Saxifragaceae

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Tiarella, the foamflowers, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae. The generic name Tiarella means "little turban", which suggests the shape of the seed capsules. Worldwide there are seven species, one each in eastern Asia and western North America, plus five species in eastern North America. , the taxonomy of Tiarella in eastern North America is in flux.

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Tolmiea is a genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family containing two species native to northwestern North America. The genus was formerly considered to be monotypic until diploid populations were split off as T. diplomenziesii from the tetraploid populations of T. menziesii.

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Jepsonia is a small genus of flowering plants containing three species. The Jepsonia is a perennial with a cormlike caudex, toothed leaves, and a cyme inflorescence that blooms in the fall. Jepsonia plants are native to California and Baja California.

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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.

Peltoboykinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae.

Bolandra is a small genus of plants related to the saxifrages. It contains two species known as false coolworts. These are perennials with toothed leaves and inflorescences of curling, sharp-petalled flowers. They are both native to western North America.

Sullivantia, commonly called coolwort, is a genus of flowering plants in the saxifrage family. It is a small genus, comprising only 3-4 species of perennial herbs all native to the northwestern and east-central United States. Sullivantia is most notable for having disjunct distributions primarily restricted to along the Pleistocene glacial margin. All species of Sullivantia are found on moist, often calcareous cliffs.

Suksdorfia is a genus in the family Saxifragaceae. It has only two accepted species, Suksdorfia alchemilloides and Suksdorfia violacea, native to central South America and northwestern North America, respectively. Asa Gray named the genus Suksdorfia after Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, a mostly self-taught German botanist who came to the United States at age eight and found the species S. violacea in the northwestern United States. S. violacea is the type species for this genus.

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.

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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.

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Elmera racemosa is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Elmera.

Leptarrhena pyrolifolia is a species of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. It is the sole species in genus Leptarrhena.

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.

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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 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 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.

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

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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.

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Saniculiphyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Saxifragaceae. The only species is Saniculiphyllum guangxiense.

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