Family · Rosids
Saxifragaceae
Saxifrages, heuchera, astilbe
Saxifrage family: mostly perennial herbs of temperate and alpine regions with basal leaves and small five-parted flowers.
- Accepted species
- 913accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 40accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈48 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Saxifraga
- Heuchera (coral bells)
- Astilbe
- Bergenia
Genera
Saxifraga563 spp.
Micranthes92 spp.
Chrysosplenium87 spp.
Heuchera47 spp.
Astilbe30 spp.
Asimitellaria12 spp.
Bergenia10 spp.
Lithophragma10 spp.
Boykinia7 spp.
Tiarella7 spp.
Rodgersia5 spp.
Sullivantia4 spp.
Jepsonia3 spp.
Mitella3 spp.
Ozomelis3 spp.
Bolandra2 spp.
Brewerimitella2 spp.
Peltoboykinia2 spp.
Telesonix2 spp.
Tolmiea2 spp.
Astilboides1 spp.
Bensoniella1 spp.
Cascadia1 spp.
Conimitella1 spp.
Darmera1 spp.
Elmera1 spp.
Hemieva1 spp.
Hieronymusia1 spp.
Leptarrhena1 spp.
Mitellastra1 spp.
Mukdenia1 spp.
Oresitrophe1 spp.
Pectiantia1 spp.
Saniculiphyllum1 spp.
Saxifragodes1 spp.
Saxifragopsis1 spp.
Spuriomitella1 spp.
Suksdorfia1 spp.
Tanakaea1 spp.
Tellima1 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate493
- Europe223
- Northern America182
- Asia-Tropical172
- Africa23
- Southern America8
- Antarctic1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Saxifragaceae sits in the order Saxifragales.