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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
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

Species in Potentilla ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

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 adpressa Opiz ex Domin ; 1904 21 1904 — wfo-0000986653
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: 10 (1884) wfo-0000998631
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla adulterina Domin Preslia 13-15: 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. : 226 (1887) wfo-0001001868
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 Bunge Fl. Altaic. 2: 239 (1830) — wfo-1000060582
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrimonioides Farw. Asa Gray Bull. 3: 7 (1895) wfo-0000987960
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrimonoides M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 403 (1808) — wfo-1000060583
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla agrivagua Zimmeter Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 20 (1884) — wfo-0001007989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aladaghensis Leblebici Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 42: 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 Suppl. Meth. : 280 (1802) — wfo-0001007927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla albanica Bald. ex Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. 16(71): 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 Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 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 alboargentea Kharit. Fl. Suppl. : 18 (1999) — wfo-1000059620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aleutica Soják Preslia 57: 265 (1985) wfo-0001002936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alluvialis V.V.Petrovsky & Soják Preslia 64: 219 (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) wfo-0001003308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 15: t. 1499 (1828) — wfo-0001008990
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris Hook.f. & Thomson Fl. Brit. India 2: 357 (1878) wfo-0000998326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpestris Host Fl. Austriaca 2: 41 (1831) — wfo-0001008996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla alpigava Jord. ex Verl. Cat. Pl. Cult. Grenoble : 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 Atlas Alpenfl. : 91 (1882) wfo-0000999257
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 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 Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 19 (1884) — wfo-0001007327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla amansiana H.Roux Cat. Pl. Provence : 177 (1892) — wfo-0001009023
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 anatolica Bornm. ex Th.Wolf Biblioth. Bot. 16(71): 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 Pl. Far East. Reg. USSR 2: 642 (1932) — wfo-0001007027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla andersonii Greene Pittonia 1: 104 (1887) wfo-0000991675
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 angarensis Popov Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 14: 18 (1957) wfo-0001004737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla angustifolia Willd. ex 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: 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 subsp. anserina – – wfo-0001009680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anserina var. anserina – – — wfo-0000988587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla anserina var. concolor Ser. Schedulae criticae ; 1822 236 1822 wfo-0001008602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla antwerpiensis H.Low Gard. Chron. 1851: 337 (1851) — wfo-1000059769
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aphanes Soják Willdenowia 16: 131 (1986) wfo-0000988713
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla apricarum Jord. ex Verl. Cat. Pl. Cult. Grenoble : 28 (1857) wfo-0000998563
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. albicans (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 508 (1933) — wfo-0001018109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arbuscula var. bulleyana Balf.f. ex H.R.Fletcher Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 20: 208 (1950) — wfo-0000999693
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 Feuille Jeunes Naturalistes 6: 76 (1876) — wfo-0001007352
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arenicola Błocki Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 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 Veg. Temp. Faroe Isl. : 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 argenteovenata Hesl.-Harr. Vasculum 1: 47 (1915) — wfo-1000059621
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentoides Kharit. Fl. Suppl. : 18 (1999) — wfo-0001015024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argentoidosa Kharit. Fl. Suppl. : 18 (1999) — wfo-0001015023
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argolitana Nyár. Bot. Közlem. 38: 140 (1941) wfo-0000998453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta Lehm. Nov. Stirp. Pug. 3: 25 (1831) wfo-0001002974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia vii. (1834) 21. wfo-0001004673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta Porter & J.M.Coult. Synopsis of the flora of Colorado ; 1874 36 1874 — wfo-0001006465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta subsp. arguta – – — wfo-0001005377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arguta var. arguta – – — wfo-0001247770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argyroblephara Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 3: 7 (1880) — wfo-0001009858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argyrocoma (Rydb.) Munz & I.M.Johnst. ; 1925 13 1925 — wfo-0001002778
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla argyrophylla Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1020. 1829 wfo-0000995432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla armeniaca Siegfr. Exsicc. (Potent.) 4: n.º 648 (1892) wfo-0000989719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla articulata H.R.Fletcher Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 20: 208 (1950) — wfo-1000060585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla arvernensis Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. 3: 7 (1880) — wfo-0001009859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla ascendens Gremli Excursionsfl. Schweiz : 148 (1878) — wfo-0001014554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla astracanica M.Bieb. Flora taurico-caucasica ; 1808 406 1808 — wfo-0001007248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla atrirubens Th.Wolf ; 1908 225 1908 — wfo-0001007148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla atropos Hoffmeister Briefe aus Indien, App. ii. 364, nomen (sp. dub.). wfo-0001004648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla atrosanguinea Lodd., G.Lodd. & W.Lodd. The Botanical cabinet; consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all countries, with a short account of each [etc.] ; 1818 t.786 1823 — wfo-0001002104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla atrosanguinea Raf. Autik. Bot. : 165 (1840) wfo-0000998194
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aucheriana Th.Wolf Bibliotheca botanica 71:441 (1908) — wfo-1000080658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aurea Gaudin Flora helvetica ; 1828 393 1828 — wfo-0001007288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aurea Griseb. Spicilegium florae rumelicae et bithynicae ; 1843 101 1843-1845 — wfo-0001007305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aurea Pollini Viaggio al Lago di Garda ; 1816 96 1816 — wfo-0001008999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aurea Retz. Florae Scandinaviae prodromus ; 1779 97 1779 — wfo-0001008991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aurigena A.Kern. ex Zimmeter Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 22 (1884) wfo-0000998625
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla aurulenta Ruhmer Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 230 (1881) — wfo-0001009007
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla auszerdorferi Huter Oesterr. Bot. Z. 55: 110. 1905 wfo-0001355506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla autaretica Jord. ex Verl. Cat. Pl. Cult. Grenoble : 28 (1857) — wfo-0000998543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla autumnalis Opiz ex Zimmeter Jahresber. K. K. Staats-Ober-Realschule Steyr 14: 19 (1884) wfo-0000998616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla babcockiana Fedde Bot. Jahresber. (Just) 36, pt. 2: 488. 1910 wfo-0001351335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Potentilla babiskaensis Post & Beauverd Pl. Post. 1: 6 (1932) wfo-0001005589