Saxifragaceae

(botany) A family of dicotyledonous plants in the order Rosales which are scarcely or not at all succulent and have two to five carpels usually more or less united, and leaves not modified into pitchers.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
  Synonyms: family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family

Saxifragaceae
Foamflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Saxifragaceae Juss.
Genera
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 5 petals and 5 or ten stamens.

Well known species include:

• Bergenia cordifolia
• Saxifraga umbrosa
• Saxifraga stellaris
• Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Saxifraga paniculata
• Heuchera x brizoides

The Parnassiaceae have sometimes been treated as part of this family, although they are only distantly genetically related.

Genera

Abrophyllum – Native Hydrangea Astilbe – false goat's-beards Astilboides Bensoniella – Oregon Bensoniella Bergenia Bolandra – false coolworts Boykinia – brookfoams Chondrosea – Pyramidal Saxifrage (sometimes included in Saxifraga) Chrysosplenium – golden-saxifrages Conimitella Rydb. Darmera – Indian Rhubarb Elmera Rydb. – Hemieva Raf. Heuchera – Coral Bells Jepsonia Leptarrhena R.Br. Lithophragma – woodlandstars

Micranthes Haw. Mitella – miterworts Mukdenia – mukdenias Oresitrophe Peltiphyllum[verification needed] (Engl.) Engl. Rodgersia Saxifraga – saxifrages Saxifragella Engl. (sometimes included in Saxifraga) Saxifragodes Saxifragopsis Small – saxifragopsises (sometimes included in Saxifraga) Suksdorfia Gray Sullivantia Torr. & Gray ex Gray – coolworts Tanakaea Telesonix Raf. Tellima – Fringecups Tiarella – foamflowers Tolmiea – Piggyback Plant

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