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]
| Saxifraga svalbardensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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.
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