Saururaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Saururaceae
Genera: Anemopsis – Gymnotheca – Houttuynia – Saururus
Name

Saururaceae Rich. ex T.Lestib., Botanogr. Élém. 453. (1826) nom. cons.

Type genus: Saururus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 341. (1753)

References

Richard, L.C.M. 1826. Botanographie élémentaire 453.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Saururaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Saururaceae. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 25 2020.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Saururaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 June 2021.

Vernacular names
català: Saururàcies
čeština: Ještěrkovcovité
Deutsch: Eidechsenschwanzgewächse
English: Lizard's-tail family
Esperanto: Saŭruracoj
suomi: Liskiökasvit
hrvatski: Saururusovke
hornjoserbsce: Saururowe rostliny
日本語: ドクダミ科
한국어: 삼백초과
lietuvių: Driežauodeginiai
latviešu: Vārpastu dzimta
polski: Saururowate
русский: Савруровые
svenska: Ödlesvansväxter
ไทย: วงศ์ผักคาวตอง
Tiếng Việt: Họ Giấp cá
中文: 三白草科

Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and seven species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is sometimes known as the "lizard's-tail family". The APG IV system (2016; unchanged from the 2009 APG III system, the 2003 APG II system and the 1998 APG system) assigned it to the order Piperales in the clade magnoliids.[2][3][1]
Species

Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. (Yerba mansa). – North America.
Gymnotheca chinensis Decne. – Asia.
Gymnotheca involucrata S. J. Pei. – Asia.
Houttuynia cordata Thunberg. – Asia.
Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang - Asia.
Saururus cernuus L. (Lizard's tail, Water-dragon)– North America.
Saururus chinensis (Loureiro) Baillon. – Asia.
†Saururus tuckerae - Middle Eocene[4]
†Saururus aquilae - Late Cretaceous (Campanian)[5]
†Saururus stoobensis - Miocene[5]

References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (4): 399–436. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x.
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. ISSN 0024-4074. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-25.
Stevens, P.F. "Saururaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.
Friðgeir Grímsson; Guido W. Grimm; Reinhard Zetter (2017). "Tiny pollen grains: first evidence of Saururaceae from the Late Cretaceous of western North America". PeerJ. 5: e3434. doi:10.7717/peerj.3434. PMC 5472062. PMID 28626610.