''Comarum'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of plants formerly included with the genus ''
Potentilla
''Potentilla'' is a genus containing over 500 species of Annual plant, annual, Biennial plant, biennial and Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants in the rose family (biology), family, Rosaceae.
Potentillas m ...
'' ("typical cinquefoils"). It contains one or two
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
:
* ''
Comarum palustre'' – marsh cinquefoil, swamp cinquefoil
* ''
Comarum salesowianum'' (sometimes considered as the monotypic genus ''
Farinopsis''.
)
See also
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Fragaria × Comarum hybrids
There are several commercially important hybrids between ''Fragaria'' and '' Comarum'' species in existence. A name for ''Fragaria'' × ''Comarum'' is available as × ''Comagaria'' Büscher & G.H. Loos in Veroff. ohumer Bot. Ver. 2(1): 6. 2010 ...
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Potentilleae
Rosaceae genera
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