Paeonia ludlowii

Paeonia ludlowii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species: P. ludlowii
Binomial name
Paeonia ludlowii
(Stern & G.Taylor) D.Y.Hong

Paeonia ludlowii, Ludlow's tree peony, is a species of peony native to China. It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony. P. ludlowii was first described as a subspecies of Paeonia lutea by Frederick Claude Stern and George Taylor. De Yuan Hong later elevated the taxon to species rank in 1997.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=996196-1. Retrieved 13 August 2009. 
  2. ^ Paeonia ludlowii in the Flora of China eFloras.org. Accessed online: 13 August 2009.

External links

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