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page 1Monotypic Saxifragaceae genera

Tanakaea radicans
Tanakaea radicans, the Japanese foam flower, is a species of flowering plant in the Saxifrage family, and is the sole species in the genus Tanakaea. It is native to central Honshu and Shikoku in Japan, and to southern Sichuan in south-central China. It is named after the Japanese botanist Tanaka Yoshio. It was initially described by Ludovic Savatier and Adrien René Franchet.
Tellima
Tellima grandiflora, the bigflower tellima or fringecups, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. It is the only species in the genus Tellima.
Astilboides
Astilboides, a genus of the saxifrage family containing only one species, Astilboides tabularis, a herbaceous perennial once included in the genus Rodgersia. It is native to northeastern China and Korea. It differs from its former relatives mainly in its leaf shape. It is grown for its huge bright green, circular leaves to 36 in (90 cm) across with the stem attached to the center, and large fluffy racemes of tiny white flowers produced in summer.

Mukdenia
Mukdenia rossii is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Mukdenia. It is a perennial native to Korea and northeastern China.
Elmera
Elmera racemosa is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Elmera.
Darmera
Darmera peltata, the Indian rhubarb or umbrella plant, is a flowering plant, the only species within the genus Darmera in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a slowly spreading rhizomatous perennial native to mountain streamsides in woodland in the western United States (western Oregon to northwestern California), growing to tall by wide. The name Darmera honors Karl Darmer, a 19th-century German horticulturist.
Conimitella
Conimitella williamsii is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Conimitella. It is a perennial native to Alberta in west-central Canada and to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado in the northwestern United States.
Oresitrophe
Oresitrophe rupifraga is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Oresitrophe. It is a perennial native to northern China, ranging from eastern Shanxi Province to western Liaoning Province.
Leptarrhena
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia is a species of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Leptarrhena.
Saxifragodes
Saxifragodes albowiana is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Saxifragodes. It is a perennial native to temperate-climate regions of southern Chile and southern Argentina.
Saniculiphyllum
Saniculiphyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. The only species is Saniculiphyllum guangxiense.
Saxifragopsis
Saxifragopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family containing the single species Saxifragopsis fragarioides, which is known by the common name strawberry saxifrage. This plant is sometimes included in genus Saxifraga. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it is mostly limited to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, with some disjunct occurrences known from Washington. It grows in rocky mountain habitat, such as talus. This is a mat-forming perennial herb growing from a thick, woody caudex and system of rhizomes. Leaves ar