List of Saxifragaceae genera explained

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

• Asimitellaria
• Astilbe – false goat's-beards
• Astilboides
• Bensoniella – Oregon bensoniella
• Bergenia
• Bolandra – false coolworts
• Boykinia – brookfoams (including Telesonix Raf.)
• Brewerimitella
• Cascadia
• Chrysosplenium – golden-saxifrages
• Conimitella Rydb.
• Darmera – Indian rhubarb (synonym Peltiphyllum)
• Elmera Rydb.
• Hemieva Raf.
• Heuchera – Coral bells
• Jepsonia
• Leptarrhena R.Br.
• Lithophragma – woodlandstars
• Micranthes Haw.
• Mitella – miterworts
• Mitellastra
• Mukdenia – mukdenias
• Oresitrophe
• Ozomelis
• Pectiantia
• Peltoboykinia
• Rodgersia
• Saniculiphyllum
• Saxifraga – Saxifrages (including Saxifragella Engl.)
• Saxifragodes
• Saxifragopsis Small (sometimes included in Saxifraga)
• Spuriomitella
• Suksdorfia A.Gray (including Hieronymusia)
• Sullivantia Torr. & A.Gray – coolworts
• Tanakaea
• Telesonix
• Tellima – Fringecups
• Tetilla
• Tiarella – foamflowers
• Tolmiea – Piggyback plant

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

Bibliography

• Book: James W. Byng

. Byng. James W.. James W. Byng. The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world. 2014. Plant Gateway Ltd.. 978-0-9929993-1-5. Saxifragales. 156–166.

• Book: Christenhusz. Maarten J. M.. Fay. Michael F.. Chase. Mark W.. Maarten Christenhusz. Michael F. Fay. Mark W. Chase. Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. 2017. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-52292-0. Saxifragales. 231–244. .
• Christenhusz. Maarten JM. Byng. J. W. . Maarten Christenhusz. James W. Byng. amp . 2016 . The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase . . 261 . 201–217 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 . 3 . Magnolia Press . free .
• Deng . Jia-bin . Drew . Bryan T. . Mavrodiev . Evgeny V. . Gitzendanner . Matthew A. . Soltis . Pamela S. . Soltis . Douglas E.. Pamela S. Soltis . Douglas E. Soltis . Phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of the angiosperm family Saxifragaceae . . February 2015 . 83 . 86–98 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.011. 25479063 . .
• Soltis . Douglas E. . Morgan . David R. . Grable . Albert . Soltis . Pamela S. . Kuzoff . Robert . Douglas Soltis. Pamela Soltis. Molecular Systematics of Saxifragaceae Sensu Stricto . . September 1993 . 80 . 9 . 1056 . 10.2307/2445753. 2445753 . .

Notes and References

1. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30001425-2 Saxifragaceae Juss.