Argentina (plant)
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| Argentina anserina | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rosoideae |
| Genus: | Argentina Hill |
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Argentina (silverweeds) is a genus of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae). The circumscription is not yet fully settled; it includes at least three species long classified in Potentilla sect. Leptostylae. A further 23-25 or more species also traditionally included in Potentilla sect. Leptostylae are however yet to be formally transferred to Argentina.
[edit] Selected species
- Argentina anserina – Common Silverweed
- Argentina anserinoides – New Zealand Silverweed (= Potentilla anserinoides)
- Argentina egedii – Eged's Silverweed
- Argentina pacifica – Pacific Silverweed
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- Ikeda, H. and Ohba, H. (1999). A systematic revision of Potentilla l. Section Leptostylae (Rosaceae) in the Himalaya and adjacent regions. University of Tokyo, University Museum Bulletin 39 (3). Available online.
- "Potentilla sect. Leptostylae (Th. Wolf) T. T. Yü & C. L. Li". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=304103.
- Edibility of Silverweed: Visual identification and edible parts of Silverweed.
