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Saxifraga (Saxifrages)

  1. Douglas E Soltis

Published Online: 26 MAR 2003

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003715

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Soltis, D. E. 2003. Saxifraga (Saxifrages). eLS.

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  1. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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  1. Published Online: 26 MAR 2003
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The common name saxifrage may be used in a narrow sense to refer to members of the large genus Saxifraga (as well as the genus Micranthes) or in a broader sense to refer to the entire family Saxifragaceae.

Keywords: lithophragma; mitella; astilbe; rodgersia; heuchera; boykinia; chrysosplenium; saxifraga; micranthes

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