Argentina
Argentina anserina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Subfamily:	Rosoideae
Genus:	Argentina Hill
Species
See text.

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

[edit] External links

• 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.