  • Paeonia wittmaniana Steven non Lindl.
  • Paeonia wittmaniana Steven f. macrophylla (Albov) N.Busch
  • Paeonia wittmaniana Steven var. macrophylla (Albov) N.Busch ex Grossh.
  • Paeonia wittmaniana Hartwiss ex Lindl. var. nudicarpa Schipcz.

Paeonia daurica subsp. macrophylla is from the western Caucasus in Georgia, growing between 800 to 1000 m. It was formerly regarded as a separate species, Paeonia macrophylla, but in 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica. It grows on rocky slopes and in alpine valleys. Its leaves are a dark green and flowers are white tinged with yellow, produced in late spring or early summer.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hong, D.-Y. (2010), Peonies of the World, Kew Publishing and Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 174–175, ISBN 978-1-84246-392-5
  2. ↑ Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4
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