Saxifraga L.
Publ. & Syn.Ser. in DC., Prodr. 4: 48 (1830). - Saxifraga pyrolifolia D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 389 (1822). Lectotype (BM): Alaska: the Aleutian Islands, "Unalashka", leg. D. Nelson (Gornall 1985b: 281).
NotesTwo important arctic species or species groups of this subgenus - Saxifraga hirculus s. lat. and S. flagellaris s. lat. - were included in the phylogenetic analysis of Soltis et al. (2001). Together they constitute one of the more basal branches in the main Saxifraga group.
Chromosomes14 (2x). - Canada. - Packer (1964); Soltis (1984).
GeographyAmerican Pacific: (ALA).
Parent taxonSaxifragaceae
Child taxa Saxifraga adscendens L.
Saxifraga aizoides L.
Saxifraga anadyrensis Losinsk.
Saxifraga balandinii Zhmylev
Saxifraga bracteata D. Don
Saxifraga bronchialis L.
Saxifraga caulescens Sipliv.
Saxifraga cernua L.
Saxifraga cespitosa L.
Saxifraga cherlerioides D. Don
Saxifraga codyana Zhmylev
Saxifraga eschscholtzii Sternb.
Saxifraga funstonii (Small) Fedde
Saxifraga hirculus L.
Saxifraga hyperborea R. Br.
Saxifraga hypnoides L.
Saxifraga lactea Turcz.
Saxifraga nathorstii (Dusén) Hayek
Saxifraga omolojensis A.P. Khokhr.
Saxifraga oppositifolia L.
Saxifraga paniculata Mill.
Saxifraga platysepala (Trautv.) Tolm.
Saxifraga radiata Small
Saxifraga rivularis L.
Saxifraga rosacea Moench
Saxifraga serpyllifolia Pursh
Saxifraga setigera Pursh
Saxifraga spinulosa Adams
Saxifraga stellerana Merk ex Ser.
Saxifraga svalbardensis Øvstedal
Saxifraga tricuspidata Rottb.
The Saxifraga bronchialis aggregate
The Saxifraga rivularis aggregate
The Saxifraga sibirica aggregate
The Saxifraga spinulosa aggregate
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)