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{{taxobox
|name = ''Argentina''
|image = Silverweed leaf 800.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Argentina anserina]]''
|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|ordo = [[Rosales]]
|familia = [[Rosaceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
|genus = '''''Argentina'''''
|genus_authority = [[John Hill (author)|Hill]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
|synonyms =
* ''Tylosperma'' <small>Botsch.</small>
* ''Piletophyllum'' <small>(Soják) Soják</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=Sojak/>
|}}

'''''Argentina''''' ('''silverweeds''') is a [[genus]] of [[plant]]s in the [[rose]] [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Rosaceae]]) which is accepted by some authors,<ref name=Sojak>{{cite journal |journal=Thaiszia | title=''Argentina'' Hill, a genus distinct from ''Potentilla'' (Rosaceae) |author=Jiří Soják |year=2010 |url=https://www.upjs.sk/public/media/5486/091-097-sojak-upr.pdf |volume=20 |pages=91–97}}</ref> as containing 64 species, but classified in ''[[Potentilla]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tropicos.org/Name/40019096 |title=Tropicos.org |accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=argentina |title=The Plant List |accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref> sect. ''Leptostylae'' by others.

==Selected species==
*''[[Argentina anserina]]'' &ndash; [[Common silverweed]]
*''[[Argentina anserinoides]]'' &ndash; [[New Zealand silverweed]] (= ''Potentilla anserinoides'')
*''[[Argentina egedei]]'' &ndash; [[Eged's silverweed]]
* ''[[Argentina pacifica]]'' &ndash; [[Pacific silverweed]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons cat|Potentilla}}
*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). [http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publish_db/Bulletin/no39/no39005.html Available online].
*{{Cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=304103 | title = ''Potentilla'' sect. ''Leptostylae'' (Th. Wolf) T. T. Yü & C. L. Li | work = Flora of China }}
*[http://www.northernbushcraft.com/plants/silverweed/notes.htm Edibility of Silverweed]: Visual identification and edible parts of Silverweed.

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[[Category:Rosoideae]]