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Mimulus L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 33233

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Mimetanthe Greene
	Common Name(s):	monkey-flower [English]
		monkeyflower [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


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Asteranae
	Order	Lamiales
	Family	Phrymaceae – phrymas
	Genus	Mimulus L. – monkey-flower, monkeyflower
		Direct Children:
	Species	Mimulus acutidens Greene – Kings River monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus alatus Aiton – sharpwing monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus alsinoides Douglas ex Benth. – wingstem monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus androsaceus Curran ex Greene – rockjasmine monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus angustatus (A. Gray) A. Gray – purplelip pansy monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus angustifolius (Greene) A.L. Grant – Mount Rose monkeyflower, Mt. Rose monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus arenarius A.L. Grant – sandloving monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus barbatus Greene – bearded monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus X bartonianus Rivoire – monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus bicolor Hartw. ex Benth. – yellow and white monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus bigelovii (A. Gray) A. Gray – yellow-throat monkey-flower, Bigelow's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus biolettii Eastw. – Hetch Hetchy monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus bolanderi A. Gray – Bolander's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus brachiatus Pennell – serpentine monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus brandegeei Pennell – Santa Cruz Island monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus breviflorus Piper – shortflower monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus brevipes Benth. – widethroat yellow monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus breweri (Greene) Coville – Brewer's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus cardinalis Douglas ex Benth. – scarlet monkeyflower, scarlet monkey-flower, crimson monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus cleistogamus J.T. Howell – selfing monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus clivicola Greenm. – North Idaho monkeyflower, Bank monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus coccineus Congdon – Sierra monkeyflower, red monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus congdonii B.L. Rob. – Congdon's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus cupreus hort. ex Dombrain
	Species	Mimulus cupriphilus M. Macnair – McNulty Mine monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus cusickii (Greene) Rattan – Cusick's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus densus A.L. Grant – yellowandpurple monkeyflower, yellow and purple monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus dentatus Nutt. ex Benth. – coastal monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus dentilobus B.L. Rob. & Fernald – sharpwing monkeyflower, tooth-petal monkey-flower, toothpetal monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus diffusus A.L. Grant – Palomar monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus douglasii (Benth.) A. Gray – brownies
	Species	Mimulus dudleyi A.L. Grant – Dudley's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus eastwoodiae Rydb. – Eastwood's monkey-flower, crimson monkeyflower, Eastwood's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus evanescens Meinke – disappearing monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus exiguus A. Gray – San Bernardino Mountain monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus filicaulis S. Watson – slenderstem monkeyflower, Hetch Hetchy monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus floribundus Lindl. – floriferous monkeyflower, purplestem monkeyflower, manyflowered monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus fremontii (Benth.) A. Gray – Fremont's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus gemmiparus W.A. Weber – Rocky Mountain monkeyflower, Weber monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus glabratus Kunth – roundleaf monkey-flower, mimule glabre, round-leaf monkey-flower, smooth monkeyflower, roundleaf monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus glaucescens Greene – shieldbract monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus gracilipes B.L. Rob. – slenderstalk monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus grayi A.L. Grant – Mariposa monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus guttatus DC. – common monkeyflower, seep monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus hymenophyllus Meinke – thinsepal monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus inconspicuus A. Gray – smallflower monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus jepsonii A.L. Grant – Jepson's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus johnstonii A.L. Grant – Johnston's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus jungermannioides Suksd. – liverwort monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus kelloggii (Curran ex Greene) Curran ex A. Gray – Kellogg's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus laciniatus A. Gray – cutleaf monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus latidens (A. Gray) Greene – broadtooth monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus latifolius A. Gray – broadleaf monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus layneae (Greene) Jeps. – Layne's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus leptaleus A. Gray – least monkeyflower, slender monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus lewisii Pursh – Lewis' monkeyflower, purple monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus luteus L. – blood-drop emlets, yellow monkey-flower, monkey musk
	Species	Mimulus mephiticus Greene – foul-odor monkeyflower, foul odor monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus michiganensis (Pennell) Posto & Prather – Michigan monkeyflower, Michigan monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus mohavensis Lemmon – Mojave monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus montioides A. Gray – mountain monkeyflower, mointain monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus moschatus Douglas ex Lindl. – musk monkeyflower, muskflower
	Species	Mimulus nanus Hook. & Arn. – dwarf purple monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus norrisii Heckard & Shevock – Kaweah monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus nudatus Curran ex Greene – bare monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus ovatus (A. Gray) N.H. Holmgren – Carson monkeyflower, eggleaf monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus palmeri A. Gray – Palmer's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus parishii Greene – Parish's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus parryi A. Gray – annual redspot monkey-flower, redspot monkeyflower, annual redspot monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus pictus (Curran ex Greene) A. Gray – calico monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus pilosus (Benth.) S. Watson – false monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus platycalyx Pennell – widecalyx monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus platylaemus Pennell – widethroat pink monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus primuloides Benth. – yellow creeping monkey-flower, primrose monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus pulchellus (Drew ex Greene) A.L. Grant – yellowlip pansy monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus pulsiferae A. Gray – candelabrum monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus purpureus A.L. Grant – little purple monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus pygmaeus A.L. Grant – Egg Lake monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus rattanii A. Gray – Rattan's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus ringens L. – Allegheny monkey-flower, Allegheny monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus rubellus A. Gray – redstem monkey-flower, red monkeyflower, little redstem monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus rupicola Coville & A.L. Grant – Death Valley monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus shevockii Heckard & Bacig. – Kelso Creek monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus spissus A.L. Grant – compact monkey-flower, compact monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus subsecundus A. Gray – onesided monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus suksdorfii A. Gray – miniature monkey-flower, Suksdorf's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus tilingii Regel – subalpine monkey-flower, subalpine monkeyflower, Tiling's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus torreyi A. Gray – Torrey's monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus traskiae A.L. Grant – Santa Catalina monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus tricolor Hartw. ex Lindl. – tricolor monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus viscidus Congdon – sticky monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus washingtonensis Gand. – Washington monkeyflower
	Species	Mimulus whipplei A.L. Grant – Whipple's monkey-flower
	Species	Mimulus whitneyi A. Gray – harlequin monkeyflower

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	Source:	Lamiales 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:	Mimulus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Mimulus

	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:	Mimulus

	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:	Mimulus

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Comments


	Comment:	plant
		Mimulus L. (TSN 33233) is a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) decapod genus Mimulus Stimpson, 1860 (TSN 98432)

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