Potentilla L.
(cinquefoils)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Potentilla anserina Silverweed	Species	37 images
Potentilla argentea Hoary Cinquefoil	Species	8 images
Potentilla erecta Tormentil	Species	9 images
Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil	Species	11 images
Potentilla palustris Marsh Cinquefoil	Species	12 images
Potentilla recta Sulphur Cinquefoil	Species	16 images
Potentilla reptans Creeping Cinquefoil	Species	23 images
Potentilla sterilis Barren Strawberry	Species	9 images	1 ident. refs
Potentilla tabernaemontani Spring Cinquefoil	Species	9 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Potentilla (cinquefoils)
Family	ROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Harold, B.		Potentilla	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Potentilla (cinquefoils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Potentilla (cinquefoils)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 104 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Potentilla (cinquefoils)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)