Sibbaldia


Sibbaldia is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae, with a circumpolar distribution, including the high Arctic. The type species is Sibbaldia procumbens. It is also in the Rosoideae subfamily.
The genus name of Sibbaldia is in honour of Robert Sibbald, a Scottish physician and antiquary. It was first described in 1753.

Range

Its native range is the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is found in Europe;.
In Asia; within Siberia, the Russian Far East,
central Asia the Caucasus, western Asia, China, Mongolia,
eastern Asia, tropical Asia.
In America; Canada; and America; and also in Mexico.

Species

Morphological and genetic studies showed that Sibbaldia as then circumscribed was polyphyletic, with some species needing synonymizing or reassignment to other genera, including Sibbaldianthe, Chamaecallis, and Potentilla., Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Former species

Formerly accepted species include:
  • Sibbaldia adpressa Bunge → Sibbaldianthe adpressa Juz.
  • Sibbaldia micropetala Hand.-Mazz. → Potentilla micropetala D.Don
  • Sibbaldia omeiensis T.T.Yu & C.L.Li → Potentilla omeiensis Soják
  • Sibbaldia pentaphylla J.Krause → Potentilla clandestina Soják
  • Sibbaldia perpusilloides Hand.-Mazz. → Chamaecallis perpusillodes Smedmark
  • Sibbaldia phanerophlebia T.T.Yu & C.L.Li → probably P. micropetala
  • Sibbaldia purpurea Royle → Potentilla purpurea Hook. f.
  • Sibbaldia sericea Soják → Sibbaldianthe sericea Grubov
  • Sibbaldia sikkimensis Chatterjee → Potentilla sikkimensis Prain
  • Sibbaldia tenuis Hand.-Mazz. → Potentilla tenuis Soják
  • Sibbaldia tetrandra Bunge → Potentilla tetrandra Bunge