; Sp. Pl. 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.; Nom. ed. I. 366, 367 (1821)
= Bernoullia Neck.; Elem. 2: 97 (1790), nom. rejic.
= Caryophyllata Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abridg. Ed. 4 (1754)
= Coluria R.Br.; Parry, Voy. App. 276 (1823)
= Comaropsis Rich.; Nestl., Monogr. Potent. 16, t. 1 (1816)
= Erythrocoma Greene; Leaflets Bot. Obs. 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.; Hort. Gorenk. ed. II. 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. 72(6): 772 (1987)
= Orthurus (Boiss.) Juz.; Kom. Fl. URSS 10: 262, 616 (1941)
= Parageum Nakai & H.Hara; Bot. Mag., Tokyo 49: 124 (1935)
= Sieversia Willd.; Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. 5: 397 (1811)
= Stictogeum Ser.; (1823)
= Streptilon Raf.; Autikon Botanikon, 173 (1840)
= Stylypus Raf.; Neogenyt. 3 (1825)
= Taihangia T.T.Yu & C.L.Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(4): 471 (1980)
= Waldsteinia Willd.; Neue Schrift. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin 2: 105, t. 4 (1799)
= Woronowia Juz.; Fl. URSS, ed. Kom. 10: 250, 615 (1941)
= xGerageum Soják; Cas. Nár. Muz., Rada Prír. 152: 21 (1983)
= xGeversia Dostál; Kvetena CSR, ed. 2: 660 (1948)