Genus Phlox L.


Summary
Genus number:
9262
Last updated:
9 February 2005
Family:
Polemoniaceae
Subfamily:
Polemonioideae
Common name(s):

phlox
Accession count:

675 (313  active, 13  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Possible synonym(s)

Subdivisions of Phlox L.
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Embryo drawing

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References:
  1. Ferguson, C. J. & R. K. Jansen. 2002. A chloroplast DNA phylogeny of eastern Phlox (Polemoniaceae): implications of congruence and incongruence with the ITS phylogeny. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1324-1335.
  2. Ferguson, C. J. et al. 1999. Relationships of eastern North American Phlox (Polemoniaceae) based on ITS sequence data. Syst. Bot. 24:616-631. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  3. Grant, V. 2001. Nomenclature of the main subdivisions of Phlox (Polemoniaceae). Lundellia 4:25-29.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9262. Accessed 15 April 2026.