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|accepted_name=Saururus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 341. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 159. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Lizard's-tail
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Saururaceae;Saururus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saururaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Saururus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek sauros, lizard, and oura, tail
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>simple or branched, nodes more than 2. <b>Leaves</b> cauline. <b>Inflorescences</b> opposite leaves and/or terminal, racemes, lax, spikelike, not subtended by petaloid bracts. <b>Flowers</b> 175-350, not coalescent; stamens (3-)6(-8), hypogynous or epigynous; pistil 1, (3-)4-5(-7)-carpellate, connate only at base; placentation marginal; ovules 2 per placenta (only 1 developing into seed). <b>Fruits</b> schizocarps; mericarps dry, indehiscent. <b>Seed</b> 1 per mericarp. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America;e Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=baldwin1949a
|text=Baldwin, J. T. and B. M. Speese. 1949. Cytogeography of Saururus cernuus. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 213-216.
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|id=hall1940a
|text=Hall, T. F. 1940. The biology of Saururus cernuus L. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 24: 253-260.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=holm1926a
|text=Holm, T. 1926. Saururus cernuus L. A morphological study. Amer. J. Sci., ser. 5, 12: 162-168.
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|id=johnson1900a
|text=Johnson, D. S. 1900. On the development of Saururus cernuus L. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 365-372.
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|id=tucker1975b
|text=Tucker, S. C. 1975. Floral development in Saururus cernuus (Saururaceae). 1. Floral initiation and stamen development. Amer. J. Bot. 62: 993-1007.
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|id=tucker1976a
|text=Tucker, S. C. 1976. Floral development in Saururus cernuus (Saururaceae). 2. Carpel initiation and floral vasculature. Amer. J. Bot. 63: 289-301.
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|id=tucker1979a
|text=Tucker, S. C. 1979. Ontogeny of the inflorescence of Saururus cernuus (Saururaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 66: 227-236.
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|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
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|family=Saururaceae
|distribution=e North America;e Asia.
|reference=baldwin1949a;hall1940a;holm1926a;johnson1900a;tucker1975b;tucker1976a;tucker1979a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
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|genus=Saururus
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