Abstract: | The history of exploration and classification of Paeonia rockii is reviewed in the
present paper. Two allopatric subspecies in this species are recognized. The new subspecies,
subsp, taibaishanica Hong, found on northern slope of the Qingling Range has leaflets ovate
or rounded, totally or mostly lobed. P. rockii subsp, linyanshanii T. Hong et G. L. Ostiis found to be a superfluous name of P. rockii subsp, rockii. |