Potentilla nivea
A species in the Rosaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Potentilla
- Species
- Potentilla nivea
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Potentilla nivea. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
53 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 2
- Fragaria niveaName author: (L.) Crantz
- Potentilla concinna var. dissectaName author: (S.Watson) B.Boivin
- Potentilla dryophyllaName author: Pall. ex Ledeb.
- Potentilla fissuralisName author: Fed. & Al.Fed. ex Popov
- Potentilla flabellifolia subsp. matsumuraeName author: Th.Wolf
- Potentilla fragariifoliaName author: Less. ex Ledeb.
- Potentilla hemicryophilaName author: (Jurtzev) Soják
- Potentilla jamesonianaName author: Grev.
- Potentilla jezoensisName author: Soják
- Potentilla macranthaName author: Ledeb.
- Potentilla matsuokanaName author: Makino
- Potentilla michoacanaName author: Rydb.
- Potentilla nivea f. alpinaName author: (Turcz.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla nivea f. arcticaName author: Cham. & Schltdl.
- Potentilla nivea f. incisaName author: (Turcz.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla nivea f. majorName author: (Turcz.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla nivea f. multifloraName author: Lehm.
- Potentilla nivea f. unifoliolosaName author: (Hultén) B.Boivin
- Potentilla nivea prol. vulgarisName author: (Cham. & Schltdl.) Th.Wolf
- Potentilla nivea subsp. chionodesName author: Hiitonen
- Potentilla nivea subsp. fallaxName author: A.E.Porsild
- Potentilla nivea subsp. niveaName author: Not supplied
- Potentilla nivea unranked vulgarisName author: Ledeb.
- Potentilla nivea var. alpinaName author: Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. camtschaticaName author: Cham. & Schltdl.
- Potentilla nivea var. canotomentosaName author: Rupr.
- Potentilla nivea var. concolorName author: Don
- Potentilla nivea var. concolorName author: S.Watson
- Potentilla nivea var. dissectaName author: S.Watson
- Potentilla nivea var. floribundaName author: Lehm.
- Potentilla nivea var. genuinaName author: Regel & Tiling
- Potentilla nivea var. hirsutaName author: Durand
- Potentilla nivea var. incisaName author: Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. insularisName author: Peschkova
- Potentilla nivea var. intermediaName author: Regel & Tiling
- Potentilla nivea var. macranthaName author: (Ledeb.) Ledeb.
- Potentilla nivea var. majorName author: Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. niveiformisName author: Jurtzev
- Potentilla nivea var. pallidiorName author: Sw.
- Potentilla nivea var. pentaphyllaName author: Turcz.
- Potentilla nivea var. petiolulataName author: Popov
- Potentilla nivea var. polyphyllaName author: Y.T.Chang & Z.T.Yin
- Potentilla nivea var. prostrataName author: Retz.
- Potentilla nivea var. quinquefoliaName author: Rydb.
- Potentilla nivea var. tomentosaName author: Nilsson-Ehle ex Hultén
- Potentilla nivea var. vulgarisName author: Cham. & Schltdl.
- Potentilla nivea var. yuparensisName author: Miyabe & Tatew.
- Potentilla prostrata subsp. prostrataName author: Not supplied
- Potentilla quinquefoliaName author: (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Potentilla saximontana var. dissectaName author: (S.Watson) Soják
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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