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Genus: Potentilla

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Nomenclature

Potentilla L., Sp. Pl. 1: 495. 1753. Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 219. 1754. Quinquefolium Ség., Pl. Veron. 3: 217. 1754, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Pentaphylloides Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 2: 99. 1755, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Pentaphyllum Hill, Brit. Herb. 3. 1756, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). LECTOTYPE: Potentilla reptans L. designated by Rydberg (1908).

Dasiphora Raf., Autik. Bot. 167. 1840. TYPE: Several elements.

Key to the species of Potentilla

 

List of Potentilla Species

Potentilla argentea Potentilla arguta Potentilla canadensis Potentilla inclinata Potentilla intermedia Potentilla norvegica Potentilla recta Potentilla reptans Potentilla simplex Potentilla neumanniana

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