Potentilla nivea
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]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Potentilla |
Species: | P. nivea |
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References
- Sp. Pl.: 499 (1753)
- "Potentilla nivea L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- "Potentilla nivea". wildflower.org. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- 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.
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