Comarum

Comarum
Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Comarum L.

Comarum is a genus of plants formerly included with the typical cinquefoils (Potentilla). It contains one or two species:^[1]

• Comarum palustre – Marsh Cinquefoil, Swamp Cinquefoil
• Comarum salesowianum (sometimes included in C. palustris^{[verification needed]})

Footnotes

1. ^ Eriksson et al. (2003), USDA (2008)

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. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(2): 197–211. doi:10.1086/346163 PDF fulltext
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2008): Germplasm Resources Information Network – Comarum. Version of 2008-AUG-04. Retrieved 2009-JAN-27.