7014.000 Phlox L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves, at least below, opposite and entire, sometimes alternate above. Inflorescences of cymes, panicles or thyrses. Calyx narrow, toothed or lobed, eventually ruptured by the maturing fruit. Corolla showy, salver-shaped; tube narrow and constricted at the throat; lobes obovate to circular. Stamens attached at different heights on the corolla tube. Style usually filiform. Capsule 3-valved, septicidal.

Derivation of name: Greek for flame

Worldwide: 67 species in N America and NE Asia

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

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SpeciesContent
drummondii Hook.
paniculata L.

Other sources of information about Phlox:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Phlox
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Phlox
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Phlox
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Phlox
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Phlox
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Phlox
JSTOR Plant Science: Phlox
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Phlox
Plants of the World Online: Phlox
Tropicos: Phlox
Wikipedia: Phlox

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Phlox.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1865, retrieved 28 March 2024

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