Potentilleae is a

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of the rose family,

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...

. The type genus is ''

Potentilla ''Potentilla'' is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al. (2005)Reproductive biology of the Iberian species of ''Potentilla'' L. (Rosaceae).''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 1(62) 9–21. species of annual, biennial and perenni ...

''.

Genera

* ''

Alchemilla ''Alchemilla'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to ''Alchemilla mollis'' when referred to as a garden plant. The plant used as a herb ...

'' (lady's mantle) * ''

Aphanes ''Aphanes'' (parsley-piert) is a genus of around 20 species in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to Europe, Asia and Australia. A 2003 study indicated that ''Aphanes'' may belong to the genus '' Alchemilla'', commonly called lady's-mantle. They ...

'' (parsley-piert) * ''

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

'' (silverweeds) * '' Chamaecallis'' * '' Chamaerhodos'' * ''

Comarum ''Comarum'' is a genus of plants formerly included with the genus '' Potentilla'' ("typical cinquefoils"). It contains one or two species: * ''Comarum palustre ''Comarum palustre'' ( syn. ''Potentilla palustris''), known by the common names pur ...

'' * ''

Dasiphora ''Dasiphora'' is a genus of shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Asia, with one species '' D. fruticosa'' (shrubby cinquefoil), ranging across the entire cool temperate Northern Hemisphere. In the past, the genus was normally included in ...

'' * ''

Drymocallis ''Drymocallis'' is a genus of plants formerly (and sometimes still) included with the typical cinquefoils (''Potentilla''). It contains three species known or suspected to be Protocarnivorous plant, protocarnivorous, but more cinquefoils might ev ...

'' * '' Fragaria'' (strawberries) * ''

Horkelia :''See also '' Horkeliella'' (false horkelias).'' ''Horkelia'' is a genus of plants in the rose family. It includes several species of plants known commonly as horkelias. These are flowering plants closely related to the cinquefoils ('' Potentil ...

'' * '' Horkeliella'' * ''

Ivesia ''Ivesia is also a synonym for the Nesticus spider genus''. ''Ivesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family known generally as mousetails. They are perennial herbs native to western North America, especially the western United State ...

'' (mousetails) * '' Potaninia'' * ''

'' (cinquefoils, tormentils, barren strawberries) * ''

Sibbaldia ''Sibbaldia'' is a genus of flowering plants of the family Rosaceae, with a circumpolar distribution, including the high Arctic. Most of the species are found in the Himalaya. The type species is ''Sibbaldia procumbens''. It is also in the Rosoi ...

'' * ''

Sibbaldianthe ''Sibbaldianthe'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rosaceae. It is also in the Rosoideae subfamily. Its native range is from south eastern and eastern Europe (within East European Russia, Central European Russia, Crimea, Rom ...

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