| Common Names - Jjacob's Ladder or Phlox Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 25 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 400 |
| Plant forms - Herbs, some shrubs, trees, lianes | |
| World Distribution - America (esp. W and N) and Eurasia. Native to the Northern Hemisphere and also South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California Frigid zone to sub-tropical. Widespread, but lacking (though often introduced) in Africa, Southern and Southeast Asia Malaysia, Australia and Eastern South America | |
| Comments - Under order Ericales. Shrubs, lianes, small trees & especially herbs. Woody. | |
| 1 - Cantua. 2 - Cobaea. 3 - Leptodactylon. 4 - Loeselia. 5 - Phlox. |