Phlox pilosa Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 152. 1753
Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part P)
Jarvis, Charlie
Phlox pilosaLinnaeus, Species Plantarum1: 152. 1753.
"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 1207.
Lectotype(Wherry, GenusPhlox: 48. 1955): [icon] " Lychinidaea umbellifera Blattariae accedens Virginiana major, repens, Pseudomelanthii foliis pilosis, flore albo, pentapetaloide, fistuloso" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 98, f. 1. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 233. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 90: 59 ( BM-SL).
Current name: Phlox pilosaL.( Polemoniaceae).
Note:See also discussion by Reveal & al. (in Huntia7: 227. 1987).
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