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Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.

The flowers are hermaphrodite and actinomorphous. They have 4 or 5 petals and the double count of stamens.

Well known species include:

• Bergenia cordata
• Saxifraga x umbrosa
• Saxifraga stellaris
• Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Saxifraga paniculata
• Saxifraga cotyledon
• Parnassia palustris

Genera

• Astilbe Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don -- false goat's beard
• Bensoniella Morton
• Bergenia
• Bolandra Gray -- false coolwort
• Boykinia Nutt -- brookfoam
• Chrysosplenium L. -- golden saxifrage
• Conimitella Rydb.
• Darmera Voss
• Elmera Rydb. -- coralbells
• Hemieva Raf.
• Heuchera L. -- alumroot
• Jepsonia Small
• Leptarrhena R. Br.
• Lepuropetalon Ell.
• Lithophragma (Nutt.) Torr. & Gray -- woodland-star , woodlandstar
• Micranthes Haw.
• Mitella L. -- miterwort
• Parnassia L. -- grass of Parnassus
• Peltiphyllum (Engl.) Engl.
• Saxifraga L. -- saxifrage
• Saxifragopsis Small -- saxifragopsis
• Suksdorfia Gray
• Sullivantia Torr. & Gray ex Gray -- coolwort
• Telesonix Raf. -- brookfoam
• Tellima R. Br.
• Tiarella L. -- foamflower
• Tolmiea Torr. & Gray -- youth on age