Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chi shao	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) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chih shao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chinese peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische pfingstrose	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chishao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chuan chi shao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common garden peony	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
jukjakyak	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
luktpion	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
paeonia species root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
paeoniae radix rubra	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
paeoniae rubra radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ra dug dmar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ra duk mar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
radix paeoniae rubra	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix peoniae rubra	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
red peony	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
red peony root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rosenpion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shakuyaku	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
veitch's peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
veitchs pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ར་དུག་དམར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
シャクヤク	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
川赤芍	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
赤芍	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
적작약	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root with bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paeonia anomala subsp. veitchii (Lynch) D.Y.Hong & K.Y.Pan Novon 11: 317 (2001).
Paeonia beresowskii Kom. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 5 (1921).
Paeonia veitchii var. beresowskii (Kom.) Schipcz. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 46 (1921).
Paeonia veitchii var. leiocarpa W.T.Wang & S.H.Wang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 26: 603 (1979).
Paeonia veitchii var. purpurea Schipcz. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 46 (1921).
Paeonia veitchii var. uniflora K.Y.Pan Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 26: 603 (1979).
Paeonia veitchii var. woodwardii (Stapf ex Cox) Stern J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68: 130 (1943).
Paeonia woodwardii Stapf ex Cox Pl. Introd. R. Farrer: 43 (1930).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paeonia anomala L. subsp. veitchii (Lynch) D. Y. Hong & K. Y. Pan	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Paeonia anomala subsp. veitchii (Lynch) D.Y.Hong & K.Y.Pan	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Paeonia veitchii	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Paeonia veitchii Lynch	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia veitchii Lynch.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Peaonia veitchii Lynch	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)

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