Saururaceae

Saururaceae Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Present PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Saururus cernuus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Saururaceae Martynov[1]
Genera
Anemopsis Gymnotheca Houttuynia Saururus

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 II system (2003; unchanged from the 1998 APG system) assigned it to the order Piperales in the clade magnoliids.

Genera and 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^[2]

References

1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
2. Peter F. Stevens. "Saururaceae". APWeb. Retrieved 2011-08-01.

• Saururaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.
• Flora of North America: Saururaceae
• Flora of China: Saururaceae
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas