Argentina
Credits
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Recommended citation
'Argentina' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Family
- Rosaceae
Editorial Note
Species in Argentina were treated by Bean under the genus Potentilla. We have published this stub genus article in the course of a wider reorganisation of Rosaceae articles, part of a programme of work beginning in early 2025 to bring the nomenclature of articles in line with modern treatments. Historic Bean text will appear under its correct modern name, with appropriate synonymy, until we have funding to update the articles entirely. If you would like to sponsor the account of this genus please contact editor@treesandshrubsonline.org
The principal character used by Rydberg (2008) to separate Argentina from Potentilla – subterminal versus lateral insertion of the style – was found not to hold for all species. However, Soják (2010) found that the distinct states of the stipular auricles (lateral in Potentilla, ventral in Argentina) map exactly onto the clades recovered by molecular research.