Comarum

Comarum
Marsh cinquefoil, Comarum palustre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Comarum

Comarum is a genus of plants formerly included with the genus Potentilla ("typical cinquefoils"). It contains one or two species:[1][2]

  • Comarum palustre – marsh cinquefoil, swamp cinquefoil[3]
  • Comarum salesowianum (sometimes included in C. palustre)

See also

Footnotes

  1. Torsten Eriksson; Malin S. Hibbs; Anne D. Yoder; Charles F. Delwiche; Michael J. Donoghue (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" (PDF). International Journal of Plant Sciences. 164 (2): 197–211. doi:10.1086/346163.
  2. "Comarum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. August 4, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  3. "Comarum palustre, Marsh Cinquefoil: identification, distribution, habitat". www.first-nature.com. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
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