Saxifraga magellanicaPoir.

WFO wfo-0000493711 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. a Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 195121550
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. b Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195121659
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by Humber Alberto
fig. c Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191283821
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by Federico Muñoz
fig. d Federico Muñoz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 175937830
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by Pablo
fig. e Pablo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172122780
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by María Regina Silva
fig. f María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163079760
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by David F. Belmonte
fig. g David F. Belmonte, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145129076
Saxifraga magellanica, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. h Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68280602

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Saxifraga magellanica is native: Falkland Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile South, Ecuador, Peru Falkland Is.Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBoliviaChile CentralChile SouthEcuadorPeru
Native distribution of Saxifraga magellanica, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Bolivia BOL
Chile Central CLC
Chile South CLS
Ecuador ECU
Peru PER
Falkland Is. FAL ANTARCTICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 51 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Muscaria magellanica (Poir.) Haw.
  • Saxifraga adenodes Poepp. ex Sternb.
  • Saxifraga alpina Pav. ex D.Don
  • Saxifraga andicola D.Don
  • Saxifraga andicola Kunth
  • Saxifraga bonplandii D.Don
  • Saxifraga cespitosa var. andicola (Kunth) Wedd.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa var. magellanica (Poir.) Wedd.
  • Saxifraga cespitosa var. pavonii (D.Don) Speg.
  • Saxifraga chilensis Poepp. ex Engl.
  • Saxifraga cordillerana C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerana var. bonplandii (D.Don) C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerana var. haenki C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerana var. laxa C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. bonplandii (D.Don) C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. breviscapa Macloskie
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. decipiens Ball
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. haenkei C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. laxa C.Presl
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. magellanica (Poir.) Reiche
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. nivalis Ball
  • Saxifraga cordillerarum var. trigyna Engl.
  • Saxifraga exarata var. breviscapa Hook.f.

and 27 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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