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Potentilla
Potentilla sterilis leaves
Potentilla sterilis leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Potentilla
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Species

See text. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its For other meanings see Rosales (disambiguation. Rosales is an order of Flowering plants including nine families The Rosaceae or Rose family is a large family of Plants with about 3000-4000 species in 100-160 genera The Rose subfamily Rosoideae consists of 878 species including many Shrubs perennial Herbs and fruit plants such as strawberries and Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for

"Cinquefoil" redirects here. For the heraldic charge, see charge (heraldry) and quatrefoil. In Heraldry and Vexillology, a charge is an image occupying the field on an escutcheon (or shield The word quatrefoil etymologically means "four leaves" and applies to general four-lobed shapes in various contexts

Potentilla is a genus of about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Botanically an annual plant is a Plant that usually germinates, Flowers and dies in one Year. A biennial plant is a flowering Plant that takes two years to complete its lifecycle. A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than A herbaceous plant (or in botanical use a Herb) is a Plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of The Rosaceae or Rose family is a large family of Plants with about 3000-4000 species in 100-160 genera Northern Hemisphere is the half of a Planet that is North of the Equator —the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball' Common names include cinquefoil, five-fingers, tormentil, and barren strawberry.

Many of the species have leaves divided into five leaflets arranged palmately (like the fingers of a hand), whence the name cinquefoil (French, cinque feuilles, "five leaves"), though some species (e. g. P. sterilis) have just three leaflets, and others (e. g. P. anserina) up to 15 or more leaflets arranged pinnately. The leaves of some cinquefoils are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera that feed on Potentilla. A larva ( Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of Animal with indirect development, undergoing Metamorphosis (for example Lepidoptera is an order of Insect that includes Moths and butterflies. Potentilla species are used as food plants by the Larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Monophagous species which feed exclusively

Fruit of Potentilla indica
Fruit of Potentilla indica

Recent genetic research has resulted in a number of changes to the circumscription of Potentilla (Eriksson et al. The Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica) is also known as the Indian Strawberry. Genetics (from Ancient Greek grc-Latn genetikos, “genitive” and that from grc-Latn genesis, “origin” a discipline of Biology, is , 2003).

The genera Duchesnea, Horkelia, and Ivesia, previously all regarded as distinct, have been shown to be members of Potentilla, though this change has not been universally adopted.

Conversely, the shrubby plant previously included in this genus as Potentilla fruticosa, does not to belong to Potentilla at all, and is now treated in the genus Dasiphora as Dasiphora fruticosa. Dasiphora is a Genus of three species of Shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species D

The two species formerly treated as Potentilla palustris and Potentilla salesowianum are now separated into the genus Comarum, while Potentilla tridentata is transferred to Sibbaldiopsis as Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, and Potentilla arguta is similarly now separated into the genus Drymocallis as Drymocallis arguta. "Cinquefoil" redirects here For the heraldic charge see charge (heraldry and Quatrefoil. Sibbaldiopsis is a genus in the plant family Rosaceae. Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Ait

The silverweeds are also separable into the new genus Argentina, though these are closer to the typical species of Potentilla, and this separation is less well supported. Argentina is a Genus of Plants in the Rose family ( Rosaceae)

Potentilla is also related to the genera Geum and Dryas, and also to the strawberries in the genus Fragaria; Potentilla differs from the strawberries in having dry, inedible fruit (hence the name "barren strawberry" for some species). Geum ( Avens) is a Genus of about 50 Species of perennial Herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae, Dryas is a genus of dwarf perennial Herbaceous Plants in the Rose family Rosaceae, native to the arctic and alpine Garden strawberries are a common variety of strawberry cultivated worldwide Fragaria is the name of a Genus of Plants in the family Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible Fruits

Some species are grown as garden plants.

Species

About 500, including:

Previously included species

References

Eriksson, T. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Potentilla alchemilloides ( Alchemilla-leaved Cinquefoil) is a Species of Cinquefoil ( Genus Potentilla) Potentilla arguta, commonly known as the tall cinquefoil, is a Perennial plant in the Rosaceae family of Flowering plants native Potentilla chamissonis is distributed across Svalbard, northern Norway, Greenland and the eastern Arctic of Canada. Potentilla crantzii is a Flowering plant of the genus Potentilla in the family Rosaceae. Tormentil ( Potentilla erecta) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the rose family ( Rosaceae) also known as "septifoil" Potentilla fragariodes is a member of the Rosaceae family that is native to Asia. Potentilla gracilis, known as Slender Cinquefoil, is a species of Cinquefoil Hickman's potentilla ( Potentilla hickmanii) is an endangered perennial Herb of the rose family The Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica) is also known as the Indian Strawberry. Potentilla Palustris or better known as Swamp Cinquefoil is a common waterside shrub that grows throughout North America Creeping cinquefoil ( Potentilla reptans) is a plant in the Rosaceae family Barren Strawberry ( Potentilla sterilis) is a plant in the Rosaceae family Dasiphora fruticosa ( Shrubby Cinquefoil; syn Potentilla fruticosa L Dasiphora fruticosa ( Shrubby Cinquefoil; syn Potentilla fruticosa L , Hibbs, M. S. , Yoder, A. D. Delwiche, C. F. & Donoghue, M. J. (2003). The Phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the TRNL/F region of chloroplast DNA. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(2): 197–211. Available (pdf file)

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