Saxifragaceae
Saxifraga

Saxifraga cespitosa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 404 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic to W. & W. Central U.S.A., Maine. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Svalbard, Sweden, Utah, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Arsenault, M. (2018). New England note. Discovery of Saxifraga cespitosa in Maine. Rhodora. Journal of the New England Botanical Club 120: 254-256.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Jalas, J., Suominen, J., Lampinen, R. & Kurtto, A.(eds.) (1999). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 12: 1-250.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1989). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 4: 1-380. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2004). Flora of Siberia 7: 1-318. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Arsenault, M. (2018). New England note. Discovery of Saxifraga cespitosa in Maine. Rhodora. Journal of the New England Botanical Club 120: 254-256.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Jalas, J., Suominen, J., Lampinen, R. & Kurtto, A.(eds.) (1999). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 12: 1-250.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1989). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 4: 1-380. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2004). Flora of Siberia 7: 1-318. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 29, 2023 Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Shaw, A.; Márquez-Corro, J.I.; Leitch, I. [MC9598] United Kingdom K001527222 Yes
Marshall. E. S. [3900] Ireland K000732188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Markham, A [s.n.] K000732407 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] K000732411 Unknown Type Material Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Canada K000732410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Breman, E.; Mills, N. [EBNM3] Norway K009001167 No
Hart, H.C. [77] K000732409 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Cambrai [s.n.] K000732414 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K000732413 Type Yes
Simmons, H.G. [2870] Canada K000732415 Type Yes
Hart, H.C. [78] Canada K000732408 Unknown Type Material Yes
Beverley, A.L. [s.n.] Canada K000732406 Type Yes
Rydberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [4274] United States K000732416 Unknown Type Material Yes
McCalla, W.C. [2288] Canada K000732417 Type Yes
Rydberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [4274] United States K000732418 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hart, H.C. [79] Canada K000732404 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K000732412 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hart, H.C. [s.n.] Canada K000732405 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berlin, J.A. [s.n.] Greenland Saxifraga sileneflora K000732398 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Saxifraga sileneflora K000732402 Type Yes
Chamisso, L.K.A., von. [s.n.] Saxifraga sileneflora K000732403 Type Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Saxifraga sileneflora K000732400 Unknown Type Material Yes
Seemann, B.C. [s.n.] Saxifraga sileneflora K000732399 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada Saxifraga sileneflora K000732401 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images