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genus

Phlox L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 151 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000029286.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 151. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Phlox

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Fonna	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 214 (1763)		wfo-4000014909

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Phlox:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Phlox alaskana	Jordal	Rhodora 54: 38. 1952		wfo-0000490154
Phlox albomarginata subsp. minor	(M.E.Jones) Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 11. 1941		wfo-0001367699
Phlox albomarginata subsp. vera	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 11. 1941		wfo-0001367700
Phlox albomarginatum subsp. minor	(M.E.Jones) Wherry	–		wfo-0001367231
Phlox alyssifolia subsp. vera	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia no. 146: 8. 1944		wfo-0001367701
Phlox amoena var. lighthipei	(Small) Brand	–		wfo-0001391750
Phlox amoena var. lightipei	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 250: 70. 1907		wfo-0001395586
Phlox andicola	Nutt. ex A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 254. 1870		wfo-1200009765
Phlox andicola subsp. typica	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia no. 146: 10. 1944		wfo-0001367702
Phlox arendsii	H.B.May	J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 38(2): cli, fig. 114. 1912 [Nov 1912]		wfo-0001354173
Phlox aristata var. canescens	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 144. 1803 [19 Mar 1803]		wfo-0001395587
Phlox atropurpurea	hort. ex Kolb	Alpenpflanzen (1890) 209, nomen.		wfo-0001355192
Phlox auriculata	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic. 41 (La Naturaleza, Ser. 2, 2: App. 2); ed. 2, 38. 1893		wfo-0000485021
Phlox austromontana subsp. vera	Wherry	J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 29: 518. 1939		wfo-0001367703
Phlox austromontana var. jonesii	(Wherry) S.L.Welsh	Great Basin Naturalist 45(4): 792. 1985		wfo-0001402017
Phlox bifida subsp. arkansana	D.L.Marsh	Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 63: 16. 1960		wfo-0001367704
Phlox bifida var. glandifera	Wherry	Bartonia no. 11: 34. 1929		wfo-0001395588
Phlox bifida var. induta	Shinners	Southw. Naturalist 6: 51. 1961		wfo-0001395589
Phlox brownii	Hort. Angl. ex F.Hässl.	Blumen-Zeitung 8: 33. 1835 [10 Feb 1835]		wfo-1200011007
Phlox caespitosa subsp. eu-caespitosa	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 250: 83. 1907		wfo-0001367705
Phlox caespitosa subsp. muscoides	(Nutt.) Brand	–		wfo-0001367115
Phlox caespitosa subsp. platyphylla	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 9. 1941		wfo-0001367706
Phlox caespitosa var. rigida	(Benth. ex DC.) A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 254. 1870		wfo-0001395590
Phlox caldriana	Court. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 322 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000485051
Phlox canescens var. spinosa	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 250: 84. 1907		wfo-0001395591
Phlox carolina subsp. altissima	(Moench) Wherry	Bartonia no. 23: 3. 1945		wfo-0001367707
Phlox carolina subsp. heterophylla	Wherry	Bartonia no. 23: 6. 1945		wfo-0001367708
Phlox carolina subsp. typica	Wherry	Bartonia no. 23: 2. 1945		wfo-0001367709
Phlox carolina var. altissima	(Moench) Wherry	Bartonia no. 13: 36. 1931		wfo-0001395592
Phlox carolina var. angusta	(Wherry) D.B.Ward	Phytologia 94(3): 477. 2012 [1 Dec 2012]		wfo-0001400370
Phlox carolina var. heterophylla	Wherry	Bartonia 13: 36. 1931		wfo-0001395593
Phlox carolina var. nitida	(Pursh) Benth.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 304. 1845 [1 Jan 1845]		wfo-0001395594
Phlox carolina var. ovata	(L.) Benth.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 304. 1845 [1 Jan 1845]		wfo-0001395595
Phlox carolina var. puberula	Benth.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 304. 1845 [1 Jan 1845]		wfo-0001395596
Phlox carolina var. triflora	(Michx.) Wherry	Bartonia 13: 36. 1931		wfo-0001395597
Phlox ciliata	H.R.Wehrh.	Gartenstaud. ii. 847 (1930), in clavi.		wfo-0000485033
Phlox covillei f. dejecta	(A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.) Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 113: 7. 1942		wfo-0001324187
Phlox cultorum	Thorsrud & Reisaeter	Norske Pl. 82 (1948).		wfo-0000484994
Phlox cuspidata var. grandiflora	Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 398. 1945		wfo-0001395598
Phlox cuspidata var. humilis	Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 398. 1945		wfo-0001395599
Phlox cuspidata var. typica	Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 397. 1945		wfo-0001395600
Phlox diffusa subsp. typica	Wherry	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 90: 139. 1938		wfo-0001367710
Phlox diffusa var. longistylis	(Wherry) M.Peck	Man. Pl. Oregon 572. 1941 Madrono, 6: 135. 1941		wfo-0001395601
Phlox divaricata f. albiflora	(Dw.Moore) McGregor	Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 60: 162. 1957		wfo-0001403173
Phlox divaricata f. albiflora	Dw.Moore	Proc. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 1: 26. 1941		wfo-0001403174
Phlox divaricata f. albiflora	Farw.	Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 369. 1920		wfo-0001324188
Phlox divaricata f. albiflora	House	Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 581. 1924		wfo-0001324189
Phlox divaricata f. bicolor	J.W.Moore	Rhodora 52: 58. 1950 as Plox		wfo-0001325189
Phlox divaricata f. candida	E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.	Rhodora 57: 316. 1955		wfo-0001325194
Phlox divaricata f. coulteri	Fernald	Rhodora 51(no. 604): 80. 1949 [6 Apr 1949]		wfo-0001324190
Phlox divaricata f. purpurea	Farw.	Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 369. 1920		wfo-0001324191
Phlox divaricata var. canadensis	Wherry	Bartonia no. 12: 34. 1931		wfo-0001395602
Phlox divergens	Wender. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 322 (Quid ?).		wfo-0000484973
Phlox dolichantha var. bernardina	(Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Jeps.	Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 3: 141. 1943		wfo-0001395604
Phlox douglasii var. diffusa	(Benth.) A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 254, 397. 1870		wfo-0001395605
Phlox douglasii var. longifolia	A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 254. 1870		wfo-0001395606
Phlox douglasii var. modocensis	Jeps.	Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 3: 140. 1943		wfo-0001395607
Phlox douglasii var. scleranthifolia	(Rydb.) Brand.	–		wfo-0001391654
Phlox drummondie var. heynholdii	(Grieve) Whitehouse	–		wfo-0001392217
Phlox drummondii var. glabriflora	(Brand) Erbe	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 67: 279. 1962		wfo-0001395608
Phlox drummondii var. goldsmithii	(Whitehouse) Erbe	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 67: 280. 1962		wfo-0001395609
Phlox drummondii var. heynholdii	(Grieve) Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 390. 1945		wfo-0001395610
Phlox drummondii var. instabilis	Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 391. 1945		wfo-0001395611
Phlox drummondii var. littoralis	Cory	Rhodora 39: 421. 1937		wfo-0000490168
Phlox drummondii var. mcallisteri	(Whitehouse) Shinners	Field & Lab. 19: 127. 1951		wfo-0001395613
Phlox drummondii var. peregrina	Shinners	Field & Lab. 19: 127. 1951		wfo-0001395614
Phlox drummondii var. typica	Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 390. 1945		wfo-0001395615
Phlox drummondii var. villosissima	A.Gray	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 257. 1870		wfo-0001395616
Phlox drummondii var. wilcoxiana	(Bogusch) Whitehouse	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 392. 1945		wfo-0001395617
Phlox elata	Penny ex G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 2. 596, nomen. 1832 ; first additional supplement (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. i.')		wfo-0000484977
Phlox erianthema	Wender.	in Schrift. Ges. Bef. Gesammt. Naturw. Marb. ii. 245 (1831).		wfo-0000484978
Phlox floridana subsp. bella	Wherry	Bartonia 22: 2, tab. 1. 1943		wfo-0001367711
Phlox floridana var. typica	Wherry	Bartonia 22: [1]. 1943		wfo-0001395618
Phlox frondosa	Bailly	Fl. Pleine Terre ed. 2: 683 1866	—	wfo-0000484993
Phlox fruticosa	hort. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 322.		wfo-0000485006
Phlox glaberrima subsp. interior	(Wherry) Wherry	Baileya 4: 98. 1956		wfo-0001367712
Phlox glaberrima var. interior	Wherry	Bartonia no. 14: 19, tab. 2, fig. 2. 1932		wfo-0001395619
Phlox glaberrima var. melampyrifolia	Wherry	Bartonia 14: 19. 1932		wfo-0001395620
Phlox glaberrima var. suffruticosa	(Willd.) A.Gray	Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 130. 1878		wfo-0001395621
Phlox gladiformis f. caesia	(Eastw.) Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 113: 5. 1942		wfo-0001324192
Phlox gladiformis f. gooddingii	(A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.) Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 113: 5. 1942		wfo-0001324193
Phlox glomerata	Nutt.	Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5: 196, nomen. 1836 [early 1836]		wfo-0000485011
Phlox henryae	Wherry	Natl. Hort. Mag. xx. 151 (1941).		wfo-0000485009
Phlox heterophylla	P.Beauv. ex Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) Polemon. 65. 1907 [19 Feb 1907]		wfo-0000484995
Phlox hoodii subsp. genuina	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 14. 1941		wfo-0001367713
Phlox hoodii var. glabrata	E.E.Nelson	Revis. W. N. Amer. Phlox. 11. 1899		wfo-0001395622
Phlox hortorum	Bergmans	Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters 400 (1924).		wfo-0000484999
Phlox hybrida	Raf.	Med. Repos. 5: 353, nomen. 1808		wfo-0000485000
Phlox imminens	H.St.John	Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 1: 102. 1929		wfo-0000485001
Phlox intermedia	Lodd. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 285, nomen. 1826		wfo-0000485003
Phlox kelseyi subsp. genuina	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 8. 1941		wfo-0001367714
Phlox kelseyi var. albomarginata	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 250: 79. 1907		wfo-0001395623
Phlox kelseyi var. ciliata	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 250: 79. 1907		wfo-0001395624
Phlox kelseyi var. costata	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 250: 80. 1907		wfo-0001395625
Phlox laeta	Penny ex G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 478, nomen. 1839		wfo-0000484132
Phlox leopoldiana	Paxton	Paxton's Mag. Bot. 14(168): 266. 1848 [Jan 1848]		wfo-0000484130
Phlox lilacina	hort. ex Wherry	Natl. Hort. Mag. 14: 213. 1935		wfo-0001330904
Phlox longifolia subsp. calva	Wherry	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 90: 136, fig. 1. 1938		wfo-0001367715
Phlox longifolia subsp. marginata	Brand	Pflanzenr. (Engler) [Heft 27] 4, Fam. 250: 65. 1907		wfo-0001367716
Phlox longifolia subsp. typica	Wherry	Notul. Nat. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 87: 5. 1941		wfo-0001367717