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Potentilla

The genus Potentilla is in the family Rosaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Potentilla

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Potentilla acaulis L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla algida Soják Accepted M TRO
Potentilla × ananassa (Duchesne ex Rozier) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla ancistrifolia Bunge Accepted M TRO
Potentilla angustiloba T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla anserina L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla arachnoidea (Lehm.) Douglas ex Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla arctica Rouy Accepted M TRO
Potentilla arenaria Borkh. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla argentea L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla argyrophylla Wall. ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla aristata Soják Accepted M TRO
Potentilla articulata Franch. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla asperrima Turcz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla astracanica Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla bertramii Azn. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla betonicifolia Poir. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla biflora Willd. ex Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla bifurca L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla bolanderi (A. Gray) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla borneensis (Stapf) Kalkman Accepted M TRO
Potentilla californica (Cham. & Schltdl.) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla callieri Juz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla campestris (M.E. Jones) Jeps. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla candicans Humb. & Bonpl. ex Nestl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla cardotiana Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla centigrana Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla chamissonis Hultén Accepted M TRO
Potentilla chiloensis (L.) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla chinensis Ser. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla chrysantha Trevir. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla collina Wibel. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla conferta Bunge Accepted M TRO
Potentilla congesta (Douglas ex Hook.) Baill. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla contigua Soják Accepted M TRO
Potentilla coriandrifolia D. Don Accepted M TRO
Potentilla crantzii (Crantz) Beck ex Fritsch Accepted M TRO
Potentilla crassa Tausch Accepted M TRO
Potentilla crenulata T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla cryptotaeniae Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla cuneata Wall. ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla cuneifolia (Rydb.) Th. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Potentilla daltoniana (J. Gay) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla delavayi Franch. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla desertorum Bunge Accepted M TRO
Potentilla discolor Bunge Accepted M TRO
Potentilla dombeyi Nestl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla egedii Wormsk. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla ehrenbergiana Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla erecta (L.) Raeusch. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla eriocarpa Wall. ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla evestita Th. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Potentilla fallacina Blocki Accepted M TRO
Potentilla fallens Cardot Accepted M TRO
Potentilla festiva Soják Accepted M TRO
Potentilla flagellaris Willd. ex Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla fragarioides L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla freyniana Bornm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla fruticosa L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla fusca (Lindl.) Jeps. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla gelida C.A. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla glabra Lodd. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla glabriuscula (T.T. Yu & C.L. Li) Soják Accepted M TRO
Potentilla goldmanii Painter ex Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla gombalana Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla gordonii (Hook.) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla granulosa T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla griffithii Hook. f. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla haematochrous Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla hendersonii (Howell) J.T. Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla heterosepala Fritsch Accepted M TRO
Potentilla hispidula (Rydb.) Jeps. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla hololeuca Boiss. ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla hyparctica Malte Accepted M TRO
Potentilla hypargyrea Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla iinumae (Makino) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla imbricata Kar. & Kir. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla impolita Wahlenb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla inclinata Vill. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla jaegeri (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) L.C. Wheeler Accepted M TRO
Potentilla kelloggii (Greene) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla kleiniana Wight & Arn. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla lancinata Cardot Accepted M TRO
Potentilla laxiflora (Rydb.) Fedde Accepted M TRO
Potentilla leonina Standl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla leuconota D. Don Accepted M TRO
Potentilla leucotricha Borbás Accepted M TRO
Potentilla limprichtii J. Krause Accepted M TRO
Potentilla lineata Trevir. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla litoralis (Rydb.) Fedde Accepted M TRO
Potentilla longifolia Willd. ex Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla lycopodioides (A. Gray) Baill. ex J.T. Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla macrosepala Cardot Accepted M TRO
Potentilla marinensis (Elmer) J.T. Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla micrantha Ram. ex DC. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla microphylla D. Don Accepted M TRO
Potentilla mollissima Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla multicaulis Bunge Accepted M TRO
Potentilla multiceps T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla multifida L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla multifolioliata (Torr.) Kearney & Peebles Accepted M TRO
Potentilla multisecta (S. Watson) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla nervosa Juz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla neumanniana Rchb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla nilgerrensis (Schltdl. ex J. Gay) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla nivea L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla norvegica L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla nubicola (Hook. f.) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla osterhoutii (A. Nelson) J.T. Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla oweriniana Boiss. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pacifica Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pamiroalaica Juz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla parryi (Greene) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla parvifolia Fisch. ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla patula Waldst. & Kit. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pedata Nestl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pedersenii (Rydb.) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla peduncularis D. Don Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pendula T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pentaphylla (Losinsk.) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pilosa Willd. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla plattensis Nutt. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla platyloba (Rydb.) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla plumosa T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla polyphylla Wall. ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla polyphylloides H. Ikeda & H. Ohba Accepted M TRO
Potentilla potaninii Th. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Potentilla propinqua (Rydb.) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla pseudosimulatrix W.B. Liao, S.F. Li & Z.Y. Yu Accepted M TRO
Potentilla quinquefolia (Rydb.) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla ranunculoides Kunth Accepted M TRO
Potentilla recta L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla reptans L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla richardii Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla rimicola (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Ertter Accepted M TRO
Potentilla rivalis Nutt. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla robbinsiana (Lehm.) Oakes ex Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla rosulifera H. Lév. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla rubra Willd. ex Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla rupestris L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla rydbergiana Rose Accepted M TRO
Potentilla sabulosa M.E. Jones Accepted M TRO
Potentilla saundersiana Royle Accepted M TRO
Potentilla sericata (S. Watson) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla sericea L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla sericoleuca (Rydb.) J.T. Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla shockleyi (S. Watson) Jeps. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla simulatrix Th. Wolf Accepted M TRO
Potentilla sischanensis Bunge ex Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla smithiana Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla staminea Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla stenophylla (Franch.) Diels Accepted M TRO
Potentilla sterilis (L.) Garcke Accepted M TRO
Potentilla strigosa Pall. ex Pursh Accepted M TRO
Potentilla subdigitata T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla supina L. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla tanacetifolia Willd. ex Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla taronensis C.Y. Wu ex T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla tenuiloba (Torr.) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla thurberi A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Potentilla thyrsiflora Huels. ex Zimmeter Accepted M TRO
Potentilla tilingii (Regel) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla togashii Ohwi Accepted M TRO
Potentilla tucumanensis A. Castagnaro & M. Arias Accepted M TRO
Potentilla tugitakensis Masam. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla turfosa Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla turgaica Soják Accepted M TRO
Potentilla tweedyi (Rydb.) J.T. Howell Accepted M TRO
Potentilla unguiculata (A. Gray) Greene Accepted M TRO
Potentilla uniflora Ledeb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla verticillaris Stephan ex Willd. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla virgata Lehm. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla virginiana (Mill.) E.H.L. Krause Accepted M TRO
Potentilla viscidula (Rydb.) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla weddellii J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla wenchuensis H. Ikeda & H. Ohba Accepted M TRO
Potentilla xizangensis T.T. Yu & C.L. Li Accepted M TRO
Potentilla yakusimensis (Masam.) Mabb. Accepted M TRO
Potentilla zhangbeiensis Yong Zhang & Z.T. Yin Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 824 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Potentilla. Of these 179 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 440 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Potentilla. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 824 species names for the genus Potentilla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 179 21.7%
Synonym 293 35.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 352 42.7%

All names

The status of the 1,264 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Potentilla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 274 21.7%
Synonym 570 45.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 420 33.2%

The confidence with which the status of the 824 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Potentilla, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 179 293 0 0 472 57.3%
Low confidence 0 0 0 352 352 42.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Potentilla, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 179 293 0 352 0 824 100%