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Potentilla Tridentata
''Sibbaldia tridentata'' is a species in the plant family Rosaceae. Its Synonym (taxonomy), synonyms include the Nomen illegitimum, illegitimate name ''Sibbaldia retusa'' and ''Sibbaldiopsis tridentata''. Under the latter name, it has been treated as the only species in the genus ''Sibbaldiopsis''. Its English names include three-toothed cinquefoil, shrubby fivefingers, and wineleaf. Description ''Sibbaldia tridentata'' is a short evergreen perennial plant, growing up to . Its leaves are compound and trifoliate, usually growing at the base in an alternating pattern, each leaflet growing up to long and across. The leaflets are oblanceolate with a truncated tip having three teeth. The leaves are glossy and evergreen. They turn deep red in fall if the plants are grown in sun. Its branches are herbaceous and pubescent, but its roots are woody. Its flowers are small and white, radial, and arranged in a compound bracteate (botany), bracteate cyme (botany), cyme, having five sepal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. 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. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
