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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

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

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