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Polemonium  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 30998

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Common Name(s): Jacob's-ladder [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderEricales   
                            FamilyPolemoniaceae  – phlox  
                               GenusPolemonium L. – Jacob's-ladder  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesPolemonium boreale Adams – northern Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium brandegeei (A. Gray) Greene – Brandegee's Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium caeruleum L. – charity 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium californicum Eastw. – moving polemonium 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium carneum A. Gray – royal Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium chartaceum H. Mason – Mason's Jacob's-ladder, White Mountain skypilot 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium confertum A. Gray – Rocky Mountain Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc. – stiffpoint Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium elegans Greene – elegant Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium eximium Greene – skypilot 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium foliosissimum A. Gray – towering Jacob's-ladder, leafy polemonium, leafy Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium longii Fernald – Long's Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium micranthum Benth. – annual Jacob's-ladder, littlebell Jacob's-ladder, annual polemonium 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium nevadense Wherry – Nevada Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium occidentale Greene – western polemonium, western Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium pauciflorum S. Watson – fewflower Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium pectinatum Greene – Washington Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium pulcherrimum Hook. – skunkleaf polemonium, pretty Jacob's-ladder 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium reptans L. – Greek valerian, creeping polemonium 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium vanbruntiae Britton – Vanbrunt's polemonium, Jacob's ladder, polémoine de Van-Brunt 
                                  SpeciesPolemonium viscosum Nutt. – sticky Jacob's-ladder, sticky polemonium 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Polemonium   
       
  Source: Polemoniaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Polemonium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Polemonium   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Polemonium   
       
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