Potentilla Linnaeus 1753 (cinquefoil)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Rosaceae according to R. Govaerts et al. 2023

See also Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1919 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Acaena, Amelanchites, Cercocarpus, Chamaebatiaria, Chrysobalanus, Cotoneaster, Eriobotrya, Exochorda, Filipendula, Fragaria, Geum, Hagenia, Holodiscus, Lyonothamnoxylon, Lyonothamnus, Maloidoxylon, Mengea, Parinari, Parinarioxylon, Peraphyllum, Photinia, Physocarpus, Pomoxylon, Poterium, Pruniphyllum, Prunites, Prunus, Pygeum, Pyrus, Rosa, Rosaceaeoxylon, Rubus, Sanguisorba, Scandosorbus, Sorbaria, Spiraea, Vauquelinia

Subtaxa: Potentilla acaulis Potentilla alba Potentilla anserina Potentilla argentea Potentilla bifurca Potentilla canadensis Potentilla fragarioides Potentilla fruticosa Potentilla grandiflora Potentilla hirta Potentilla monspeliensis Potentilla multifida Potentilla nivea Potentilla norvegica Potentilla pimpinelloides Potentilla recta Potentilla reptans Potentilla rupestris Potentilla sericea Potentilla stipularis Potentilla supina Potentilla verna

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Type: Potentilla reptans

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Greenland (1), India (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Washington)

• Pliocene of China (1), Germany (5)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)

• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Miocene of Germany (8), the Russian Federation (11), United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 42 collections including 58 occurrences

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