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June 2025

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genus

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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Potentilla

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Fragariastrum (Ser.) Schur Sert. Fl. Transsilv. : 23 (1853) wfo-1200075209
Lehmannia Tratt. Rosac. Monogr. 4: 144 (1824) wfo-1200075213
Pentaphyllum Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 349 (1788) wfo-1200075217
Callionia Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 238 (1906) wfo-4000006080
Chamaephyton Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 371 (1868) wfo-4000007620
Chionice Bunge ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 33 (1843) wfo-4000007913
Coelas Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 303 (1867) wfo-4000008814
Comarella Rydb. Monogr. N. Amer. Potent. 2: 156 (1898) wfo-4000009015
Duchesnea Sm. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 372 (1811) wfo-4000012695
Dynamidium Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 371 (1868) wfo-4000012819
Fraga Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyrénées : 287 (1813) wfo-4000014994
Fragariastrum Heist. ex Fabr. Enum. : 64 (1759) wfo-4000014996
Horkelia Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 2: 26 (1827) wfo-4000018276
Horkeliella (Rydb.) Rydb. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 282 (1908) wfo-4000018277
Hypargyrium Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 371 (1868) wfo-4000018736
Ivesia Torr. & A.Gray Pacif. Railr. Rep. Williamson & Abbot, Bot. 6(3; 2): 72 (1858) wfo-4000019380
Pentaphylloides Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust. 2: 99 (1755) wfo-4000028614
Pentaphyllum Hill Brit. Herb. : 3 (1756) wfo-4000028616
Potentillopsis Opiz Lotos 7: 30 (1857) wfo-4000031031
Purpusia Brandegee Bot. Gaz. 27: 446 (1899) wfo-4000032198
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
Commarum Schrank Prim. Fl. Salisb. : 132 (1792) wfo-4100003571
Jussiea L. ex Sm. Lachesis Lapp. 1: 284 (1811) wfo-4100003575
Quinquefolium Ség. Pl. Veron. 3: 217 (1754) wfo-4100003588

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link