What is Peony?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Peony | image = PaeoniaSuffruticosa7.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Paeonia suffruticosa]]'' | parent_authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{cite journal|last= Angiosperm Phylogeny Group|year= 2009|title= An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II|journal= Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume= 161|issue= 2|pages= 105–121|url= http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf|format= PDF|access-date= 2013-07-06|doi= 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x|doi-access= free|hdl= 10654/18083|hdl-access= free}}</ref> | taxon = Paeonia | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Sections | subdivision = * ''Moutan'' * ''Onaepia'' * ''Paeoniae'' For lower taxa, [[#Species|see text]]. | range_map = Paeoniaceae Distribution.svg | range_map_caption = The range of ''Paeonia''. | type_species = ''[[Paeonia officinalis]]'' | type_species_authority = L. }} The '''peony''' or '''paeony (Paeonia)''' is the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to [[Asia]], southern Europe and western North America. It is the [[National flowers|national flower]] of [[China]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikispecies-inline|Paeonia}}<br> {{commons cat-inline|Paeonia}} [[Category:Flowers]] [[Category:Saxifragales]] [[Category:National symbols of the People's Republic of China]] [[Category:Plant families]] {{biology-stub}}