Saxifraga
Genus in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Digitised Reference Slides
We currently hold 23 digitised slide(s). Each record may contain multiple individual grains and images.
Distribution
© JC Schou (licence)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)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- 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