Paeonia

genus of flowering plants
Taxon taxon Q147105
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Paeonia

Summary

Paeonia is a taxon[1]. Paeonia ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,097 views/month, #216 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paeonia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Paeonia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Paeonia is classified within Paeoniaceae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Paeonia is Paeonia[6].
  • Paeonia's Commons category is recorded as Paeonia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Paeonia is Paeonia officinalis[8].
  • Paeonia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paeonia[9].
  • Paeonia's Commons gallery is recorded as Paeonia[10].
  • Paeonia's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • Paeonia's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12].
  • Paeonia's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27[13].
  • Paeonia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • Paeonia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Paeonia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Paeonia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=8758[17].
  • Paeonia's this taxon is source of is recorded as smell of peonies[18].
  • Paeonia's this taxon is source of is recorded as peony flower[19].
  • Paeonia's this taxon is source of is recorded as peony scent[20].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'peony'}[21].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Peònia'}[22].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pivoňka'}[23].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pfingstrosen'}[24].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pionit'}[25].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Pivoine'}[26].
  • Paeonia is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Peonia'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Paeonia is Paeonia[6]. Paeonia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Paeonia is classified within Paeoniaceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Paeonia is Paeonia officinalis[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'peony'}[21], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Peònia'}[22], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'pivoňka'}[23], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Pfingstrosen'}[24], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Pionit'}[25], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Pivoine'}[26].

Identifiers

Paeonia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 58228[28]. Paeonia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13625[29]. Paeonia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61607[30]. Paeonia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3083483[31]. Paeonia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18794[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Paeonia include 2S7 Pion[33], an artillery model[34]; Botan[35], a cryptographic library[36], founded in 2000[37]; and HMS Peony[38], a corvette[39].

Why It Matters

Paeonia ranks in the top 0.11% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,097 views/month, #216 of 195,241).[2] Paeonia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Paeonia is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for Paeonia include 2S7 Pion[33], an artillery model[34]; Botan[35], a cryptographic library[36], founded in 2000[37]; and HMS Peony[38], a corvette[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Aliases
    Taxonomic type Paeonia officinalis
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id peon
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