New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Saxifraga

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Last Modified 01/25/2013

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Nomenclature

Saxifraga Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 398. 1753.

List of Saxifraga Species

Saxifraga virginiensis Saxifraga pensylvanica

References to Saxifraga

  • Graenicher, S. 1907. Wisconsin flowers and their pollination II. Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 84-95.
  • Levin, M. H. 1960. Studies on the ecological life history of Saxifraga virginiensis. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 87: 348-360.
  • Soltis, D. E. 1983. Supernumerary chromosomes in Saxifraga virginiensis Saxifragaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 70: 1007-1010.
  • Soltis, D. E. et.al. 1993. Molecular systematics of Saxifragaceae sensu stricto. Amer. J. Bot. 80: 1056-1081.
  • Soltis, D. E. et.al. 1996. MatK and rbcL gene sequence data indicate that Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) is polyphyletic. Amer. J. Bot. 83: 371-382.
  • Soltis, D. E.; Hufford, L. 2002. Ovary position diversity in Saxifragaceae: clarifying the homology of epigyny. Int. J. Plant Sci. 163: 277-293.
  • Vargas, P. 2000. A phylogenetic study of Saxifraga sect. Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) based on nrDNA ITS sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 223: 59-70.