Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews [Paeoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buskpion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cortex moutan	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
moran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mountain peony	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
moutan bark	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
moutan cortex	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
moutan cortex pulveratus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
moutan peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
moutan radicis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
moutan root bark	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
mu dan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mu dan pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mudan	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mudanpi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
paeônia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pivoine en arbre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
powdered moutan bark	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
strauch-pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tree peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tree peony bark	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
ボタンピ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ボタンピ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
牡丹	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
牡丹皮	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bark	root bark	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root Bark		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Bark, Root bark, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
bark of root	dried bark of root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root bark	root bark	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
root bark		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root bark		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root bark		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root bark		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paeonia × arborea C.C.Gmel. Hortus Carlsruh.: 192 (1811).
Paeonia × moutan Sims Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1154 (1808).
Paeonia × suffruticosa var. papaveracea (Andrews) Kern Hort. Sempervirens 40: t. 473 (1817).
Paeonia × yunnanensis W.P.Fang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 318 (1958).
Paeonia × arborea var. papaveracea (Andrews) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 180 (1904).
Paeonia × chinensis Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1164 (1841).
Paeonia × fruticosa Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 4: 462 (1811).
Paeonia × moutan var. albida-plena Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 482 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. amplissima Drapiez Hort. Belge 3: 158 (1836).
Paeonia × moutan var. anneslei Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 482 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. banksii G.Anderson Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 255 (1818).
Paeonia × moutan var. carnea Drapiez Hort. Belge 3: 158 (1836).
Paeonia × moutan var. carnea-plena Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 481 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. extensa Drapiez Hort. Belge 3: 158 (1836).
Paeonia × moutan var. humei Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 475 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. ocellata Drapiez Hort. Belge 3: 159 (1836).
Paeonia × moutan var. papaveracea (Andrews) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 387 (1817).
Paeonia × moutan var. rawesii Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 479 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. rosea G.Anderson Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 255 (1818).
Paeonia × moutan subvar. rosea-plena Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 477 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. rosea-semiplena Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 6: 476 (1826).
Paeonia × moutan var. virginea Drapiez Hort. Belge 3: 158 (1836).
Paeonia × papaveracea Andrews Bot. Repos. 7: t. 463 (1807).
Paeonia × papaveracea var. lefevreana C.Morren Hort. Belge 2: 98 (1834).
Paeonia × suffruticosa f. anneslei (Sabine) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 194 (1920).
Paeonia × suffruticosa var. banksii (G.Anderson) L.H.Bailey Rhodora 18: 156 (1916).
Paeonia × suffruticosa f. banksii (G.Anderson) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 155 (1949).
Paeonia × suffruticosa var. humei (Sabine) L.H.Bailey Rhodora 18: 156 (1916).
Paeonia × suffruticosa f. maculata Hong C.Zheng Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 12: 144 (1992).
Paeonia × suffruticosa f. papaveracea (Andrews) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 155 (1949).
Paeonia × suffruticosa var. purpurea Andrews Bot. Repos. 7: t. 448 (1807).
Paeonia × suffruticosa f. rosea (G.Anderson) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 155 (1949).
Paeonia × suffruticosa f. rubida Hong C.Zheng Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 12: 144 (1992).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paeonia arborea	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia moutan Sims	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia suffruticosa	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. papaveracea (Andr.) Kerner	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia suffruticosa Andrew	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews subsp. suffruticosa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Paeonia suffruticosa Andrzeiowski	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia x suffruticosa Andrews	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Paeonia yunnanensis Fang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia ×suffruticosa Andrews	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)

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