Saxifragaceae

Also known as saxifrage family

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Saxifragaceae is a family of plants within the order Saxifragales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The family’s taxonomic type is Saxifraga, and its fruit type is a capsule. Common names for the group include Steenbreekfamilie, 虎耳草科, kamnokrečevke, and sildrefamilien. Historically, the Saxifragaceae included both herbaceous and woody genera.

The family has an accepted taxonomic status. Records of the family are held by institutions such as STDOM, YPM, IGL-UNAM, BRIT, and CAS. Specimens have been documented in Mexico, the United States, the Philippines, China, and Russia.

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Species

sildrefamilien

Saxifragaceae

FAMILY

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSaxifragales
FamilySaxifragaceae

Observations recorded2,089,619

虎耳草科包括36属，大约460余种，欧洲有12属，中国有27属。本科植物多为草本，有4-5个萼片，雄蕊和花瓣同数或倍数，花瓣常有爪。比较常见的品种有：虎耳草 Saxifraga stolonifera L. Meerb. 落新妇 Astilbe chinensis Maxim. 挪威虎耳草 Saxifraga oppositifolia 长寿虎耳草 Saxifraga paniculata 一般分类法将梅花草科 Parnassiaceae归入虎耳草科，但它们的基因亲缘关系并不近。属 Abrophyllum Hook. f. ex Benth. 落新妇属 Astilbe Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don - 大叶子属 Astilboides Bensoniella Morton 岩白菜属 Bergenia 变豆叶草 Bolandra Gray Boykinia Nutt 金腰属 Chrysosplenium L. Conimitella Rydb. 雨伞草属 Darmera Voss Elmera Rydb. Hemieva Raf. 矾根属 Heuchera L. Jepsonia Small Leptarrhena R. Br. Lithophragma (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray Micranthes Haw. 唢呐草属 Mitella L. 槭叶草属 Mukdenia 独根草属 Oresitrophe Peltiphyllum (Engl.) Engl. 鬼灯檠属 Rodgersia 虎耳草属 Saxifraga L. Saxifragella Saxifragodes Saxifragopsis Suksdorfia Gray Sullivantia Torr. & Gray ex Gray 峨屏草属 Tanakaea Telesonix Raf. 杯花 Tellima R. Br. 黄水枝属 Tiarella L. 驮子草 Tolmiea Torr. & Gray 维基物种中的分类信息：虎耳草科取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=虎耳草科&oldid=53122671” 分类：虎耳草科植物科名隐藏分类：物种微格式条目

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 782
With media: 452
Family: Saxifragaceae
Collections: STDOM, YPM, IGL-UNAM, BRIT, CAS, UNM
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Philippines, China, Russia, Canada

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Research

511 papers

Taxonomic resurrection of Saxifraga lancangensis (Saxifragaceae).Botanical studies · 2024Zhang XJ, Jiang KZ, Kuai XY et al.DOI: 10.1186/s40529-024-00418-y
Chrysosplenium sangzhiense (Saxifragaceae), a new species from Hunan, China.PhytoKeys · 2021Fu LF, Yang TG, Lan DQ et al.DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.176.62802
Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Micranthes melanocentra (Saxifragaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2022Li J, Liu ZLDOI: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2069523
Glacial history of Saxifragawahlenbergii (Saxifragaceae) in the context of refugial areas in the Western Carpathians.PhytoKeys · 2024Cieślak E, Ronikier M, Szczepaniak MDOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.246.118796
The complete plastome sequence of Heuchera micrantha Douglas ex Lindl. (Saxifragaceae), an ornamental plant.Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2023Shi XH, Mao LH, Ma GY et al.DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2282225
Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Chrysosplenium nudicaule (Saxifragaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2021Yan WJ, Xiang NY, Yang TG et al.DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1978893
A re-examination of the circumscription of Saxifraga mengtzeana (Saxifragaceae).Ecology and evolution · 2023Zhang XJ, Gornall RJ, Zhang ZX et al.DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9886
The complete chloroplast genome of Mitella nuda (Saxifragaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2025Peng Y, Yang T, Liu HDOI: 10.1080/23802359.2025.2529830

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Saxifragales
Image: Saxifraga bryoides a1.jpg

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Commons category: Saxifragaceae
taxon rank: family
taxon name: Saxifragaceae
topic's main category: Category:Saxifragaceae
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=1011
taxon common name: kamnokrečevke
has fruit type: capsule
taxonomic type: Saxifraga
Montana Plant Life URL: montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/family03.cgi?Saxifragaceae

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Description
Taxonomy
Subdivision
Genera
Evolution and biogeography
Etymology
Distribution and habitat
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Saxifragaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial flowering plants, within the core eudicot order Saxifragales. The taxonomy of the family has been greatly revised and the scope much reduced in the era of molecular phylogenetic analysis. The family is divided into ten clades, with about 640 known species in about 35 accepted genera. About half of these consist of a single species, but about 400 of the species are in the type genus Saxifraga. The family is predominantly distributed in the northern hemisphere, but also in the Andes in South America.

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