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Paeonia

The genus Paeonia is in the family Paeoniaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Paeonia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Paeonia algeriensis Chabert Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia anomala L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Paeonia arborea Donn Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18 1
Paeonia arietina G.Anderson Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × baokangensis Z.L.Dai & T.Hong Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia broteri Boiss. & Reut. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia brownii Douglas ex Hook. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia californica Nutt. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia cambessedesii (Willk.) Willk. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia cathayana D.Y.Hong & K.Y.Pan Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × chamaeleon Troitsky Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia chamaeleon Troitzk. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Paeonia clusii Stern Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Paeonia coriacea Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia corsica Sieber ex Tausch Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia daurica Andrews Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 5
Paeonia decomposita Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia delavayi Franch. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia emodi Royle Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia huthii (Soldano) Landolt Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia intermedia C.A.Mey. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia jishanensis T.Hong & W.Z.Zhao Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia kesrouanensis (J.Thiébaut) J.Thiébaut Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia laciniata Pall. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia lactiflora Pall. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × lagodechiana Kem.-Nath. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × lemoinei Rehder Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia linyanshanii B.A.Shen Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × litvinskajae Mordak, Punina & Timukhin Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia ludlowii (Stern & G.Taylor) D.Y.Hong Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia mairei H.Lév. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × majko Ketsk. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia majko Ketzch. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Paeonia × maleevii Kem.-Nath. ex Mordak & Punina Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia mascula (L.) Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Paeonia obovata Maxim. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Paeonia officinalis L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 3
Paeonia ostii T.Hong & J.X.Zhang Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia parnassica Tzanoud. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia peregrina Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia qiui Y.L.Pei & D.Y.Hong Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia rockii (S.G.Haw & Lauener) T.Hong & J.J.Li ex D.Y.Hong Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 1
Paeonia rockii (S.G. Haw & Lauener) T. Hong & J.J. Li Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Paeonia saueri D.Y.Hong, Xiao Q.Wang & D.M.Zhang Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × saundersii Stebbins Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × smouthii Lem. Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia sterniana H.R.Fletcher Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23 2
Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Paeonia tenuifolia L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Paeonia × yananensis T.Hong & M.R.Li Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 179 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Paeonia. Of these 36 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 236 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Paeonia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 179 species names for the genus Paeonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 36 20.1%
Synonym 128 71.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 15 8.4%

All names

The status of the 415 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Paeonia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 52 12.5%
Synonym 347 83.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 16 3.9%

Of the species names,

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 179 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Paeonia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 36 128 0 0 164 91.6%
Low confidence 0 0 0 15 15 8.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Paeonia is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 7 0 5 0 12 6.7%
WCSP (in review) 36 121 0 10 2 167 93.3%