Polemoniaceae (idea)

The phlox family, with 18-26 genera and about 300 species.  Most Poleminiaceae are tiny herbal plants; all exhibit tiny, delicate flowers with five fused petals.

Subfamily Acanthogilioideae:

• Tribe Acanthogilieae
• Acanthogilia^G

• Tribe Bonplandieae
• Bonplandia
• Tribe Cantueae
• Cantua
• Huthia, now subsumed into Cantua
• Tribe Cobaeeae
• Cobaea

• Tribe Gilieae:
• Allophyllum
• Collomia
• Gilia
• Lathrocasis^G
• Navarretia^G
• Saltugilia^G
• Tribe Loeselieae:
• Aliciella
• Bryantiella^G
• Dayia^G
• Eriastrum
• Giliastrum^G
• Ipomopsis
• Langloisia
• Loeselia (false calico)
• Loeseliastrum (calico)
• Microgilia
• Gymnosteris
• Leptodactylon
• Leptosiphon
• Linanthus
• Microsteris
• Phlox
• Tribe Polemonieae:
• Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder, Valerian)

Genus Gilia was recently split into about 8 genera (those with subscripted "G"'s).

Polemoniaceae Web Site
http://online.sfsu.edu/~patters/Polemons/

J. Mark Porter and Leigh A. Johnson "A phylogenetic classification of Polemoniaceae" (Aliso 19: 55-91. Aug 2000)
as discovered at http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Colleges/LFSC/life_sciences/.plant_biology/fam/OLDNEWS00.html