Potentilla nivea

Potentilla nivea
Flower
(from Atlas der Alpenflora)
Scientific 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. [1] [2]
Synonyms [1]
List Fragaria nivea(L.) Crantz Potentilla concinna var. dissecta(S.Watson) B.Boivin Potentilla dryophyllaPall. ex Ledeb. Potentilla fragariifoliaLess. ex Ledeb. Potentilla jamesonianaGrev. Potentilla jezoensisSoják Potentilla macranthaLedeb. Potentilla matsuokanaMakino Potentilla nivea var. alpinaTurcz. Potentilla nivea var. arcticaCham. & Schltdl. Potentilla nivea subsp. chionodesHiitonen Potentilla nivea var. dissectaS.Watson Potentilla nivea subsp. fallaxA.E.Porsild Potentilla nivea var. incisaTurcz. Potentilla nivea var. insularisPeschkova Potentilla nivea var. majorTurcz. Potentilla nivea var. niveiformisJurtzev Potentilla nivea var. pentaphyllaTurcz. Potentilla nivea var. petiolulataPopov Potentilla nivea var. quinquefoliaRydb. Potentilla nivea var. tomentosaNilsson-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. unifoliolosaHultén

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. ^{[1] [3]} It comes in many ploidy levels; 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, 7x, 8x and 10x. ^[4]

It fwas first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, ^{[1] [2]} who described it as living in the alps (habitat in alpibus). ^[2]

References

1. "Potentilla nivea L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
2. Linnaeus, C. (1753), Species Plantarum, vol. 1, p. 499
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 (inactive 1 July 2025). PMC   3097082 . PMID   21603100.

External links

• Potentilla nivea: Images & occurrence data from GBIF