family saxifragaceae

1. A large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs;
   Widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions;
   Sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae (synset 112812801)
   is a type of: rosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • genus saxifraga, saxifraga - type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of Arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage
   • genus astilbe - chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea
   • genus bergenia - genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia
   • boykinia, genus boykinia - genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan
   • chrysosplenium, genus chrysosplenium - genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers
   • darmera, genus darmera, genus peltiphyllum, peltiphyllum - one species
   • francoa, genus francoa - perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile
   • genus heuchera, heuchera - genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers
   • genus leptarrhena, leptarrhena - one species: leatherleaf saxifrage
   • genus lithophragma, lithophragma - small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America
   • genus mitella, mitella - genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals
   • genus parnassia - genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions
   • genus suksdorfia - small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America
   • genus tellima, tellima - genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America
   • genus tiarella, tiarella - small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers
   • genus tolmiea, tolmiea - one species: pickaback plant
   belongs to: order rosales, rosales - in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
   same as: saxifragaceae, saxifrage family

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