Bergenia

Taxobox
name = "Bergenia"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Bergenia stracheyi"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Saxifragaceae
genus = "Bergenia"
genus_authority = Moench
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

"Bergenia" is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native to central Asia, from Afghanistan to China and the Himalaya. They are evergreen perennial plants with a spirally arranged rosette of leaves 6-35 cm long and 4-15 cm broad, and pink flowers produced in a cyme.

;Species
*"Bergenia ciliata"
*"Bergenia cordifolia"
*"Bergenia crassifolia"
*"Bergenia emeiensis"
*"Bergenia ligulata"
*"Bergenia pacumbis"
*"Bergenia purpurascens"
*"Bergenia rotblum"
*"Bergenia scopulosa"
*"Bergenia stracheyi"
*"Bergenia tianquanensis"

Cultivation and uses

"Bergenia cordata" is often grown in gardens, with several cultivars selected.

External links

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=103824 Flora of China: "Bergenia"]