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Potentilla (cinquefoil)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae

Taxonomy

Potentilla was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Potentilla reptans.

It was assigned to Rosaceae by Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Govaerts et al. (2023).

Species

P. acaulis, P. alba, P. anserina, P. argentea, P. bifurca, P. canadensis, P. fragarioides, P. fruticosa, P. grandiflora, P. hirta, P. monspeliensis, P. multifida, P. nivea, P. norvegica, P. pimpinelloides, P. recta, P. reptans (type species), P. rupestris, P. sericea, P. stipularis, P. supina, P. verna

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. byrami, P. erecta, P. horkelioides, P. palustris, P. pliocenica, P. salmonensis, P. sterilis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1753	Potentilla Linnaeus
1919	Potentilla Knowlton
1976	Potentilla Lakhanpal et al.
1991	Potentilla Chauhan
2023	Potentilla Govaerts et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
subkingdom	Viridiplantae	Cavalier-Smith 1981
—	Streptophyta	(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylum	Embryophyta	()
—	Tracheophyta	(Sinnott 1935)
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Angiospermae

Rank	Name	Author
—	Rosids
—	Eurosids
—	Fabid
order	Rosales
family	Rosaceae
genus	Potentilla

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Potentilla Linnaeus 1753 [cinquefoil]

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Potentilla acaulis Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla alba Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla anserina Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla argentea Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla bifurca Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla canadensis Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla fragarioides Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla fruticosa Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla grandiflora Linnaeus 1753

Potentilla hirta Linnaeus 1753