Peony Taxonomy

Heartland Peony Society

The Genus Paeonia
Three views
Stern and Halda have been rearranged
to more closely match Hongs arrangement

1. Stern (1946) Genus Paeonia II. Section Moutan Subsection Delavayanae P. delavayi P. lutea P. potanini Subsection Vaginatae P. suffruticosa	2 Halda (2004) Genus Paeonia IV Subgenus Moutan Section Moutan Section Delavayanae P. delavayi P. lutea P. potaninii P. suffruticosa ssp suffruticosa ssp spontanea ssp ostii ssp rockii P. decomposita ssp decomposita ssp rotundiloba	3. Hong (2010) Genus Paeonia I. Section Moutan Subsection Delavayanae P. delavayi P. ludlowii Subsection Vaginatae P. cathayana P. decomposita P. jishanensis P. ostii P. qiui P. rockii P. suffruticosa
III Section Paeon Subsection Dissectifoliae(Four Groups) P. veitchii P. anomala P. tenuifolia P humilis P. peregrina P. clusii P. officiinalis P. mollis Subsection Foliatae (Nine Groups) P. lactiflora P. emodi P. japonica P. obovata P. mairei P. oxypetala P. broteroi P. coriacea P. rhodia P. arietina P. Bakeri P. daurica P. mascula P. banatica P. kesrouanensis P. cambessdessii P. russi P. mlokosewitschii P. wittmanniana	I. Subgenus Paeonia Section Paeonia Subsection Paeonia P. officinalis ssp officinalis ssp banaticus ssp humilis ssp villosa P. peregrina P. parnassica P. clusii P. rhodia Subsection Masculae P. mascula ssp mascula ssp arietina ssp russoi ssp atlantica ssp hellenica ssp boduri ssp kesrouanensis P. daurica ssp daurcia ssp lagodechiana P. coriacea P. corsica P. broteroi Subsection Anomalae P. anomala P. veitchii Subsection Obovatae P. obovata ssp obovata ssp japonica P. mairei	III. Section Paeonia Subsection Albiflorae P. anomala P. emodi P. lactiflora P. sterniana Subsection Foliatae P. algeriensis P. broteroi P. cambessdessii P. clusii P. coriacea P. corsica P. daurica P. kesrouanensis P. mairei P. mascula P. obovata Subsection Paeonia P. arietina P. intermedia P. officinalis P. parnassica P. peregrina P. saueri P. tenuifolia
(Not included ???)	Section Tenuifoliae P. tenuifolia ssp tenuifolia ssp biebersteiniana Section Emodi P. emodi ssp emodi ssp sterniana Section Flavonia P. mlokosewitschii P. wittmanniana ssp wittmanniana ssp macrophylla II. Subgenus Albiflora P. lactiflora	(Included in Section Paeonia, Subsection Paeonia)
I. Section Onaepia P. brownii P. californica	III. Subgenus Onaepia P. brownii ssp brownii ss californica	II. Section Onaepia P. brownii P. californica