Baokang
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See also: Bǎokāng
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保康 (Bǎokāng).
Proper noun[edit]
Baokang
- A county of Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- 2010, Hong De-Yuan, “Introduction”, in Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography[1], Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:
- We also found the individual plant from which the type specimen of P. baokangensis was collected. This peony, cultivated beside a farmer’s house in Huoping Township, Baokang County, turned out to be a hybrid between P. rockii subsp. rockii and P. qiui.
Translations[edit]
county in central China
Further reading[edit]
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Baokang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[2], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 308, column 2