(1997)  
 
p. 1124 The clade containing P. veitchii, P. emodi, and P. xinjiangensis on the matK phylogeny collapsed on the combined tree...

p.1131 [Authors present in Fig. 7 a Phylogeny of Paeonia section Paeonia reconstructed from a synthesis of the ITS and matK phylogenies....P. emodi is shown as hybridization from P. veitchii and P. lactiflora, inheriting fully additive ITS sequences from both parent species, cpDNA inherited being inherited from P. veitchii and ITS sequences fixed from P. lactiflora. Diploid.

(1997)  Page(s) 1131.  
 
We suggest that the two ITS clades represent the early evolutionary split within section Paeonia. This was, then, followed by hybridization between the ancestor of the smaller clade (including P. mairei, P. japonica, and P. obovata) and an early evolutionary lineage of the larger ITS clade.

(1997)  
 
p.1131 [Authors present in Fig. 7 a Phylogeny of Paeonia section Paeonia reconstructed from a synthesis of the ITS and matK phylogenies.....P. sterniana is shown as hybridization from P. emodi and P. mairei, inheriting fully additive ITS sequences from both parent species, cpDNA inherited being inherited from P. emodi and ITS sequences fixed from P. mairei. Diploid.