Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii

Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii (golden peony or Caucasian peony) is a peony native to the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan, where it grows on rocky slopes in oak, hornbeam, or beech forests. The plant is sometimes nicknamed Molly the witch, a humorous mispronunciation of the species name, which most non-Poles find difficult to pronounce.[2] It was formerly regarded as a separate species, Paeonia mlokosewitschii, but in 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica.

Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Paeoniaceae
Genus: Paeonia
Species:
P. daurica
Subspecies:
P. d. subsp. mlokosewitschii
Trinomial name
Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii
(Lomakin) D.Y.Hong
Synonyms[1]
  • Paeonia lagodechiana Kem.-Nath.
  • Paeonia mlokosewitschii Lomakin
  • Paeonia triternata var. mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) Stebbins

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 23–27 in (58–69 cm) tall, with biternate, glaucous leaves with obovate lobes. In spring it bears large, single, bowl-shaped lemon-yellow flowers 5 in (13 cm) in diameter, the ovary pubescent, the two to four carpels white, pink or yellow, and the stamen filaments yellow-green. In cultivation in the UK it has been given the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]

Taxonomy

Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii was first described as a species, Paeonia mlokosewitchii, by Aleksandr Lomakin in 1897.[5] It was named after the Polish botanist Ludwik Młokosiewicz who first discovered it.[6] In 2002, the Chinese botanist Hong Deyuan reduced it to a subspecies of Paeonia daurica.[7][8]

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References
  1. Hong, D.-Y. (2010), Peonies of the World, Kew Publishing and Missouri Botanical Garden, p. 176, ISBN 978-1-84246-392-5CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Pearson, Dan (6 May 2006). "Molly the Witch". Telegraph.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. "RHS Plantfinder - Paeonia mlokosiewiczii". Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 71. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. "Plant Name Details for Paeonia mlokosewitchii Lomakin". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  6. Coombes, Allen J. (1994). Dictionary of Plant Names. London: Hamlyn Books. ISBN 978-0-600-58187-1.. p. 134.
  7. "Paeonia daurica subsp. mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  8. "Plant Name Details for Paeonia daurica Andrews subsp. mlokosewitschii (Lomakin) D.Y.Hong". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-07.


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