Saxifraga

See also: saxifraga and saxífraga

Translingual

Saxifraga granulata

Etymology

From Latin saxifragus (“stone-breaking”), from its frequent habit of growing in cracks in rock or in loose rock.

Noun

Saxifraga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Saxifragaceae – numerous species of small plants native to the subarctic and cooler temperate parts of the northern hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Saxifragaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Saxifraga granulata (meadow saxifrage) - type species; for other species see Saxifraga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

• Saxifragodes
• Saxifragopsis

References

• Saxifraga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saxifraga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saxifraga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Saxifraga at USDA Plants database
• Saxifraga at The Plant List