Polemoniaceae (phlox family)

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A total of 18 genera and 385 species, indigenous to the Americas and Eurasia. No indigenous species in southern Africa.

List from Glen (2002). Species are listed for those genera with only one species represented in southern Africa.

Cobaea scandens (Cup and saucer vine) Indigenous to Mexico.
Cantua Two species cultivated: Cantua buxifolia (indigenous to Peru and Bolivia), and Cantua pyrifolia (indigenous to Peru and Ecuador).
Phlox Four species cultivated, all indigenous to the USA.
Gilia achilleifolia Indigenous to California and Mexico.
Ipomopsis rubra Indigenous to the USA.
Navarretia squarrosa (Skunkweed) Indigenous to western Canada and USA.