Polemoniaceae

The Polemoniaceae ('''Jacob's-ladder or phlox family''') are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 27 genera with 270–400 species of annuals and perennials native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America.

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Cobaea is a genus of flowering plants including about 20 species of rapid growing, ornamental climbers whose native range extends from Mexico to Peru. The botanical name honors Father Bernabé Cobo, Spanish Jesuit of the seventeenth century, naturalist, and resident of America for many years. The woody stems can reach . Leaves are alternate lobed with opposite pairs and tendrils. In late summer to early spring, the large, bell-shaped flowers are borne profusely and singly along the stems with bright green, violet, or purple in colors. The plants can become invasive in some areas, and are common

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Cantua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae which is in the order Ericales. They are restricted to central South America where many species are endemics in the countries of occurrence.

Giliastrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.

Loeselia is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family Polemoniaceae, native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, Columbia and Venezuela. A number of species are found only in the Balsas Depression of southwestern Mexico. It was named for German botanist Johannes Loesel by Linnaeus in 1753.

Loeseliastrum (calico) is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family. It includes four species native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah), northwestern Mexico, and Texas.

Cobaeoideae is a subfamily of the Polemoniaceae family of flowering plants. It is native to Baja California and tropical parts of the Americas.

Saltugilia is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family, Polemoniaceae. They are known commonly as woodland gilias. There are four species. Two are endemic to California in the United States, and the distributions of the other two extend into Baja California in Mexico.

Langloisia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polemoniaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Langloisia setosissima, also known as bristly langloisia, bristly-calico, Great Basin langloisia, and lilac sunbonnets. It is native to the western United States and north-western Mexico, where it is found in desert washes and on rocky slopes and plains from eastern Oregon and Idaho, south via Nevada and Utah to eastern California and Arizona.

Allophyllum is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family known as false gillyflowers. These are hairy, glandular annuals with tall, thin, branching stems topped with clusters of small tubular flowers in varying shades of purple. Some of the plants are sticky, and all have seeds which become gluey when wet. False gillyflowers are native to western North America, from Washington to Utah and northwestern Mexico.

Gymnosteris is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family. These are small annual herbs which are native to the western United States. They generally lack leaves, but the bracts are large, fleshy, and leaflike.

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Bonplandia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.

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Microsteris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the phlox family containing the single species Microsteris gracilis, known by the common name slender phlox.

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Acanthogilia is a genus that contains a single species of desert shrub from Baja California, Mexico. It was first scientifically described as a genus in 1986.

Lathrocasis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae. The only species is Lathrocasis tenerrima.

Microgilia minutiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is the sole species in genus Microgilia. It is an annual native to Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington in the northwestern United States and to British Columbia in western Canada.