accepted name (2005):
Paeonia clusii F. C. Stern
1867
P. peregrina (Mill. Dict. no. 111) foliis ternatis vel biternatis subtus puberulis glaucis, foliolis oblongis basi decurrentibus integris vel superiori tripartito, floribus roseis, carpellis tomentosis arcuato-patentibus #. P. pullens Sims. Hab. in Ponti australis jugo Paryadres (Tchih!), Armenia inter Baibout et Erzerum (Galv!), inter Van et Bitlis (Barré!), ad Gumuchkhanè (Bourg!), ad radices montis Bingöl (Ky. Suppl. 743! sub P. Russi),
(beta). glabra. Folia subtus glabra. Hab. in montibus Sphacioticis et sylvis quercinis montium Lassiti Cretae
(gamma) latifolia. Foliola latiora ovato-oblonga. P. officinalis Sm. Prodr. Fl. Graec. non L. — P. Bannatica Rochel. Hab. in Graecia ad Parnassum (Heldr! Orph. Fl. Graec. exs. 445).
Ar. Geogr. Europa australior.
Huth (1891):
P.peregrina Miller, dict. ed. VIII. n. 3. (1768) rhizomatis tuberibus oblongis stipitatis, caule simplici, 30—60 cm alto, unifloro, f. subtus pubescentibus interdum sparsissime puberulis, inf. biternatis, fff. mediis semi-trilobatis saepius in stipitem decurrentibus, laciniis oblongis vel ovalibus ca. 10 mm vel amplius latis margine integris, petalis suboctonis purpureis rarius albidis vel flavescentibus, staminibus flavis, carpellis 2—3 rectiusculis vel patentibus albo-tomentosis vel glabrescentibus, seminibus magnis ovalibus coeruleo-atris nitentibus.FIoret Majo.
Synonyma: (...) Diosc. P. foemina Fuchs (1542), Lobel, Matthiol.; P. vulgaris Tragus (1546), P. foemina altera Dodon. (1616), P. foemina vulgatior J.Bauh., P. communis vel foemina C. Bauh., Tournef., P. officinalis a foemina L., sp. ed. I (1753), P. officinalis Retz (1783), P. rosea Host, P. lobata Rchb., P. pubens Rchb. (nec Sims), P. festiva Tausch, P. nemoralis Salisb., P. mascula Mill, P. arietina Anders.
Icones: lobel., observ. p. 389. fig. 2; dod., pempt. p.195. fig.1; j.bauh., hist.III. p. 492. flg. 2; Herb. blackw. t. 65; lamarck, illustr. t. 481; rchb germ. IV. t. 123, 124, 127; hayne, Arzneig. V. t. 26, Bot. Mag. t. 1784, t. 1050.
Varr.
(delta). cretica Clus. hist t. 281. fff. biternatim partitis laciniis lanceolatis, ca. 10 mm latis, apice productis acutis, subtus fere glabris, fl. (ex sicco) flavescentibus, carpellis tomentosis maturis glabrescentibus. P. peregrina var. glabra Boiss., P. arietina Anders, (beta).
Ascherson & Graebner Synopsis der mitteleuropäischen Flora 5, II, 546-558.Leipzig 1923
b. Cretica. Blattlappen lanzettlich, etwa l cm breit, an der Spitze vorgezogen, spitz, unterseits fast kahl. Blüthen getrocknet gelblich. Fruchtblätter filzig, zur Fruchtzeit verkahlend. Nur auf Creta; vielleicht in Gärten.
P. cretica [Clus. Hist. t. 281] Sabine in Bot. Reg. X t. 819 (1824). — P. arietina [beta] oxoniensis Anders, in Transact. Linn. Soc. XII. 276 (1817). — P. arietina [beta] carnea DC. Prodr. 66(1824). — P. peregrina [beta] glabra Boiss. Pl. Or. I. 97 (1867). — P. peregrina [delta] cretica Huth in Engl. Jahrb. XIV. 270 (1891). — P. feminea c. cretica Gürke in Richter-Gürke Pl. Eur. II. 403 (1903),
Stern (1946):
P.Clusii F. C. Stern in Bot. Mag. t. 9594 (1940).Syn. P.peregrina var. glabra Boissier, Fl. Orient. 1, 97 (1867). ...
Stearn & Davis (1984):
4. P. clusii
P. cretica Tausch in Flora (Regensburg) 9:88 (1828); non Sabine (1824).
P. peregrina var. glabra Boiss., Fl. Orient. 1:97 (1867).
P. peregrina var. cretica Huth in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 14:270 (1891).
P. officinalis var. glabra (Boiss.) Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balcan. 1:298 (1924).
P. clusii F.C. Stern & Stearn in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 162: t. 9594 (1940); Rechinger f., Fl. Aegaea, 177 (1943); F.C. Stern, Study of Paeonia, 102, t. (1946); Cullen & Heywood in Fl. Europ. 1:243 (1964).
P. clusii subsp. clusii; Tzanoudakis, Cytotaxon. Study Paeonia in Greece, 23 (1977).
