accepted name (2005):
1921
original description
Paeonia Beresowskii Kom. sp. nov..
(Sectio Paeon DC.) Caulis totus herbaceus usque mentralis glaberrimus 3 - 8 foliatus, basi squamis oblongis cinctus. Folia inferiora 1-3, longepetiolata glaberrima, biternata membranacea, laete viridia, supra lucida, subtus pallida, segmentis basi longiter cuneati profunde incisis subpinnatis lobis lanceolatis vel lanceolato-acuminatis, margine integro; folia superiora brevius petioilata, subfloralia simplica pinnatim incisa parva. Flores solitarii 5—8 cent diam. albi vel dilute rosei ; calyx bracteis 3 lanceolatis foliaceiis integris vel incisis quam corolla longioribus suffultus, lobis longiter acuminatis subtus breviter pilosus; petala, 2 –4 cent. longa obovata apice integra vel rarius erosa obcordata; filamenta numerosissima filiformia circ. 1 cent longa flavida antheris pallide luteis circ. 3,5 mill. lg.; discus brevis, folliculi saepis 2 dense tomentosi, stigmata stipitata obliqua, semina opace nigra.
I. China occid. prov. Szechuan. distr. Sun-pan-tin, circa p. Gui-chua. 9. VI. 1894, legit M. Beresowskii (petala rosea).
II. E seminibus a M. Beresowskii in districtum Sun-pan-tin atumno 1894 lectis in Horto Botanice Petropolitano et in Horte Pomologico Regeli et Kesselringii enata et distributa: anno 1900 imprimis, dein quotannis, junio mense- florens. Petala dilute rosea vel alba, foliorum lacinii quam in planta chinensi latiores. Nomen dedi in catalogo Horti Pomologia Kesselringii anno 1902. P. Beresowskii. nova e grege P. anomalae L. provenit; nunc P. anomala pro conspecies habetur, specis 4 (P. anomala L., P. intermedia C. A. Mey, P. Veitchii Lynch. et P. Beresowskii) amplcetens.
P. anomala L. Sist. pl. II., 609, 1784; edit. 16. 1825, vol. II. p. 615. “P. caule unifloro, foliolis multipartitis. laciniis lanceolatis germinibusque glabris, flore nutante”. P. sibirica Pall. Fl. Ross. tab. 85. - P. laciniata ib. p. 93
P. intermedia C.A. Meyer, in Ldb. Fl. alt. II. 277, capsulis tomentosis.
P. Veitchii Lynch in Gard. Chronicle 1909. II. p.2 et fig. capsulis tomentosis. floris pluribus (3—5) petalis purpureis, caule gracili.
P. Beresowskii nov. capsulis dense tomentosis, stigmatibus longius stipitatis, caule graciliore, foliis tenerioribos, sepalis in acumen sensim attenuatis. petalis albis vel dilute roseis.
1a. Capsulis glabris ............................................................................. P. anomala L.
1b. Capsulis tomentosis .................................................................... 2
2a. Petala dilute rosea vel alba, sepala sensim acuminata ............ P. Beresowskii Komarov
2b. P. saturate rosea v. purpurea, sepala rotunda acuminata ....... 3
3a. Flores solitarii,, caules circ, 1 cent. in diametro ......................... P. intermedia C.A.Meyer
3b. Flores 1-5, caules circ. 0,5 cent .................................................... P. Veitchii Lynch
1946
Stern's reference
P.Veitchii Lynch in Gard. Chron., Ser. 3, 46, 2, fig. i (1909) ; Veitch, Cat. 1913, P.19, cum fig. ; Rev. Hort. 1914, pP.196-197, cum fig. ; Garden, 73, 539, cum fig. (1909) ; Horticulture, Boston, 14, 363, cum fig. (1911) ; Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5, 2434 (1916) ; F.C. Stem in Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68, 130 (1943).
Syn. P.Veitchii var. Beresowskii Schipczinsky in Not. Syst. Herb. Hort. Bot. PetroP.2, 46 (1921).
P.Veitchii var. purpurea Schipczinsky, I.e.
P.anomala L. sec. Maximowicz in Acta Horti Petrop.11, 34 (1890) ; Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 51, 527 (1904), et Contrib. Fl. Asie Or. 1, 224 (1905) ; non L.
P.Beresowskii Komarov in Not. Syst. Herb. Hort. Bot. PetroP.2,5 (1921) ; Saunders in Nat. Hort. Mag. t. P.214 (1934).
1996
anomala L. ssp. veitchii (Lynch) D. Y. Hong & K. Y. Pan 2001
2002 in Wädesnwil:
Plant from Dr. Vlastimil Pilous:
