- Saxifragaceae
Taxobox
name = Saxifragaceae
image_width = 200px
image_caption = Foamflower
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Saxifragales
familia = Saxifragaceae
familia_authority = Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "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 5petal s and 5 or tenstamen s.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.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 External links
* [http://www.topwalks.net/plants/generos/saxifragaceae_01.htm Saxifragaceae in Topwalks]
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