Paeonia parnassica

Paeonia parnassica
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Paeoniaceae
Genus:	Paeonia
Species:	P. parnassica
Binomial name
	Paeonia parnassica;

Greek peony (Paeonia parnassica) is native to the mountains of south-central Greece. The flowers are produced in late spring with a deep maroon red colouring on 65 cm stems. The blooms are large, up to 12 cm in diameter and bear a boss of rich orange stamens. This peony was once included with the species P. mascula.^[2]

Genetics

The Greek peony is an autotetraploid (4n=20) of which the diploid parent must have gone extinct.^[3]

References

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^ Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4
^ Ferguson, Diane; Sang, Tao (2001). "Speciation through homoploid hybridization between allotetraploids in peonies (Paeonia)" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98 (7): 3915–3919. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] Peonies: The Imperial Flower by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN 0-297-82424-4

[3] Ferguson, Diane; Sang, Tao (2001). "Speciation through homoploid hybridization between allotetraploids in peonies (Paeonia)" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98 (7): 3915–3919. Retrieved 2016-04-30.

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