Drymocallis
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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
, but more cinquefoils might eventually be moved here:
DNA sequence
data suggests they are more closely related to Chamaerhodos and Dasiphora
than to species such as Creeping Cinquefoil
(P. reptans) which make of the bulk of Potentilla.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of plants formerly (and sometimes still) included with the typical cinquefoils (Potentilla). It contains three species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
known or suspected to be protocarnivorous
Protocarnivorous plant
A protocarnivorous plant , according to some definitions, traps and kills insects or other animals but lacks the ability to either directly digest or absorb nutrients from its prey like a carnivorous plant...
, but more cinquefoils might eventually be moved here:
- Drymocallis arguta – Tall Cinquefoil, Cream Cinquefoil
- Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb. – Sticky Cinquefoil
- Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. ashlandica (Greene) Soják
- Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glandulosa
- Drymocallis glandulosa var. intermedia
- Drymocallis rupestris (L.) Soják – Rock Cinquefoil
DNA sequence
DNA sequence
The sequence or primary structure of a nucleic acid is the composition of atoms that make up the nucleic acid and the chemical bonds that bond those atoms. Because nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, are unbranched polymers, this specification is equivalent to specifying the sequence of...
data suggests they are more closely related to Chamaerhodos and Dasiphora
Dasiphora
Dasiphora is a genus of three species of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species D. fruticosa , with a circumpolar range across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in Potentilla as Potentilla sect...
than to species such as Creeping Cinquefoil
Creeping Cinquefoil
Potentilla reptans, known as the creeping cinquefoil, European cinquefoil or creeping tormentil, is a plant in the Rosaceae family....
(P. reptans) which make of the bulk of Potentilla.