Comarum

Comarum palustre, Ivanovo region, Russia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Rosoideae
Tribus: Potentilleae
Subtribus: Fragariinae
Genus: Comarum
Species: C. palustre

Name

Comarum L., Sp. Pl.: 502 (1753).

• Type species: C. palustre L.

Notes

The genus was formerly often included in Potentilla (Mabberley 2002), but is genetically distinct (Eriksson et al. 2003). Often found as monotypic with Farinopsis segregated (Govaerts et al. 2020)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Potentilla sect. Comarum (L.) Tausch, Hort. Canal., sine pag., (1823).
  • Potentilla subg. Comarum (L.) Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. (Jepson) 483 (1925).
• Heterotypic
  • Pancovia Heist. ex Fabr., Enum. 64 (1759), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Turkey. Regional: China Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California, Utah. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 502. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Eriksson, T., Hibbs, M.S., Yoder, A.D., Delwiche, C.F., & Donoghue, M.J. 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. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (2): 197–211. DOI: 10.1086/346163 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Mabberley, D.J. 2002. Potentilla and Fragaria (Rosaceae) reunited. Telopea 9: 793–801.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Comarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Comarum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Comarum. Published online. Accessed: May 25 2020.

Vernacular names

čeština: Mochna
dansk: Kragefod-slægten
Deutsch: Blutauge
English: Marsh Cinquefoil
suomi: Kurjenjalat
日本語: クロバナロウゲ属
қазақша: Мажыра
norsk nynorsk: Myrhattslekta
norsk: Myrhattslekta
русский: Сабельник
slovenčina: Nátržnica
svenska: Kråkklövrar
中文: 沼委陵菜属

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