RECORD OF PAEONIA HYBRIDA (PAEONIACEAE) IN ORENBURG REGION
Data on the record of Paeonia hybrida Pall. in the Orenburg Region are presented. This is a rare species listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation and it needs protection in the Orenburg Region. This record is the only currently known locality of the species in the European part of Russia, the only point located in the transition zone (West Ural external folding zone) between the foothill plains of the Pre-Urals and the low mountains of the Southern Urals, and the first confirmed location in the Orenburg Region.