; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 500 (1753) s. lat.
Distribution: arctic and temp. regions, some also in Australia and New Zealand. Many formerly separate genera (like Waldsteinia or Oncostylus) have recently been re-included in Geum s. lat. to make it monophyletic, see for example Smedmark 2006.
= Acomastylis Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 174 (1906)
= Adamsia Fisch. ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 1, 1: 366, 367 (1821)
= Bernoullia Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 2: 97 (1790), nom. rejic.
= Caryophyllata Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
= Coluria R.Br.; J. Voy. N.-W. Passage, Bot., Append. 276 (1823)
= Comaropsis Rich.; Monogr. Potentilla [Nestler] 16, t. 1 (1816)
= Erythrocoma Greene; Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 175 (1906)
= Geopatera Pau; Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 50 (1895)
= Geuncus Raf.; Autik. Bot. 172 (1840)
= Geunsia Raf.; Autik. Bot. 200 (1840)
= Laxmannia Fisch.; Cat. Jard. Pl. Gorenki, ed. 2: 67 (1812)
= Neosieversia Gajewski; Monogr. Bot. 4: 12 (1957)
= Novosieversia F.Bolle; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 72: 23 (1933)
= Oncostylus (Schltdl.) Bolle; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 72: 27 (1933)
= Oreogeum (Ser.) E.I.Golubk.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 72(6): 772 (1987)
= Orthurus (Boiss.) Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 10: 262, 616 (1941)
= Parageum Nakai & H.Hara; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 124 (1935)
= Sieversia Willd.; Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 397 (1811)
= Stictogeum Ser.; (1823)
= Streptilon Raf.; Autik. Bot. 173 (1840)
= Stylypus Raf.; Neogenyton 3 (1825)
= Taihangia T.T.Yu & C.L.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(4): 471 (1980)
= Waldsteinia Willd.; Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 105, t. 4 (1799)
= Woronowia Juz.; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 10: 250, 615 (1941)
= xGerageum Soják; Cas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Prír. 152: 21 (1983)
= xGeversia Dostál; Kvetena Ceske Socialist. Republ., ed. 2: 660 (1948)