Global Information Lookup Global Information

List of Saxifragaceae genera information


The family Saxifragaceae has about 40 accepted genera, according to Plants of the World Online.[1][2][3]

Flowers of Tiarella
Tiarella (Foamflower)
  • Asimitellaria (Wakab.) R.A.Folk & Y.Okuyama
  • Astilbe Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don – false goat's-beards
  • Astilboides Engl.
  • Bensoniella C.V.Morton – Oregon bensoniella
  • Bergenia Moench
  • Bolandra A.Gray – false coolworts
  • Boykinia Nutt. – brookfoams (including Telesonix Raf.)[4]
  • Brewerimitella (Engl.) R.A.Folk & Y.Okuyama
  • Cascadia A.M.Johnson
  • Chrysosplenium L. – golden-saxifrages
  • Conimitella Rydb.
  • Darmera Voss – Indian rhubarb (synonym Peltiphyllum)
  • Elmera Rydb.
  • Hemieva Raf.
  • Heuchera L. – Coral bells
  • Jepsonia Small
  • Leptarrhena R.Br.
  • Lithophragma (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray – woodlandstars
  • Micranthes Haw.
  • Mitella Tourn. ex L. – miterworts
  • Mitellastra (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Howell
  • Mukdenia Koidz. – mukdenias
  • Oresitrophe Bunge
  • Ozomelis Raf.
  • Pectiantia Raf.
  • Peltoboykinia (Engl.) H.Hara
  • Rodgersia A.Gray
  • Saniculiphyllum C.Y.Wu & T.C.Ku
  • Saxifraga Tourn. ex L. – Saxifrages (including Saxifragella Engl.)[5]
  • Saxifragodes D.M.Moore
  • Saxifragopsis Small (sometimes included in Saxifraga)
  • Spuriomitella (H.Boissieu) R.A.Folk & Y.Okuyama
  • Suksdorfia A.Gray (including Hieronymusia)[4]
  • Sullivantia Torr. & A.Gray – coolworts
  • Tanakaea Franch. & Sav.
  • Telesonix Raf.
  • Tellima R.Br. – Fringecups
  • Tetilla DC.
  • Tiarella L. – foamflowers
  • Tolmiea Torr. & A.Gray – Piggyback plant

The family does not include the genus Sassafras, despite the possibly related Latin etymology of the names.

  1. ^ Saxifragaceae Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ Christenhusz & Byng 2016.
  3. ^ Christenhusz et al 2017.
  4. ^ a b Soltis et al 1993.
  5. ^ Deng et al 2015.

and 25 Related for: List of Saxifragaceae genera information

Request time (Page generated in 0.918 seconds.)

List of Saxifragaceae genera

Last Update:

The family Saxifragaceae has about 40 accepted genera, according to Plants of the World Online. Asimitellaria (Wakab.) R.A.Folk & Y.Okuyama Astilbe Buch...

Word Count : 412

Heuchera

Last Update:

HEW-kih-rə or /ˈhɔɪkərə/ HOY-kih-rə) is a genus of largely evergreen perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae. All species are native to North America except...

Word Count : 1230

Saxifraga

Last Update:

Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 473 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils...

Word Count : 2653

Saxifragales

Last Update:

(Grossulariaceae), Saxifraga artvinensis (Saxifragaceae) and Molinadendron hondurense (Hamamelidaceae). A number of Saxifragales genera are commercially cultivated...

Word Count : 5938

Mukdenia

Last Update:

Mukdenia rossii is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Mukdenia. It is a perennial native...

Word Count : 86

Tellima

Last Update:

fringecups, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is the only species in the genus Tellima. It has rounded stalked...

Word Count : 498

Astilboides

Last Update:

Astilboides, a genus of the saxifrage family containing only one species, Astilboides tabularis, a herbaceous perennial once included in the genus Rodgersia...

Word Count : 188

Saxifragopsis

Last Update:

Saxifragopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family containing the single species Saxifragopsis fragarioides, which is known...

Word Count : 158

Darmera

Last Update:

flowering plant, the only species within the genus Darmera in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a slowly spreading rhizomatous perennial native to mountain streamsides...

Word Count : 304

Ribes

Last Update:

included in the broader circumscription of Saxifragaceae sensu lato, it is now positioned as a sister group to Saxifragaceae sensu stricto. First treated on a...

Word Count : 1894

Fagaceae

Last Update:

fagus 'beech tree') are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae...

Word Count : 1095

Tetracarpaea

Last Update:

detailed study of the anatomy of the wood and leaves of Tetracarpaea. They concluded that Tetracarpaea was much closer to Saxifragaceae than to Cunoniaceae...

Word Count : 1596

Arecaceae

Last Update:

tree-like form are called palm trees. Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical...

Word Count : 6000

Scrophulariaceae

Last Update:

name is based on the name of the included genus Scrophularia L. In the past, it was treated as including about 275 genera and over 5,000 species, but...

Word Count : 1045

Elmera

Last Update:

Elmera racemosa is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Elmera. Its native range is from...

Word Count : 185

Carpodetus

Last Update:

and placed in the Saxifragaceae. In 1934 it was assigned to the newly created Escalloniaceae by Hutchinson in his major revision of the dicotyledon families...

Word Count : 358

Tiarella

Last Update:

is a genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae. The generic name Tiarella means "little turban", which suggests the shape of the seed capsules...

Word Count : 2212

Araliaceae

Last Update:

The Araliaceae are a family of flowering plants composed of about 43 genera and around 1500 species consisting of primarily woody plants and some herbaceous...

Word Count : 1361

Abrophyllum

Last Update:

Abrophyllum (syn.: Brachynema F.Muell.) is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae sensu lato according to Engler, A. in Engler & Prantl...

Word Count : 590

Zingiberaceae

Last Update:

the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with...

Word Count : 967

Polygonaceae

Last Update:

Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name may refer to the many swollen nodes the stems of some species have, being derived from...

Word Count : 1787

Saxifragodes

Last Update:

Saxifragodes albowiana is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae.It is the sole species in genus Saxifragodes. It is a perennial...

Word Count : 81

Orchid

Last Update:

distributed across 763 genera. The Orchidaceae family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000...

Word Count : 6303

Bensoniella

Last Update:

Bensoniella is a monotypic genus of plants in the saxifrage family containing the single species Bensoniella oregona (also, B. oregana), which is known...

Word Count : 247

Oresitrophe

Last Update:

Oresitrophe rupifraga is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oresitrophe. It is a perennial...

Word Count : 75

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net