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 Potentilla as Potentilla sect. Rhopalostylae, but genetic evidence has shown it to be distinct.Germplasm Resources Information Network: Dasiphora Eriksson, T. et al. (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. Pl. Sci. 164: 197–211.
The leaves are divided into five (occasionally three or seven) leaflets arranged pinnately, whence the name cinquefoil (French, cinque feuilles, "five leaves").
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following species: Image Scientific name Distribution Dasiphora arbuscula (D.Don) SojákHimalaya to Tibet Dasiphora dryadanthoides Juz.Central Asia to Himalaya. Dasiphora fruticosa (L.) Rydb. (syn. Potentilla fruticosa)Temp. Northern Hemisphere. Dasiphora galantha (Soják) Soják Qinghai to China (Sichuan, Yunnan) Dasiphora glabra (G.Lodd.) Soják (syn. Potentilla glabra) China Dasiphora glabrata (Willd. ex Schltdl.) Soják (syns. Dasiphora davurica, Potentilla davurica, Potentilla fruticosa subsp. glabrata, Potentilla glabrata)SE. Siberia to NE. China Dasiphora gorovoii Pshenn. E. Primorye Dasiphora mandshurica (Maxim.) Juz.S. Russian Far East to China and N. Korea. Dasiphora parvifolia (Fisch. ex Lehm.) Juz. (syn. Potentilla parvifolia) Central Asia to Siberia and N. & W. China. Dasiphora phyllocalyx Juz.Afghanistan to Central Asia and Pakistan Dasiphora spectabilis (Businský & Soják) Businský & Soják Tibet.
The Flora of China also includes Potentilla bifurca (syn. Sibbaldianthe bifurca) and P. imbricata (syn. Sibbaldianthe imbricata) in this group, but these species (which are not shrubs) do not have published combinations in Dasiphora.International Plant Names Index: Dasiphora
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