Saxifragaceae

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Saxifragaceae
Foamflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Saxifragales Family: Saxifragaceae Juss.
Genera
Many, see text.

Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.

The flowers are hermaphrodite and actinomorphic. They have 4 or 5 petals and 5 or ten stamens.

Well known species include:

• Bergenia cordata
• Saxifraga ×umbrosa
• Saxifraga stellaris
• Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Saxifraga paniculata

The Parnassiaceae have sometimes been treated as part of this family, although they are only distantly genetically related.

[edit] Genera

• Abrophyllum Hook. f. ex Benth.
• Astilbe Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don – false goat's beard
• Astilboides
• Bensoniella Morton
• Bergenia
• Bolandra Gray – false coolwort
• Boykinia Nutt – brookfoam
• Chondrosea
• Chrysosplenium L. – golden saxifrage
• Conimitella Rydb.
• Darmera Voss
• Elmera Rydb. – coralbells
• Hemieva Raf.
• Heuchera L. – alumroot
• Jepsonia Small
• Leptarrhena R. Br.
• Lithophragma (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray – woodland-star, woodlandstar
• Micranthes Haw.
• Mitella L. – miterwort
• Mukdenia
• Oresitrophe
• Peltiphyllum (Engl.) Engl.
• Rodgersia
• Saxifraga L. – saxifrage
• Saxifragella
• Saxifragodes
• Saxifragopsis Small – saxifragopsis
• Suksdorfia Gray
• Sullivantia Torr. & Gray ex Gray – coolwort
• Tanakaea
• Telesonix Raf. – brookfoam
• Tellima R. Br.
• Tiarella L. – foamflower
• Tolmiea Torr. & Gray – youth on age

[edit] External links

• Saxifragaceae in Topwalks