Suksdorfia [SEP] parent taxon
Suksdorfia
Suksdorfia is a genus in the family Saxifragaceae. There are only two accepted species: "Suksdorfia ranunculifolia" and "Suksdorfia violacea". Asa Gray named the genus "Suksdorfia" after Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, a mostly self-taught German botanist who came to the United States at age eight and found the species "S. violacea" in the northwestern United States. "S. violacea" is the type species for this genus.
Since the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature of 1906, the genus name "Suksdorfia"
the world. This includes 374 previously unknown species. One genus and about 70 plants are named after him. In 1910, the International Botanical Congress, meeting in Brussels, made "Suksdorfia" a conserved name. An area near Bingen that Suksdorf called "Woden Vale" is now protected land and the local chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society is called "Suksdorfia". Suksdorf Ridge on his beloved Mount Adams was named after him in 1958. In addition to "Suksdorfia" and "Suksdorfia violacea", "Suksdorfia