Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paeonia officinalis L. [Paeoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Paeonia officinalis subsp. banatica (Rochel) Soó

Paeonia officinalis subsp. huthii Soldano

Paeonia officinalis subsp. italica N.G.Passal. & Bernardo

Paeonia officinalis subsp. microcarpa Nyman

Paeonia officinalis subsp. officinalis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bauern-pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bergpion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cottage peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echte pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fāvāniā	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
garden peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
gewöhnliche pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ood gharqi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ood saleeb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paeonia officinalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
paeoniae flos	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
paeony	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paeônia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peony	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
peony root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pfingstrose	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
piney	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pivoine officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ud al-salib	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
ude salib	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
udu salip	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
فاوانيا	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
root, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
seed, root, flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Moutan officinalis (L.) Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 162 (1851).
Paeonia nemoralis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 375 (1796), nom. superfl.
Paeonia peregrina proles officinalis (L.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 1: 146 (1893).
Paeonia peregrina var. officinalis (L.) Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 270 (1891).
Paeonia peregrina proles officinalis (L.) Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 1: 146 (1893).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paeonia officinalis	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Paeonia officinalis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Paeonia officinalis L. emend. Willd.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Paeonia officinalis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Paeonia officinalis Retz.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Paeonia oﬃcinalis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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