Saxifraga svalbardensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Saxifragaceae |
Genus: | Saxifraga |
Species: | S. svalbardensis
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Binomial name | |
Saxifraga svalbardensis |
Saxifraga svalbardensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, endemic to Svalbard.[1] It arose, probably after the end of the last ice age, as a hybrid between Saxifraga rivularis (the seed parent) and S. cernua (the pollen parent).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Saxifraga svalbardensis Øvstedal". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ Brochmann, Christian; Xiang, Qiu-Yun; Brunsfeld, Steven J.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S. (1998). "Molecular Evidence for Polyploid Origins in Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae): The Narrow Arctic Endemic S. svalbardensis and its Widespread Allies". American Journal of Botany. 85 (1): 135–143. doi:10.2307/2446562. JSTOR 2446562. PMID 21684887.