Biology:Potentilla nivea

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Potentilla

Potentilla nivea
Fingerkraut 'Potentilla nivea' 5806.JPG
Flower
Potentilla nivea Atlas Alpenflora.jpg
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species:
P. nivea
Binomial name
Potentilla nivea
Synonyms[2]

Potentilla nivea, called the snow cinquefoil, snowy cinquefoil, and villous cinquefoil, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Potentilla, native to Subarctic Asia, North America, Greenland, and Europe, and the Subalpine Rockies and Alps.[2][3] It comes in many ploidy levels; 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 10x.[4]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 499 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Potentilla nivea L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30011942-2. 
  3. "Potentilla nivea". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 January 2007. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PONI2. 
  4. Töpel, Mats; Lundberg, Magnus; Eriksson, Torsten; Eriksen, Bente (2011). "Molecular data and ploidal levels indicate several putative allopolyploidization events in the genus Potentilla (Rosaceae)". PLOS Currents 3: RRN1237. doi:10.1371/currents.RRN1237. PMID 21603100. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4254409 entry