Biology:Saxifraga svalbardensis

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Saxifraga

Saxifraga svalbardensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Saxifraga
Species:
S. svalbardensis
Binomial name
Saxifraga svalbardensis
Øvstedal

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

  1. "Saxifraga svalbardensis Øvstedal". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:794615-1. 
  2. 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. PMID 21684887. 

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