''Dasiphora'' is a

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of shrubs in the rose

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Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are '' Alchemilla'' (270), '' Sorbu ...

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to Asia, with one species '' D. fruticosa'' (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool

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Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in ''

Potentilla ''Potentilla'' is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al. (2005)Reproductive biology of the Iberian species of ''Potentilla'' L. (Rosaceae).''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 1(62) 9–21. species of annual, biennial and peren ...

'' as ''Potentilla'' sect. ''Rhopalostylae'', but

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evidence has shown it to be distinct.Germplasm Resources Information Network
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Eriksson, T. et al. (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. ''Int. J. Pl. Sci''. 164: 197–211. The leaves are divided into five (occasionally three or seven) leaflets arranged

pinnate Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, an ...

ly, whence the name cinquefoil (French, ''cinque feuilles'', "five leaves").

Species

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Dasiphora arbuscula ''Dasiphora'' is a genus of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species '' D. fruticosa'' (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included i ...

'' (D.Don) Soják *'' Dasiphora dryadanthoides'' Juz. *''

Dasiphora fruticosa ''Dasiphora fruticosa'' is a species of hardy deciduous flowering shrub in the family Rosaceae, native to the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the northern hemisphere, often growing at high altitudes in mountains. ''Dasiphora fruticosa ...

'' (L.) Rydb. (syn. ''Potentilla fruticosa'') *'' Dasiphora galantha'' (Soják) Soják *'' Dasiphora glabra'' (G.Lodd.) Soják (syn. ''Potentilla glabra'') *'' Dasiphora glabrata'' (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Soják (syns. ''Dasiphora davurica'', ''Potentilla davurica'', ''Potentilla fruticosa'' subsp. ''glabrata'', ''Potentilla glabrata'') *'' Dasiphora mandshurica'' (Maxim.) Juz. *'' Dasiphora parvifolia'' (Fisch. ex Lehm.) Juz. (syn. ''Potentilla parvifolia'') *'' Dasiphora phyllocalyx'' Juz. *'' Dasiphora spectabilis'' (Businský & Soják) Businský & Soják The ''Flora of China'' also includes ''Potentilla bifurca'' (syn. ''Sibbaldianthe bifurca'') and ''P. imbricata'' (syn. ''Sibbaldianthe imbricata'') in this group, but these species (which are not shrubs) do not have published combinations in ''Dasiphora''.International Plant Names Index
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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3917216 Potentilleae Rosaceae genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque