''Boykinia'' is a small genus of plants related to the
saxifrages. It contains at least nine species, known as brookfoams. Brookfoams are glandular
rhizomatous
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow ho ...
creeping perennials with highly lobed or toothed leaves and
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
s of petite flowers. They are native to North America and Asia.
Selected species
* ''
Boykinia aconitifolia''
Nutt. (
type) – Allegheny brookfoam
* ''
Boykinia heucheriformis''
(Rydb.) Rosend.
* ''
Boykinia intermedia''
(A.Heller) G.N.Jones – Sierra brookfoam
* ''
Boykinia jamesii''
(Torr.) Engl.
* ''
Boykinia lycoctonifolia''
(Maxim.) Engl.
* ''
Boykinia major''
A.Gray – large boykinia<
* ''
Boykinia occidentalis''
Torr. & A.Gray – coastal brookfoam
* ''
Boykinia richardsonii''
(Hook.) A.Gray ''ex'' B.D.Jacks. – Richardson's brookfoam
* ''
Boykinia rotundifolia''
Parry ''ex'' A.Gray – roundleaf brookfoam
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References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Saxifragaceae genera
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