Polemoniaceae

Phlox L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 151 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Siberia to Russian Far East and Mongolia, N. America to N. Mexico.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Irkutsk, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Tuva, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

Austria, Bangladesh, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, Galápagos, Great Britain, New Caledonia, Newfoundland, Primorye, Trinidad-Tobago, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K000750959 Unknown Type Material Yes
Parry, C.C. [298] K000750965 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coville, F.V.; Funston, F. [1801] United States K000449036 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000750857 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harbour, J.P.; Hall, E. [455] K000750966 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-25343.000 No
Cusack [s.n.] United States K000750964 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rugel, F.I.X. [s.n.] United States K000750885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harbour, J.P.; Hall, E. [454] United States K000750961 Unknown Type Material Yes
Patterson, H.N. [101] United States K000449035 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nuttall, T. [s.n.] K000750963 Unknown Type Material Yes
Patterson, H.N. [101] United States K000750960 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hansen, G. [499] United States K000750967 Unknown Type Material Yes
Purpus, C.A. [6111] United States K000449034 Unknown Type Material Yes
Young, F.J. [s.n.] K000750835 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lehmann, J.G.C. [s.n.] K000750834 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000750859 Unknown Type Material Yes
Douglas, D. [s.n.] United States K000449033 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000750958 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rugel, F.I.X. [s.n.] United States K000750861 Type Yes
Wyeth, N.J. [s.n.] K000750962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinitz, L.D.von [s.n.] K000750833 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0