Genus Mimulus L.


Summary
Genus number:
7648
Last updated:
4 December 2002
Family:
Phrymaceae
Common name(s):

monkey-flower
Accession count:

24 (21  active, 12  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


Synonyms
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References:
  1. Barker, W. R. et al. 2012. A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscription for Mimulus, new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations. Phytoneuron 2012-39:1-60.
  2. Beardsley, P. M. & R. G. Olmstead. 2002. Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of Mimulus, tribe Mimuleae, and Phryma. Amer. J. Bot. 89:1093-1102.
  3. Beardsley, P. M. & W. R. Barker. 2005. Patterns of evolution in Australian Mimulus and related genera (Phrymaceae~Scrophulariaceae): a molecular phylogeny using chloroplast and nuclear sequence data. Austral. Syst. Bot. 18:61-73.
  4. Beardsley, P. M. et al. 2004. Patterns of evolution in Western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 91:474-489.
  5. Thompson, D. M. 2005. Systematics of Mimulus subg. Schizoplacus (Scrophulariaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 75:1-213.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=7648. Accessed 11 May 2026.