Saururaceae

taxobox
name = Saururaceae

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image_caption = "Saururus cernuus"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Piperales
familia = Saururaceae
familia_authority = Martinov
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text|

Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and six species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is sometimes known as the "lizard's-tail family". The APG II system (2003; unchanged from the 1998 APG system) assigned it to the order Piperales in the clade magnoliids.

Genera and species

*"Anemopsis californica" (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. (Yerba mansa). – North America.
*"Gymnotheca chinensis" Decne. – Asia.
*"Gymnotheca involucrata" S. J. Pei. – Asia.
*"Houttuynia cordata" Thunberg. – Asia.
*"Saururus cernuus" L. (Lizard's tail, Water-dragon)– North America.
*"Saururus chinensis" (Loureiro) Baillon. – Asia.

References

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/saururac.htm Saururaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ "The families of flowering plants"] .
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10799 "Flora of North America": Saururaceae]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10799 "Flora of China": Saururaceae]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=16748&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Saururaceae links at CSDL, Texas]