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PEONIES OF THE WORLD
11. PAEONIA EMODI
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Fig. 5.12B. Paeonia emodi Wall. ex Royle: involucrate bracts and sepals, based on S. L. Zhou H01031 (PE).
Drawn by Miss LI Ai-Li.
P. sterniana in having nearly always multiple flowers per stem (rather than nearly always solitary) and
the carpels mostly tomentose (rather than always glabrous).
Saunders and Stebbins (1938) crossed Paeonia anomala and P. emodi, obtaining a very low seed
set and sterile hybrids. This supported their observation that the two species are not only
morphologically distinct but also reproductively isolated.
additional specimens examined. CHINA, Xizang [Tibet], Gyirong County: Jiangcun Village,
W slope, 28°18'N, 85°20'E, 2,480 m, in shrubs, 2 Aug. 2001, S. L. Zhou H01031 (A, BM, CAS, K,
MO, P, PE); loc. eodem, in bushes, 2,500 m, 20 June 1975, Acad. Sin. Nat. Resources Exped. 75–247
(PE); loc. eodem, E slope, 2,350 m, 6 June 1972, Xizang Chinese Traditional Medicinal Plant Exped. 413
(PE). XINJIANG, Kashkaria, Brumhal Pass, May 1870, Henderson, Yarkand Exped. 1870 (LE). INDIA,
Uttarakhand: Kumaon, Pithoragarh Bogdiar, 3,000 m, 29 Apr. 1965, N. C. Nair 35613 (CAL); loc.
eodem, 2,000 m, 2 May 1966, N. C. Nair 36295 (CAL); loc. eodem, 3 May 1965, N. C. Nair 35634
(CAL); Kumaon, Dwali, 2,438 m, 16 May 1848, R. Strachey & J. E. Winterbottom s.n. (CAL); loc.
eodem, Naga Hills, 2,438 m, 18 June 1882, H. Collett 7 (CAL); Kumaon, Khati, 2,740 m, 10 June
1919, N. Gill 829 (CAL); Kumaon, China Pahar, 2,286 m, May 1912, N. Gill 452 (CAL); Kumaon,
China Peak, 2,286 m, 19 June 1913, N. Gill 531 (CAL); Kumaon, Pondur, 2,286 m, 16 May 1848,
R. Strachey & J. E. Winterbottom s.n. (CAL); Kumaon, Rathi-Bogdwar, 2,000–3,000 m, 13 May 1958,
T. A. Rao 6755 (CAL); Kumaon, 2,300 m, 1843, Strachey & Winterbottom 1 (P); Kumaon, W Almora,
Pindari River, Biskam 2330 (E); Baba Pum, Reeckee, 9 June 1847, Winterbottom 180 (P); Garhwal
Himalayas, Gangani, Uttarkashi, 1,800 m, 3 June 1982, B. S. Aswal 11983 (F, G); Garhwal, Sitapur,
1,600 m, 21 May 1972, B. D. Naithani 47920 (CAL, G); Garhwal, Ramssi forest, 2,500 m, 10 June
1959, M. A. Rau 10099 (CAL); Garhwal, Kanara to Mohankhal, 2,100 m, 27 Apr. 1963, C. L.
Malhotra 27233 (CAL); Tehri-Garhwal, 2,100 m, May 1893, I. S. G. s.n. (G); Tehri-Garhwal,
Ghuttu-Area, 1,800 m, 10 June 1972, B. D. Naithani 48250 (CAL, G); Tehri-Garhwal, Shanchatti,
Fig. 5.12A (opposite). Paeonia emodi Wall. ex Royle: a, the lower part of the plant; b, stem with a lower leaf; c, carpels
and disk; d, the upper surface of a leaf, showing bristles along veins. Drawn by Miss LI Ai-Li.