Saxifragaceae Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.
The flowers are hermaphrodite and actinomorphous. They have 4 or 5 petals and the double count of stamens.
Well known species include:
- Bergenia cordata
- Saxifraga x umbrosa
- Saxifraga stellaris
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Saxifraga paniculata
- Saxifraga cotyledon
- Parnassia palustris
Genera
- Astilbe Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don -- false goat's beard
- Bensoniella Morton
- Bergenia
- Bolandra Gray -- false coolwort
- Boykinia Nutt -- brookfoam
- Chrysosplenium L. -- golden saxifrage
- Conimitella Rydb.
- Darmera Voss
- Elmera Rydb. -- coralbells
- Hemieva Raf.
- Heuchera L. -- alumroot
- Jepsonia Small
- Leptarrhena R. Br.
- Lepuropetalon Ell.
- Lithophragma (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray -- woodland-star, woodlandstar
- Micranthes Haw.
- Mitella L. -- miterwort
- Parnassia L. -- grass of Parnassus
- Peltiphyllum (Engl.) Engl.
- Saxifraga L. -- saxifrage
- Saxifragopsis Small -- saxifragopsis
- Suksdorfia Gray
- Sullivantia Torr. & Gray ex Gray -- coolwort
- Telesonix Raf. -- brookfoam
- Tellima R. Br.
- Tiarella L. -- foamflower
- Tolmiea Torr. & Gray -- youth on age
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