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PHLOX, phlox 
Phlox amplifolia Britton, broadleaf phlox, p. 1232 
P. bifida Beck, cleft phlox, sand phlox, p. 1228 
ssp. bifida 
ssp. stellaria (A. Gray) Wherry [S: P. bifida var. stellaria (A. 
Gray) Wherry] (Wherry, 1955; Marsh, 1960) (note that 
in this species, as well as in all other species of 
Missouri Phlox, the decision to recognize subspecies, 
rather than varieties, is arbitrary, although it brings the 
nomenclature in line with the majority of other 
regional treatments of this genus) 
P. carolina L., Carolina phlox, p. 1232 
ssp. angusta [S: P. carolina var. angusta (Wherry) Steyerm.] 
(Wherry, 1955) 
ssp. carolina 
. divaricata L., blue phlox, wild sweet William, p. 1228 
ssp. laphamii (Alph. Wood) Wherry [S: P. divaricata var. 
laphamii Alph. Wood] (Wherry, 1955) 
f. albiflora (Dwight Moore) McGregor [S: P. divaricata var. 
laphamii f. candida E. J. Palmer & Steyerm.] 
(McGregor, 1957) 
f. laphamii 
+P. drummondii Hook., annual phlox, p. 1233 
var. peregrina Shinn. (note that the Missouri specimens were 
not determined at the varietal level in previous works) 
P. glaberrima L., smooth phlox, p. 1230 sedis: 
ssp. interior (Wherry) Wherry [S: P. glaberrima var. interior 
Wherry] (Wherry, 1955) 
P. maculata L., wild sweet William, sweet William phlox, meadow 
phlox, p. 1232 
ssp. pyramidalis (Smith) Wherry [S: P. maculata vat. 
pyramidalis (Smith) Wherry] (Wherry, 1955) 
P. paniculata L., perennial phlox, summer phlox, garden phlox, 
1232 
a] 
p. 
f. alba Don 
f. paniculata 
S: Steyermark G: Great Plains Flora M: Mohlenbrock 
