Potentilla
See also: potentilla
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin potentilla, from Latin potēns (“powerful”).
Proper noun
Potentilla f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the cinquefoils.
- Synonym: (obsolete) Tormentilla
Usage notes
- Some groups of species of Potentilla are treated by authors as being in separate genera: Argentina, Comarum, Dasiphora, Drymocallis, and Sibbaldia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Potentilleae - tribe; Potentillinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Potentilla alba, Potentilla ambigua, Potentilla andicola, Potentilla anglica, Potentilla anserina, Potentilla arbuscula, Potentilla argentea, Potentilla articulata, Potentilla atrosanguinea, Potentilla biennis, Potentilla biflora, Potentilla bifurca, Potentilla buccoana, Potentilla calabra, Potentilla canadensis, Potentilla canescens, Potentilla centigrana, Potentilla chinensis, Potentilla chrysantha, Potentilla collina, Potentilla coriandrifolia, Potentilla crantzii, Potentilla crinita, Potentilla curviseta, Potentilla desertorum, Potentilla dickinsii, Potentilla diversifolia, Potentilla doddsii, Potentilla dombeyi, Potentilla elatior, Potentilla erecta, Potentilla eriocarpa, Potentilla fragarioides, Potentilla friedrichsenii, Potentilla fruticosa, Potentilla gelida, Potentilla goldbachii, Potentilla gracilis, Potentilla griffithii, Potentilla heidenreichii, Potentilla hemsleyana, Potentilla hickmanii, Potentilla hippiana, Potentilla hirta, Potentilla humifusa, Potentilla hypartica, Potentilla imerethica, Potentilla inclinata, Potentilla indica (mock strawberry), Potentilla intermedia, Potentilla kryloviana, Potentilla lazica, Potentilla ledebouriana, Potentilla leuconota, Potentilla libanotica, Potentilla longifolia, Potentilla megalantha, Potentilla micrantha, Potentilla microphylla, Potentilla multifida, Potentilla nana, Potentilla nepalensis, Potentilla neumanniana, Potentilla newberryi, Potentilla nitida, Potentilla nivea, Potentilla norvegica, Potentilla opaca, Potentilla orbiculata, Potentilla nudicaulis, Potentilla oweriniana, Potentilla palustris, Potentilla pannosa, Potentilla paradoxa, Potentilla peduncularis, Potentilla pensylvanica, Potentilla pimpinelloides, Potentilla polyphylla, Potentilla polyschista, Potentilla pulcherrima, Potentilla pulvinaris, Potentilla pyrenaica, Potentilla ranunculus, Potentilla recta, Potentilla rehderiana, Potentilla reptans, Potentilla robbinsiana, Potentilla rupestris, Potentilla ruprechtii, Potentilla saundersiana, Potentilla savvalensis, Potentilla siemersiana, Potentilla simplex, Potentilla speciosa, Potentilla stenophylla, Potentilla sterilis, Potentilla subarenaria, Potentilla sublaevis, Potentilla subpalmata, Potentilla supina, Potentilla szovitsii, Potentilla tabernaemontani, Potentilla tanacetifolia, Potentilla tauricola, Potentilla thuringiaca, Potentilla togasii, Potentilla tucumanensis, Potentilla uliginosa, Potentilla umbrosum, Potentilla villosa (species)
- Potentilla × gabarae - nothospecies
References
Potentilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Potentilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Potentilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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