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:''For the river, see [[Geum River]].''
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Avens
| image = Geum coccineum2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Geum coccineum'' flower, <br/>foliage and immature fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = '''''Geum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
About 50; see text
}}
'''''Geum''''' ('''Avens''') is a [[genus]] of about 50 [[species]] of [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous plant]]s in the rose family [[Rosaceae]], native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]] and [[New Zealand]]. They are closely related to ''[[Potentilla]]'' and [[strawberry|''Fragaria'']].
''Geum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Grizzled Skipper]].
;Species
*''[[Geum aleppicum]]'' - Yellow Avens
*''[[Geum bulgaricum]]''
*''[[Geum calthifolium]]''
*''[[Geum canadense]]'' - White Avens
*''[[Geum chiloense]]''
*''[[Geum coccineum]]'' - Red Avens
*''[[Geum elatum]]''
*''[[Geum heterocarpum]]''
*''[[Geum japonicum]]''
*''[[Geum leiospermum]]''
*''[[Geum macrophyllum]]'' - Largeleaf Avens
*''[[Geum molle]]''
*''[[Geum montanum]]'' - Alpine Avens
*''[[Geum parviflorum]]''
*''[[Geum peckii]]''
*''[[Geum pentapetalum]]''
*''[[Geum pyrenaicum]]''
*''[[Geum reptans]]'' - Creeping Avens
*''[[Geum rhodopeum]]''
*''[[Geum rivale]]'' - Water Avens
*''[[Geum rossii]]''
*''[[Geum sikkimense]]''
*''[[Geum sylvaticum]]''
*''[[Geum triflorum]]'' - Purple Avens
*''[[Geum turbinatum]]''
*''[[Geum unifloru]]m''
*''[[Geum urbanum]]'' - [[Wood Avens]] or Herb Bennet
*''[[Geum virginianum]]'' - Virginia Avens
[[Category:Rosaceae]]
{{Rosales-stub}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Avens
| image = Geum coccineum2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Geum coccineum'' flower, <br/>foliage and immature fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Rosoideae]]
| genus = '''''Geum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
About 50; see text
}}
'''''Geum''''' ('''Avens''') is a [[genus]] of about 50 [[species]] of [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous plant]]s in the rose family [[Rosaceae]], native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[North America|North]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]] and [[New Zealand]]. They are closely related to ''[[Potentilla]]'' and [[strawberry|''Fragaria'']].
''Geum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Grizzled Skipper]].
;Species
*''[[Geum aleppicum]]'' - Yellow Avens
*''[[Geum bulgaricum]]''
*''[[Geum calthifolium]]''
*''[[Geum canadense]]'' - White Avens
*''[[Geum chiloense]]''
*''[[Geum coccineum]]'' - Red Avens
*''[[Geum elatum]]''
*''[[Geum heterocarpum]]''
*''[[Geum japonicum]]''
*''[[Geum leiospermum]]''
*''[[Geum macrophyllum]]'' - Largeleaf Avens
*''[[Geum molle]]''
*''[[Geum montanum]]'' - Alpine Avens
*''[[Geum parviflorum]]''
*''[[Geum peckii]]''
*''[[Geum pentapetalum]]''
*''[[Geum pyrenaicum]]''
*''[[Geum reptans]]'' - Creeping Avens
*''[[Geum rhodopeum]]''
*''[[Geum rivale]]'' - Water Avens
*''[[Geum rossii]]''
*''[[Geum sikkimense]]''
*''[[Geum sylvaticum]]''
*''[[Geum triflorum]]'' - Purple Avens
*''[[Geum turbinatum]]''
*''[[Geum unifloru]]m''
*''[[Geum urbanum]]'' - [[Wood Avens]] or Herb Bennet
*''[[Geum virginianum]]'' - Virginia Avens
[[Category:Rosaceae]]
{{Rosales-stub}}
