New York Metropolitan Flora

Family: Saxifragaceae

By Science Staff

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Last Modified 01/25/2013

List of Saxifragaceae Genera

Penthorum Saxifraga Tiarella Mitella Heuchera Parnassia Chrysosplenium Astilbe

References to Saxifragaceae

  • Ahlgren, C. E.; Ahlgren, I. F. 1981. Some effects of different forest litters on seed germination and growth. Canad. J. Forest Res. 11: 710-714.
  • Baskin, J. M. et.al. 1989. Role of temperature, light, and date seeds were exhumed from soil on germination of four wetland perennials. Aquatic Botany 35: 387-394.
  • Bensel, C. R.; Palser, B. F. 1975. Floral anatomy in the Saxifragaceae sensu lato. II. Saxifragoideae and Iteoideae. Amer. J. Bot. 62(7): 661-675.
  • Bensel, C. R.; Palser, B. F. 1975. Floral anatomy in the Saxifragaceae sensu lato. III. Kirengeshomoideae, Hydrangeoideae, and Escallonioideae. Amer. J. Bot. 62(7): 676-87.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2009. Flora of North America. Volume 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. , 585 pages. (ISBN 9780195340266)
  • Gelius, L. 1967. Studies concerning the floral development of the Saxifragales sensu lato with special consideration of the androeceum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 87: 253-303. (In German, English summary)
  • Graenicher, S. 1907. Wisconsin flowers and their pollination II. Bull. Wisconsin Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 84-95.
  • Haskins, M. L.; Hayden, W. J. 1987. Anatomy and affinities of Penthorum. Amer. J. Bot. 74: 164-177.
  • Kellogg, C. H. et.al. 2003. Effects of water level, shade and time on germination and growth of freshwater marsh plants along a simulated successional gradient. J. Ecol. 91: 274-282.
  • Kitto, S. L.; Hoopes, A. 1992. Micropropagation and field establishment of Tiarella cordifolia. J. Environ. Hort. 10: 171-174.
  • Levin, M. H. 1960. Studies on the ecological life history of Saxifraga virginiensis. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 87: 348-360.
  • Morgan, D. R.; Soltis, D. E. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships among members of Saxifragaceae sensu lato based on rbcL sequence data. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 631-660.
  • Nicholls, A. M. 2011. Size-dependent analysis of allocation to sexual and clonal reproduction in Penthorum sedoides under contrasting nutrient levels. Int. J. Plant Sci. 172: 1077-1086.
  • Qui, Y. L. et.al. 1998. Phylogenetics of the Hamamelidae and their allies: parsimony analysis of nucleotide sequences of the plastid gene rbcL. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159: 891-905.
  • Rehder, A. 1902. Webb's "Study of Spiraea". Bot. Gaz. 34: 246.
  • Roels, P.; Ronse Decraene, L. P.; Smets, E. F. 1997. A floral ontogenetic investigation of the Hydrangeaceae. Nordic J. Bot. 17: 235-54.
  • Ruhren, S.; Handel, S. N. 2003. Herbivory constrains survival, reproduction and mutualisms when restoring nine temperate forest herbs. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 130: 34-42.
  • Schoennagel, E. 1931. Chromosomenzahl unf Phylogenie der Saxifragaceen. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64: 266-88.
  • Soltis, D. E. 1985. Allozymic differentiation among Heuchera americana, H. parviflora, H. pubescens, and H. villosa (Saxifragaceae). Syst. Bot. 10: 193-198.
  • Soltis, D. E. 1983. Supernumerary chromosomes in Saxifraga virginiensis Saxifragaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 70: 1007-1010.
  • Soltis, D. E. et.al. 1993. Molecular systematics of Saxifragaceae sensu stricto. Amer. J. Bot. 80: 1056-1081.
  • Soltis, D. E. et.al. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships and evolution in Chrysosplenium (Saxifragaceae) based on MATK sequence data. Amer. J. Bot. 88: 883-893.
  • Soltis, D. E. et.al. 2001. Elucidating deep-level phylogenetic relationships in Saxifragaceae using sequences for six chloroplastic and nuclear DNA regions. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88: 669-693.
  • Soltis, D. E. et.al. 1996. MatK and rbcL gene sequence data indicate that Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) is polyphyletic. Amer. J. Bot. 83: 371-382.
  • Soltis, D. E.; Bohm, B. A. 1982. Flavonoids of Penthorum sedoides. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 10: 221-224.
  • Soltis, D. E.; Bohm, B. A. 1984. Karyology and flavonoid chemistry of the disjunct species of Tiarella (Saxifragaceae). Syst. Bot. 9: 441-447.
  • Soltis, D. E.; Kuzoff, R. K. 1995. Discordance between nuclear and chloroplast phylogenies in the Heuchera group (Saxifragaceae). Evolution 49: 727-742.
  • Soltis, D. E.; Soltis, P. S. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships in Saxifragaceae sensu lato: a comparison of topologies based on 18S rDNA and rbcL sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 504-22.
  • Soltis, D. E.; Soltis, P. S.; Clegg, M. T.; Durbin, M. 1990. RbcL sequence divergence and phylogenetic relationships in Saxifragaceae sensu lato. Proc. Nat. Acad. U.S.A. 87: 4640-4.
  • Spongberg, S. A. 1972. The genera of Saxifragaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 409-498.
  • Vargas, P. 2000. A phylogenetic study of Saxifraga sect. Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) based on nrDNA ITS sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 223: 59-70.
  • Webb, J. E. 1901. A morphological study of the flower and embryo of Spiraea. Bot. Gaz. 33: 451-60. (Astilbe & Aruncus misidentified along with 1 Spiraea)
  • Zika, P. F. 2003. Notes on the provenance of some eastern wetland species disjunct in western North America. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 130: 43-46.