Saxifraga
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
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Saxifrage
Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin saxum ("rock" or "stone") + frangere ("to break"). It is usually thought to indicate a medicinal use for treatment of urinary calculi (known as kidney or bladder stones), rather... © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)
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- Parent Taxon
- Saxifragaceae
- Species
- Saxifraga adscendens
- Saxifraga aizoides
- Saxifraga aspera
- Saxifraga bryoides
- Saxifraga cernua
- Saxifraga cespitosa
- Saxifraga cotyledon
- Saxifraga granulata
- Saxifraga hirculus
- Saxifraga hypnoides
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Saxifraga paniculata
- Saxifraga rosacea
- Saxifraga rotundifolia
- Saxifraga spathularis
- Saxifraga stellaris
- Saxifraga tridactylites
- Taxonomic Completion
3.78%
17 of 450 accepted Species- Global Pollen Project UUID
- 2ddb3b21-4282-4f39-a8ae-83f00f5f86f3
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility