List of Saxifragaceae genera

This List of Saxifragaceae genera includes about 30 genera placed within the family Saxifragaceae s.s..^[1][2]

Tiarella (Foamflower)

• Astilbe – false goat's-beards
• Astilboides
• Bensoniella – Oregon bensoniella
• Bergenia
• Bolandra – false coolworts
• Boykinia – brookfoams (including Telesonix Raf.)^[3]
• Chrysosplenium – golden-saxifrages
• Conimitella Rydb.
• Darmera – Indian rhubarb (synonym Peltiphyllum)
• Elmera Rydb.
• Hemieva Raf.
• Heterisia
• Heuchera – Coral bells
• Hirculus
• Hydatica
• Jepsonia
• Leptarrhena R.Br.
• Leptasea
• Limnobotrya
• Lithophragma – woodlandstars
• Micranthes Haw.
• Mitella – miterworts
• Mukdenia – mukdenias
• Neoboykinia
• Oreotrys
• Oresitrophe
• Ozomelis
• Pectiantia
• Peltoboykinia
• Rodgersia
• Saniculiphyllum
• Saxifraga – Saxifrages (including Saxifragella Engl.)^[4]
• Saxifragodes
• Saxifragopsis Small (sometimes included in Saxifraga)
• Spatularia
• Steiranisia
• Suksdorfia Gray (including Hieronymusia)^[3]
• Sullivantia Torr. & Gray ex Gray – coolworts
• Tanakaea
• Tellima – Fringecups
• Therofon
• Tiarella – foamflowers
• Tolmiea – Piggyback plant

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

References

1. Christenhusz & Byng 2016.
2. Christenhusz et al 2017.
3. Soltis et al 1993.
4. Deng et al 2015.

Bibliography

• Byng, James W. (2014). "Saxifragales". The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world. Plant Gateway Ltd. pp. 156–166. ISBN 978-0-9929993-1-5.
• Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (2017). "Saxifragales". Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. University of Chicago Press. pp. 231–244. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0.
• Christenhusz, Maarten JM & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
• Deng, Jia-bin; Drew, Bryan T.; Mavrodiev, Evgeny V.; Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E. (February 2015). "Phylogeny, divergence times, and historical biogeography of the angiosperm family Saxifragaceae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 86–98. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.011. PMID 25479063.
• Soltis, Douglas E.; Morgan, David R.; Grable, Albert; Soltis, Pamela S.; Kuzoff, Robert (September 1993). "Molecular Systematics of Saxifragaceae Sensu Stricto". American Journal of Botany. 80 (9): 1056. doi:10.2307/2445753. JSTOR 2445753.