Saxifraga cespitosa Linnaeus 1753
- Dataset
- Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part S)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Saxifragales
- family
- Saxifragaceae
- genus
- Saxifraga
- species
- Saxifraga cespitosa
discussion
Note: Sometimes informally rejected as a nomen ambiguum by earlier authors (see Webb in Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 53 B: 222. 1950), Webb's typification allows S. groenlandica to fall into the synonymy of S. cespitosa L.
distribution
" Habitat in Groenlandia, forte etiam in Pyrenaeis & Helveticis Alpibus. " RCN: 3173.
materials_examined
Lectotype (Webb in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 95: 264. 1987): [icon] " Saxifraga tridact. Groenl. caulic. valde foliosis " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 337, t. 253, f. 329. 1732.