List of Geum species explained

Geum is a genus of about 50 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae.

Species

A

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Geum adnatum Wall. 1829^[1] Sieversia adnatum G.Don	adnate sieversia	Nepal
Geum aequilobatum K.M.Purohit & Panigrahi 1979^[2]		India^[3]
Geum agrimonioides Pursh 1814 Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta Pursh 1814^[4] Potentilla agrimonioides (Pursh) Farw. 1895^[5] Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb. 1898 Drymocallis agrimonioides (Pursh) Rydb. 1908	prairie cinquefoil sticky cinquefoil tall cinquefoil tall potentilla^[6]	North America
Geum agrimonioides M.Bieb. ex Spreng. 1825^[7]
Geum agrimonioides C.A.Mey. 1846 Geum meyerianum Rydb. 1913^[8]		North America
Geum albarracense Pau ex Merino 1904^[9]
Geum albarracinense Pau 1887 Geum hispidum Fr. ssp. albarracinense  (Pau) Mateo 1990^[10]
Geum album J.F.Gmel. 1791 Geum canadense Jacq. Hort. 1773
Geum album var. flavum (Porter) 1889 Geum flavum (Porter) E.P.Bicknell 1896
Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1786 Geum aleppicum var. bipinnatum  (Batalin) F.Bolle ex Hand.-Mazz. 1933 Geum intermedium Besser ex M.Bieb. 1808 Geum potaninii Juz. Geum strictum Aiton 1789 Geum vidalii Franch. & Sav.^[11]	Aleppo avens yellow avens lu bian qing	Eurasia North America
Geum aleppicum var. decurrens (Rydb.) W.A.Weber 1979 Geum strictum var. decurrens  (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles 1939 Geum decurrens Rydb. 1913^[12]
Geum andicola Reiche 1898 Sieversia andicola Phil.^[13]		Chile^[14]
Geum aurantiacum Fr. ex Scheutz 1870

B

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Geum boliviense Focke 1906		Chuquisaca, Bolivia^[15]
Geum borisii hort. 1996 Geum coccineum Sm. 1809 Geum coccineum 'Werner Arends' not Geum × borisii Kellerer ex Sünd.	Boris avens Grecian rose red avens scarlet avens
Geum × borisii Kellerer ex Sünd. Geum bulgaricum × Geum reptans not Geum borisii hort. 1996		Bulgaria
Geum bulgaricum Pancic	Bulgarian avens	Eastern Europe

C

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Geum calthifolium Menzies ex Sm.	calthaleaf avens^[16]	Northwestern North America Northeastern Asia
Geum calthifolium var. nipponicum (F. Bolle) Ohwi Geum calthifolium ssp. nipponicum  (F. Bolle) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde Acomastylis nipponica F. Bolle
Geum campanulatum (Greene) G.N. Jones Geum triflorum var. campanulatum  (Greene) C.L.Hitchc.	Old man's whiskers^[17]	Oregon Washington (state)
Geum camporum Rydberg 1913 Geum canadense var. camporum  (Rydberg) Fernald & Weath. 1922
Geum canadense Jacq.	white avens	North America
Geum canadense Jacq. var. camporum  (Rydberg) Fernald & Weath. 1922 Geum canadense Jacq. var. brevipes Fernald Geum canadense Jacq. var. canadense Geum canadense Jacq. var. grimesii  Fernald & Weath.	white avens Grimes' avens
Geum canadense Jacq. var. texanum  Fernald & Weath.	Texan avens	Louisiana Oklahoma Texas
Geum canescens (Greene) Munz 1958 Geum triflorum var. canescens  (Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi 1990
Geum capense Thunb.
Geum cercocarpoides DC. ex Ser.
Geum chilense Balb. ex Lindl.		Chile
Geum chiloense Balb. ex Ser. 1825 Geum chiloense hort. Geum quellyon Sweet 1829		Chile
Geum ciliatum Pursh 1814 Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Pursh) Fassett 1928
Geum ciliatum var. griseum  (Greene) Kearney & Peebles
Geum coccineum Lindl. 1827 Geum chilense Balb. ex Lindl. Geum quellyon Sweet not Geum coccineum Sm. 1809		Chile
Geum coccineum Sm. 1809 Geum borisii hort. not Geum coccineum Lindl. 1827	scarlet avens dwarf orange avens red avens	Western Asia Southeastern Europe
Geum cockaynei (F.Bolle) Molloy & C.J.Webb, 1994 Oncostylus cockaynei F.Bolle 1933

D

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Geum decurrens Rydberg 1913 Geum aleppicum var. decurrens  (Rydberg) W.A.Weber 1979
Geum divergens Cheeseman 1916 Oncostylus divergens (Cheeseman) F.Bolle 1933
Geum donianum (Tratt.) Weakley & Gandhi
Geum dryadoides DC. ex Ser.

E

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Geum elatum Wall. ex G. Don 1832 Acomastylis elata (Wall. ex G. Don) F. Bolle 1933^[18] Sieversia elata (Wall.) Royle 1935^[19]	Yu ye hua^[20]	Asia
Geum elatum var. humile (Royle) Hook. f. Acomastylis elata var. humilis (Royle) F. Bolle
Geum elatum var. humile Franch. Coluria longifolia Maxim 1882
Geum elatum var. leiocarpum W.E. Evans 1923 Acomastylis elata var elata (Wall. ex G. Don)
Geum × erectum Moench Saxifraga × geum L.

F

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Geum fauriei H. Lév.
Geum flavum (Porter) E.P. Bicknell
Geum fragarioides (Michx.) Smedmark
Geum franckii Steud. 1840^[21] ^[22]

G

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Geum geniculatum Michx.	bent avens^[23]	North Carolina Tennessee
Geum glabricaule Juz.
Geum glaciale Adams ex Fisch. & C.A.Meyer 1809 Novosieversia glacialis  (Adams ex Fisch. & C.A.Meyer) F. Bolle Sieversia glacialis  (Adams ex Fisch. & C.A.Meyer) R. Br. 1823^[24]	glacier avens^[25]	Northwestern North America
Geum gracilipes (Piper) M.Peck

H

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Geum heterocarpum Boiss. 1838 Orthurus heterocarpus (Boiss.) Juz. 1941
Geum hirsutum Muhl. ex Link
Geum hirsutum Muhl. 1813
Geum hispidum Fr. 1817^[26] G. albarracense var. rigidum Merino 1904 G. albarracinense Pau G. ceretanum Sennen 1926 G. hispidum var. albarracinense (Pau) Cadevall & Pau G. hispidum var. albarracinense (Pau) Cuatrec. G. hispidum ssp. albarracinense (Pau) Sennen G. hispidum ssp. ceretanum (Sennen) Sennen 1931 G. hispidum ssp. paui (Cadevall) Sennen G. hispidum var. paui Cadevall G. urbanum var. hispidum (Fr.) Wahlenb. 1824	hispid Avens	Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Latvia^[27]
Geum hispidum ssp. albarracinense (J.F.Gmel.) Mateo
Geum hispidum ssp. albarracinense (Pau) Mateo^[28]

I

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Geum idahoense (Piper) Smedmark
Geum intermedium Besser ex M.Bieb. 1808 Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1786^[29]
Geum involucratum Jussieu 1768 Geum parviflorum Comm. ex Sm.^[30]

J

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Geum japonicum Thunb.
Geum japonicum var. fauriei Kudo Geum fauriei H. Lév.
Geum japonicum var. sachalinense Koidz. Geum fauriei H. Lév.

L

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Geum laciniatum Murray	rough avens hairy herb-bennet^[31]	Eastern North America
Geum latilobum Somm. & Levier 1893^[32]		Georgia
Geum lechlerianum Schltdl.		Chile^[33]
Geum leiospermum Petrie
Geum lobatum (Baldwin) Smedmark

M

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Geum × macranthum (Kearney ex Rydberg) S.L.Welsh 1968 Geum × macranthum  (Kearney ex Rydberg) B.Boivin 1967
Geum macrophyllum Willd. 1809	big-leaved avens large-leaved avens largeleaf avens	North America Eastern Asia
Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum (Rydberg) Raup 1931 Geum macrophyllum ssp. perincisum  (Rydberg) Hultén 1946		North America
Geum macrophyllum var. sachalinense (Koidz.) H. Hara Geum fauriei H. Lév.		Eastern Asia
Geum macrosepalum Ludlow 1976 Acomastylis macrosepala  (Ludlow) T.T. Yu & C.L. Li 1985
Geum magellanicum Comm. ex Pers. Geum quellyon Sweet 1829
Geum × meinshausenii Gams.
Geum mexicanum Rydb.
Geum meyerianum Rydb. 1913^[34]		North America
Geum microphyllum Gasp. ex Ten.
Geum molle Vis. & Pancic		Southeastern Europe
Geum montanum L. 1753 Parageum montanum H.Hara	alpine avens

O

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Geum oligocarpum J.Krause Coluria oligocarpa (J.Krause) F.Bolle^[35]	Wen chuan wu wei guo
Geum oregonense (Scheutz) Rydberg

P

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Geum parviflorum Comm. ex Sm. Geum involucratum Jussieu^[36]
Geum peckii Pursh	mountain avens	Northeastern North America^[37]
Geum pentapetalum (L.) Makino	Aleutian avens
Geum pentaphyllum Makino
Geum perincisum Rydberg 1913 Geum macrophyllum ssp. perincisum   (Rydberg) Hultén 1946 Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum   (Rydberg) Raup 1931
Geum peruvianum Focke 1906		Northwestern South America^[38]
Geum potaninii Juz. 1941 Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1786^[39]	yellow avens	Eurasia North America
Geum potentilloides Aiton
Geum pulchrum Fernald
Geum pusillum
Geum pyrenaicum Mill.	Pyrenean avens

Q

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Geum quellyon Sweet 1829	scarlet avens Chilean avens Grecian rose	Central Chile

R

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Geum radiatum Michx. 1803 Sieversia radiata (Michx.) G. Don 1832^[40]	Appalachian avens cliff avens spread avens spreading avens	North Carolina Tennessee
Geum reptans L. 1753	snodhoppers (West Coast of Florida)	Europe
Geum rivale L.	water avens purple avens	Eurasia North America
Geum rivale ssp. urbanum Á. Löve & D. Löve Geum urbanum L. 1753^[41]		Europe Middle East
Geum rossii (R. Br.) Ser. 1825 Sieversia rossii R. Br. 1823 Acomastylis rossii (R. Br.) Greene 1906^[42]	Ross' avens
Geum rossii var. depressum (Greene) C.L. Hitchc.	Ross' avens	Washington (state)^[43]
Geum rossii var. turbinatum (Rydberg) C.L. Hitchc.	Ross' avens	Western United States^[44]
Geum rotundifolium (L.) Moench 1794 Miscopetalum rotundifolium (L.) Haw. 1812 Saxifraga rotundifolia L. 1753^[45]	round-leaved saxifrage	Europe

S

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Geum schofieldii Calder & Roy L. Taylor 1965^[46]
Geum scopulorum Greene 1900^[47]		Colorado^[48]
Geum sericeum Greene 1897 Acomastylis sericea (Greene) Greene 1899 Acomastylis sericea (Greene) Greene 1906^[49]
Geum × spurium Fisch. & C.A.Meyer
Geum strictum Aiton 1789 Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1786^[50]
Geum strictum var. bipinnatum Batalin 1893 Geum aleppicum Jacq. 1786^[51]		Europe
Geum strictum var. decurrens  (Rydberg) Kearney & Peebles 1939 Geum decurrens Rydb. 1913 Geum aleppicum var. decurrens  (Rydb.) W.A. Weber 1979^[52]
Geum sylvaticum Pourr. 1788 Geum atlanticum Desf. 1798 Geum pyrenaeum Ramond 1800 Geum biflorum Brot. 1804 Geum atlantica (Desf.) G.Don 1832 Geum sylvaticum var. carpetanum Lázaro Ibiza 1895 Geum pyrenaicum var. sylvaticum (Pourr.) Fiori 1898 Geum sylvaticum var. atlanticum (Desf.) Font Quer & Pau 1927 Geum sylvaticum var. pseudomontanum Rivas Goday & Borja 1961^[53]		Europe

T

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Geum triflorum Pursh 1813 Erythrocoma triflora (Pursh) Greene 1906 Sieversia triflora (Pursh) R. Br. 1823^[54]	long-plumed purple avens old man's whiskers^[55] prairie smoke three-flowered avens	North America
Geum triflorum var. campanulatum (Greene) C.L.Hitchc. 1961 Erythrocoma campanulata Greene 1906 Sieversia campanulata (Greene) Rydb. 1913 Geum campanulatum (Greene) G.N.Jones 1936		Washington (state) Oregon^[56]
Geum triflorum var. canescens (Greene) Kartesz & Gandhi
Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Pursh) Fassett
Geum turbinatum Rydberg 1897 Geum rossii var. turbinatum (Rydberg) C.L. Hitchc.

U

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Geum umbrosum (L.) Moench 1794 Saxifraga umbrosa L. 1762	London pride saxifrage	Spanish Pyrenees
Geum uniflorum Buch
Geum urbanum L.	wood avens herb bennet colewort St. Benedict's herb (herba benedicta)	Europe Middle East
Geum urbanum ssp. oregonense Scheutz 1870 Geum macrophyllum var. rydbergii Farw. 1938

V

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Geum vernum (Raf.) Torr. & A. Gray 1840 Stylypus vernus Raf. 1825	heart-leaf avens spring avens	Eastern North America^[57]
Geum vidalii Franch. & Sav. Geum aleppicum Jacq.	lu bian qing
Geum virginianum L. 1753 Geum flavum E.P. Bicknell 1896 Geum hirsutum Muhl. ex Link 1813	cream avens pale avens	Eastern North America

References

The following abbreviations are used to represent the authors cited in the above species list:

• eFloras - eFloras.org
• CatalogofLife - Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist
• IOPI PGPC - International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI) Provisional Global Plant Checklist
• IPNI - The International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
• Plant List - The Plant List (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Missouri Botanical Garden)
• Tropicos - Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA GRIN - USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
• USDA Plants - USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database
• Wisplants - Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

General References

• IOPI PGPC: Details for: Geum
• IPNI: Plant Name Query: Full search: Genus = Geum
• Plant List: Search results for Geum
• Tropicos: Search results for name=Geum
• Tropicos: Taxonomy Browser for genus Geum
• USDA GRIN: Species Records of Geum
• USDA GRIN: ISTA List of Stabilized Plant Names
• USDA Plants: Name Search Results for Geum
• Wikimedia Commons: Geum gallery page
• Wikispecies: Geum page
• Wisplants: Search Results: Genus: Geum

Specific References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geum adnatum Wall. . IOPI PGPC . 21 Aug 2007 .
2. Web site: Geum aequilobatum K.M.Purohit & Panigrahi . IOPI PGPC . 21 Aug 2007 .
3. Web site: Geum aequilobatum K.M.Purohit & Panigrahi . IPNI . 2005 .
4. Web site: Potentilla arguta ssp. arguta Pursh . ITIS Report . Jun 2011 .
5. Web site: Potentilla agrimonioides (Pursh) Farw.. Plant List . Jun 2011 .
6. Web site: Potentilla arguta . Wisplants . Jun 2011 .
7. Web site: Geum agrimonioides M.Bieb. ex Spreng. . IOPI PGPC . 21 Aug 2007 .
8. Web site: Geum meyerianum Rydberg . Tropicos . 17 Jun 2011 .
9. Web site: Geum albarracense Pau ex Merino . IOPI PGPC . 2007.
10. Web site: Geum hispidum subsp. albarracinense (Pau) Mateo . Tropicos . 17 Jun 2011.
11. Web site: Geum aleppicum Jacq. . Tropicos . Jun 2011.
12. Web site: Geum aleppicum var. decurrens (Rydb.) W.A. Weber . Tropicos . Jun 2011.
13. Web site: Geum andicola Reiche . IPNI . 2005.
14. Web site: Geum andicola Reich: Literature Based Distribution . Tropicos . Jun 2011 .
15. Web site: Geum boliviense Focke . Tropicos . Jun 2011 .
16. Web site: Geum calthifolium Menzies ex Sm. . USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
17. Web site: Geum triflorum Pursh var. campanulatum (Greene) C.L. Hitchc. . USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
18. Web site: Geum elatum Wall. ex G. Don . Tropicos . 17 Jun 2011.
19. Web site: Geum elatum Wall. ex G. Don . eFloras . 20 Jun 2011.
20. Web site: Acomastylis elata (Wall. ex G. Don) F. Bolle . Tropicos . 17 Jun 2011.
21. Web site: Geum franckii Steud. . Tropicos . 20 Jun 2011 .
22. Web site: Geum franckii . IOPI PGPC . 21 Aug 2007 .
23. Web site: Geum geniculatum Michx., bent avens . USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
24. Web site: Geum glaciale Adams ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey. . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
25. Web site: Geum glaciale Adams ex Fisch. & C.A.Meyer . USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
26. Web site: Geum hispidum Fr. . IOPI PGPC . 1 Aug 2007.
27. Book: Kurtto. Arto. Lampinen. Raino. Junikka. Leo. 2004. Atlas florae Europaeae, distribution of vascular plants in Europe. 13: Rosaceae (Spiraea to Fragaria, excl. Rubus). Committee for mapping the flora of Europe and Societas Biologica Fennica. Helsinki. 978-951-9108-14-8. 149–50.
28. Web site: Geum hispidum subsp. albarracinense (Pau) Mateo . IOPI PGPC . 1 Aug 2007.
29. Web site: Geum intermedium Besser ex M. Bieb.. Tropicos . Jun 2011.
30. Web site: Geum involucratum Jussieu. Tropicos . Jun 2011.
31. Web site: Geum laciniatum Murray . USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
32. Web site: Geum latilobum Sommier & Levier . IPNI . 2005.
33. Web site: Geum lechlerianum Schltdl. . Tropicos . 17 Jun 2011.
34. Web site: Geum meyerianum Rydb. . IOPI PGPC . 21 Aug 2007 .
35. Web site: Coluria oligocarpa (J. Krause) F. Bolle . Tropicos . Jun 2011 .
36. Web site: Geum parviflorum Comm. ex Sm. . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
37. Web site: Geum peckii Pursh . USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
38. Web site: Geum peruvianum Focke . Tropicos . Jun 2011.
39. Web site: Geum potaninii Juz. . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
40. Web site: Sieversia radiata (Michx.) G. Don . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
41. Web site: Geum urbanum L. . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
42. Web site: Geum rossii (R. Br.) Ser. . Tropicos . 16 Jun 2011 .
43. Web site: Geum rossii (R. Br.) Ser. var. depressum (Greene) C.L. Hitchc.. USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
44. Web site: Geum rossii (R. Br.) Ser. var. turbinatum (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.. USDA Plants . Jun 2011 .
45. Web site: Geum rotundifolium (L.) Moench . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
46. Web site: Geum schofieldii Calder & Roy L. Taylor . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
47. Web site: Geum scopulorum Greene . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
48. Web site: Geum scopulorum Greene . IPNI . 2005 .
49. Web site: Geum sericeum Greene . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
50. Web site: Geum strictum Aiton . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
51. Web site: Geum strictum var. bipinnatum Batalin . Plant List . Jun 2011 .
52. Web site: Geum strictum var. decurrens (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles . Plant List . Jun 2011.
53. Web site: Geum sylvaticum . . 20 Jun 2011 . 20 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008025030/http://www.floraiberica.es/v.2.0/PHP/cientificos2.php?gen=Geum&espe=sylvaticum&infrank=_&infra=_&autabre=Pourr.&familia=Rosaceae . 8 October 2011 . dead .
54. Web site: Sieversia triflora (Pursh) R. Br. . Tropicos . Jun 2011 .
55. Web site: Geum triflorum Pursh . USDA Plants . 17 Jun 2011.
56. Web site: Geum triflorum Pursh var. campanulatum (Greene) C.L. Hitchc. . USDA Plants . 17 Jun 2011.
57. Web site: Geum vernum (Raf.) Torr. & A. Gray . USDA Plants . 13 Jun 2011 .