''Drymocallis'' is a
genus of plants formerly (and sometimes still) included with the typical
cinquefoils (''Potentilla''). It contains three
species known or suspected to be
protocarnivorous
A protocarnivorous plant (sometimes also paracarnivorous, subcarnivorous, or borderline carnivore), according to some definitions, traps and kills insects or other animals but lacks the ability to either directly digest or absorb nutrients from i ...
, but more cinquefoils might eventually be moved here:
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Drymocallis arguta
''Drymocallis arguta'', commonly known as the tall cinquefoil, prairie cinquefoil, or sticky cinquefoil, is a perennial herbaceous plant native to North America. It was formerly included with the typical cinquefoils in the genus ''Potentilla''.
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(Pursh) Rydb. – tall cinquefoil, cream cinquefoil
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Drymocallis glandulosa
''Drymocallis glandulosa'', known by the common name sticky cinquefoil and formerly as ''Potentilla glandulosa'', is a plant species in the family Rosaceae.
It is native to western North America from southwestern Canada through the far western ...
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(Lindl.) Rydb. – sticky cinquefoil
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Drymocallis rupestris
''Drymocallis rupestris'', the rock cinquefoil, is a small plant of Eurasia
Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the Br ...
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(L.) Soják – rock cinquefoil
DNA sequence
DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. Th ...
data suggests they are more closely related to ''
Chamaerhodos
''Chamaerhodos '' is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae
Species
* '' Chamaerhodos altaica'' (Laxm.) Bunge
* '' Chamaerhodos canescens'' J.Krause
* '' Chamaerhodos corymbosa'' Murav.
* '' Chamaerhodos erecta'' (L.) Bunge
* '' Chamaerhodos g ...
'' and ''
Dasiphora
''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 in ...
'' than to species such as ''
Potentilla reptans'' (creeping cinquefoil) which make up the bulk of ''Potentilla''.
References
External links
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Rosaceae genera
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