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Taxon: Phlox caespitosa Nutt.

Genus: Phlox section: Pulvinatae
Family: Polemoniaceae subfamily: Polemonioideae.
Nomen number: 432052
Place of publication: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia ser. 2, 7:41. 1834
Name verified on: 11-Mar-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Mar-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • cushion phlox   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Grant, V. 2001. Nomenclature of the main subdivisions of Phlox (Polemoniaceae). Lundellia 4:27.
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Wherry, E. T. 1955. The genus Phlox. Morris arboretum monographs 3. (Gen Phlox)
More:

Check other databases for Phlox caespitosa Nutt.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?432052 (09 February 2010)

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