Argentina (plant)

Argentina
Argentina anserina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Tribe: Potentilleae
Subtribe: Potentillinae
Genus: Argentina
Hill
Species

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Synonyms
  • Piletophyllum (Soják) Soják

Argentina (silverweeds) is a genus of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae) which is accepted by some authors, as containing 71 species, but classified in Potentilla sect. Leptostylae by others.

The genus is native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, and also in subtropical and tropical southern Asia to New Guinea, and with an outlying species in New Zealand.

Selected species

References

  1. ↑ Jiří Soják (2010). "Argentina Hill, a genus distinct from Potentilla (Rosaceae)" (PDF). Thaiszia. 20: 91–97.
  2. 1 2 3 "Argentina Hill". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  3. ↑ "Tropicos.org". Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Plant List". Retrieved 3 February 2015.