Suksdorfia

Suksdorfia is a genus in the family Saxifragaceae. There are only two accepted species: "Suksdorfia ranunculifolia" and "Suksdorfia violacea". Asa Gray named the genus "Suksdorfia" after Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf, a mostly self-taught German botanist who came to the United States at age eight and found the species "S. violacea" in the northwestern United States. "S. violacea" is the type species for this genus.
Since the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature of 1906, the genus name "Suksdorfia" Gray, published in 1879, has been conserved against the earlier name "Hemieva" Raf., which had been published in 1837 with the type species "Hemieva ranunculifolia" (Hook.) Raf. (based on "Saxifraga ranunculifolia" Hook., published in 1832).