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Potentilla L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 495 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000031030.

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Synonyms of Potentilla

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Chionice Bunge ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 33 (1843) wfo-4000007913
Comarella Rydb. Monogr. N. Amer. Potent. 2: 156 (1898) wfo-4000009015
Hypargyrium Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 371 (1868) wfo-4000018736
Potentillopsis Opiz Lotos 7: 30 (1857) wfo-4000031031
Schistophyllidium (Juz. ex Fed.) Ikonn. Opred. Vyssh. Rast. Badakhshana : 210 (1979) wfo-4000034379
Stellariopsis (Baill.) Rydb. Monogr. N. Amer. Potent. 2: 155 (1898) wfo-4000036404
Tormentilla L. Sp. Pl. : 500 (1753) wfo-4000038584
Trichothalamus Spreng. Anleit. Kenntn. Gew. , ed. 2, 2(2): 864 (1818) wfo-4000039077
Tridophyllum Neck. ex Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 188 (1906) wfo-4000039120
Tylosperma Botsch. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Uzbeksk. S.S.R. 13: 17 (1952) wfo-4000039664

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Potentilla:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla absinthiifolia Douglas ex Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 1(4): 188. 1832 wfo-0000998331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adamsiana (Schultz) Zimmeter ; 1884 19 1884 — wfo-0001007185
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adnata Wall. ex Lehm. Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1849: 7 (1849) wfo-0000983756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adpressa Cardot Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1916, xxii. 408. wfo-0000983428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adpressa Opiz ex Domin ; 1904 21 1904 — wfo-0000986653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adpressa Opiz ex Zimmeter ; 1884 19 1884 — wfo-0001008577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adscendens Baumg. Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 2: 62. 1816 wfo-0000998313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adscendens Gremli Beitr. Fl. Schweiz 68. wfo-0001007124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adscendens Wolf. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 593. wfo-0001003070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adscendens Zimmeter Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 6. 1884 [Aug-Sep 1884] ; Eur. Art. Gatt. Potentilla wfo-0000998631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adulterina Domin Preslia xiii-xv. 126 (1935). wfo-0001004699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aestiva Haller f. 1820 — wfo-0001034806
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aetnea Tornab. Fl. Sicul. (Tornabene) 226. 1887 [18 Jul 1887] wfo-0001001868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla africarum Jord. ex Verl. Cat. Pl. Jard. Grenoble (1856), 28 (Quid ?). wfo-0000998563
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agapantha Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Fl. Tirol 6(2): 579. 1909 wfo-0000998520
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrimonioides var. kobdoensis Soják Preslia 59(4): 302 (1987). wfo-0001401908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrimonioides var. strigosella Soják Preslia 59(4): 302 (1987). wfo-0001401907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrimonoides (Pursh) Farw. Asa Gray Bull. 3: 7. 1895 wfo-0000987960
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrivagua Zimmeter ; 1884 20 1884 — wfo-0001007989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aladaghensis Leblebici Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42(2): 321. 1985 wfo-0000990750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alaskana Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 318. 1908 wfo-0000989531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alba Moench Supplementum ad methodum plantas ; 1802 280 1802 — wfo-0001007927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alba f. obovata (Th.Wolf) Diklić Glasn. Prir. Muz. Beogradu 35: 19 (1980):. wfo-0001326492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla albanica Bald. ex Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. lxxi. 367. 1908 wfo-0000998215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla albescens Opiz Seznam 79; et ex Zimm. Gatt. Potentill. 19. — wfo-0001004748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla albescens Opiz ex Zimmeter ; 1884 19 1884 — wfo-0001011455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla albifolia Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1018. 1829 wfo-0000995431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla albo-argentea Kharit. Floristecheskie Dopolnenie = Floristic Supplement ; 1999 18 1999 — wfo-0000988081
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alborzensis Faghir & Attar Adansonia sér. 3, 43(9): 100. 2021 wfo-1000028526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alchedonta Christenh. & Väre Phytotaxa 57: 2. 2012 [8 Jun 2012] [epublished] wfo-0001356308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alchemicans Christenh. & Väre Phytotaxa 57: 2. 2012 [8 Jun 2012] [epublished] wfo-0001356309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alchemilloides D.F.K.Schltdl. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 291. 1816 wfo-0000998643
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alchemista Christenh. & Väre Phytotaxa 57: 2. 2012 [8 Jun 2012] [epublished] wfo-0001356310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alchimilloides subsp. atlantica Emb. & Maire Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 13: 284. 1933 (1933) wfo-1200011963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aleutica Soják Preslia 57(3): 265 (1985). wfo-0001002936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alexeenkoi Lipsky Trudy Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 6(1): 52. 1902 wfo-0000987769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alluvialis V.V.Petrovsky & Soják Preslia 64(3): 219. 1993 [1992 publ. 1993] wfo-0001016020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris Boiss. & Buhse Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 83. 1860 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 2: 719 wfo-0001003308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris G.Lodd. The Botanical cabinet; consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all countries, with a short account of each [etc.] ; 1818 t.1499 1828 — wfo-0001008990
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(5): 357. 1878 [Jul 1878] wfo-0000998326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris Host Flora austriaca ; 1827 41 1831 — wfo-0001008996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris f. micropetala Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. 16, Heft 71: 547. 1908 wfo-0001324931
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris var. gelidiformis Th.Wolf ; 1908 554 1908 — wfo-0001007008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris var. typica Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. 16, Heft 71: 547. 1908 wfo-0001396154
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpigava Jord. ex Verl. Catalogue des plantes cultiv‚es Grenoble ; 1857 28 1857 — wfo-0001014091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpigena Jord. ex Verl. Cat. Pl. Jard. Grenoble (1856), 28. wfo-0000998542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpina Dalla Torre Anleit. Beob. Alpenpfl. 91. 1882 — wfo-0000999257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla altaica Bunge – wfo-0001131872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alterniflora Rich. ex Nestl. Monogr. Potentilla [Nestler] 41. 1816 [Jun 1816] wfo-0000989128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alternifolia Rich. ex Nestl. Monographia de Potentilla, praemissis nonnullis Observationibus circa familiam Rosacearum ; 1816 41 1816 — wfo-0001007964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alternifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 386, sphalm. — wfo-0001003046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla altiaca Bunge – wfo-0001350311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla amadorensis Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 312. 1908 wfo-0000989523
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla amansiana F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. 219, 228, 377. wfo-0000998431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla amansiana F.W.Schultz ex Zimmeter ; 1884 19 1884 — wfo-0001007327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla amansiana H.Roux Catalogue des plantes de Provence ; 1881 177 1892 — wfo-0001009023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla ambigua Jacquem. ex Cambess. Voy. Inde [Jacquemont] 4(Bot.): 51, t. 62. [Apr 1835 - Dec 1844] wfo-0001018047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla amthoris Huter Oesterr. Bot. Z. 55: 107. 1905 wfo-0001002065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anachoretica var. planiuscula Jurtzev Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 9(1): 321. 1984 wfo-0001402478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anatolica Bornm. ex Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. lxxi. 575. 1908 wfo-0000998226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla ancistrifolia Galeotti ex Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamburg (1849) 6; et in Pugill. ix. 1. — wfo-0001006409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla ancistrifolia Kom. & Aliss. Key for the plants of the Far Eastern Region of the USSR ; 1931 642 1932 — wfo-0001007027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla ancistrifolia var. concolor Liou & C.Y.Li Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 5: 174. 1976 wfo-0001401226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla andersonii Greene Pittonia 1(3): 104. 1887 [8 Nov 1887] wfo-0000991675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla andicola Benth. Pl. Hartw. [Bentham] 172. 1845 [Aug 1845] wfo-0001004694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla andrzejouskii Błocki Oesterr. Bot. Z. 38: 407. 1888 wfo-0001001870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anemonifolia f. suoensis Naruh. J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 57(1): 21 (-22). 2009 [Oct 2009] wfo-0001325742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anemonifolia var. kleiniana (Wight & Arn.) Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 54: 323 (1979) wfo-0001387648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla angarensis Popov Sched. Herb. Fl. URSS xiv. Fasc. 81, 18 (1957). wfo-0001004737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla angustifolia D.F.K.Schltdl. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 7: 296. 1816 wfo-0000998647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anjuica V.V.Petrovsky Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68(3): 401. 1983 wfo-0001004727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anomalifolia Peck Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 1936, xlix. 110. wfo-0001001872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anomalofolia M.Peck Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 49: 110. 1936 wfo-0001005859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anrea L. – — wfo-0001220496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anserina var. argentea (Rydb.) Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. [Jepson] 485. 1925 wfo-0001396155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anserina var. minima Peterm. ex Th.Wolf Potentillen-Studien ; 1901 98, f.14 1901 — wfo-0001010656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anserina var. pusilla Th.Wolf ; 1908 673 1908 — wfo-0001007381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aperta var. canina (Ertter) Mosyakin & Shiyan Phytotaxa 474(3): 264. 2020 wfo-1200007708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aphanes Soják Willdenowia 16(1): 131. 1986 wfo-0000988713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla apricarum Jord. ex Verl. Catalogue des plantes cultiv‚es Grenoble ; 1857 28 1857 — wfo-0001014262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arachnoidea (Lehm.) Douglas ex Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 22(4): 350. 1908 [20 Nov 1908] wfo-0001003045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arbuscula var. glabrata (Hook.f.) Dikshit & Panigrahi J. Orissa Bot. Soc. 3(1): 35 (1981):. wfo-0001401671
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arbuscula var. pumila (Hook.f.) Hand.-Mazz. Symbolae sinicae ; 1929 508 1933 — wfo-0000984111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arbuscula var. rigida (Wall. ex Lehm.) Hand.-Mazz. Symbolae sinicae ; 1929 508 1933 — wfo-0001018111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arbuscula var. veitchii (E.H.Wilson) Liou Fl. Tsinling. 1(2): 548. 1974 wfo-0001401227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arctoalaskensis Jurtzev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 78(11): 79. 1993 wfo-0001004738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arenaria Albert ; 1876 76 1876 — wfo-0001007352
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arenaria f. concolor Th.Wolf ex Domin ; 1904 35 1904 — wfo-0001007354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arenicola Błocki ; 1896 5 1896 — wfo-0001005250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arenicola Jord. – — wfo-0001009846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentea Don ex Trevelyan On the vegetation and temperature of the Faroe Islands ; 1837 10 1837 — wfo-0001013090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentea Hook.f. The flora of British India (Rosaceae) ; 1878 356 1878 — wfo-0001012286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentea Willd. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 2(1,4): 48. 1843 [Sep 1843] wfo-0000991030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argenteiformis Trautv. Incrementa florae phaenogamae rossicae ; 1882 257 1883 — wfo-0000998406
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argenteo-venata Hesl.-Harr. ; 1915 47 1915 — wfo-0001011692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentoides Kharit. Floristecheskie Dopolnenie = Floristic Supplement ; 1999 18 1999 — wfo-0001015024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentoidosa Kharit. Floristecheskie Dopolnenie = Floristic Supplement ; 1999 18 1999 — wfo-0001015023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argolitana Nyar. Bot. Közlem. 38: 140. 1941 wfo-0000998453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta Lehm. Nov. Stirp. Pug. [Lehmann] 3: 25. 1831 [Jan-Apr 1831] wfo-0001002974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vii. (1834) 21. wfo-0001004673