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Potentilla nivea

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Species of plant in the genus Potentilla

Potentilla nivea
Flower
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Potentilla
Species: P. nivea
Binomial name
Potentilla nivea
L.
Synonyms
List
    • Fragaria nivea (L.) Crantz
    • Potentilla concinna var. dissecta (S.Watson) B.Boivin
    • Potentilla dryophylla Pall. ex Ledeb.
    • Potentilla fragariifolia Less. ex Ledeb.
    • Potentilla jamesoniana Grev.
    • Potentilla jezoensis Soják
    • Potentilla macrantha Ledeb.
    • Potentilla matsuokana Makino
    • Potentilla nivea var. alpina Turcz.
    • Potentilla nivea var. arctica Cham. & Schltdl.
    • Potentilla nivea subsp. chionodes Hiitonen
    • Potentilla nivea var. dissecta S.Watson
    • Potentilla nivea subsp. fallax A.E.Porsild
    • Potentilla nivea var. incisa Turcz.
    • Potentilla nivea var. insularis Peschkova
    • Potentilla nivea var. major Turcz.
    • Potentilla nivea var. niveiformis Jurtzev
    • Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla Turcz.
    • Potentilla nivea var. petiolulata Popov
    • Potentilla nivea var. quinquefolia Rydb.
    • Potentilla nivea var. tomentosa Nilsson-Ehle ex Hultén
    • Potentilla nivea f. unifoliolosa (Hultén) B.Boivin
    • Potentilla quinquefolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
    • Potentilla saximontana var. dissecta (S.Watson) Soják
    • Potentilla uniflora subsp. arctica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hiitonen
    • Potentilla villosa var. unifoliolosa Hultén

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. It comes in many ploidy levels; 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 10x.

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 499 (1753)
  2. ^ "Potentilla nivea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. "Potentilla nivea". wildflower.org. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  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. PMC 3097082. PMID 21603100.
Taxon identifiers
Potentilla nivea


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