Class
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phlox L., Sp. Pl. 151 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Phlox
Description
Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes woody towards base. Lvs mostly opposite, entire. Fls usually in corymbose or paniculate cymes, sometimes solitary, often showy, pedicellate. Calyx tubular to narrow-campanulate, prominently lobed, often with a scarious membrane below the sinuses, developing with fr. but ruptured at maturity. Corolla strongly convolute, salverform; tube slender, constricted at throat; lobes broad, often emarginate to lobed. Stamens inserted at different levels, included. Style included; stigmas 3; ovules 1-few in each cell. Capsule ovoid to broad-ellipsoid, not lobed, 3-locular. Seeds usually 1 in each loculus, mucilaginous when wet.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 2 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
