The family Saxifragaceae has about 40 accepted genera, according to Plants of the World Online.Saxifragaceae Juss. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
Asimitellaria Astilbe – false goat's-beards Astilboides Bensoniella – Oregon bensoniella Bergenia Bolandra – false coolworts Boykinia – brookfoams (including Telesonix Raf.) Brewerimitella Cascadia Chrysosplenium – golden-saxifrages Conimitella Rydb. Darmera – Indian rhubarb (synonym Peltiphyllum) Elmera Rydb. Hemieva Raf. Heuchera – Coral bells Hieronymusia Jepsonia Leptarrhena R.Br. Lithophragma – woodlandstars Micranthes Haw. Mitella – miterworts Mitellastra Mukdenia – mukdenias Oresitrophe Ozomelis Pectiantia Peltoboykinia Rodgersia Saniculiphyllum Saxifraga – Saxifrages (including Saxifragella Engl.) Saxifragodes Saxifragopsis Small (sometimes included in Saxifraga) Spuriomitella Suksdorfia A.Gray (including Hieronymusia) Sullivantia Torr. & A.Gray – coolworts Tanakaea Telesonix Tellima – Fringecups Tiarella – foamflowers Tolmiea – Piggyback plant
The family does not include the genus Sassafras, despite the possibly related Latin etymology of the names.
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