Carsten Burkhardt's Web Project Paeonia - The Peony Library |
Paeonia-Literatur 2005 |
Paeonia in the MediterraneanCaucasus HONG De-Yuan May 7 2005
Outline of Paeonia taxonomy |
Sect. Moutan, eight species, all endemic to China Sect. Onaepia, two species, Western part of the United States and N. Mexico (Baja California) Sect. Paeonia, 22 spp., Eurasia & NW. Africa (Morocco & Algeria) |
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In the Caucasus: 13 species (Kemularia-Nathadze, 1961) |
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In Flora Europaea: 9 species (Akeroyd, 1993) |
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In NW. Africa two species, P. mascula & P. coriacea, no endemic species (Greuter & Burdet, 1982; Romo,1992) |