Erythranthe floribunda

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Erythranthe floribunda
Purple-stemmed monkeyflower imported from iNaturalist photo 321188322 on 12 March 2024.jpg
Humboldt County, Nevada, 2023
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Erythranthe
Species:
E. floribunda
Binomial name
Erythranthe floribunda
Synonyms [2]
  • Mimulus floribundus Douglas ex Lindl.

Erythranthe floribunda is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name many-flowered monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from western Canada to California and northern Mexico, to the Rocky Mountains. It grows in many types of habitat, especially moist areas. It was formerly known as Mimulus floribundus. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Description

This plant is variable in morphology, taking several forms. In general it is an annual herb with a thin stem 3 to 50 centimeters long, growing upright or decumbent. In texture it is hairy and sometimes slimy. The oppositely arranged leaves vary in size and shape. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a hairy calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The corolla of the flower is yellow and up to 1.5 centimeters long.

Taxonomy

Erythranthe floribunda was scientifically described in 1828 by John Lindley and named Mimulus floribundus. In 2012 it was moved to the genus Erythranthe by Guy L. Nesom, giving the species its accepted name. According to Plants of the World Online it has 12 synonyms. [2]

Table of Synonyms
NameYearRankNotes
Capraria pusillaTorr.1824species= het.
Mimulus deltoideusGand.1919species= het.
Mimulus floribundusLindl.1828species≡ hom.
Mimulus floribundus var. membranaceus(A.Nelson) A.L.Grant1924variety= het.
Mimulus floribundus var. minorHook.1838variety= het.
Mimulus floribundus var. subulatusA.L.Grant1924variety= het.
Mimulus membranaceusA.Nelson1903species= het.
Mimulus multiflorusPennell1947species= het.
Mimulus peduncularisDouglas ex Benth.1835species= het.
Mimulus serotinusSuksd.1900species= het.
Mimulus subulatus(A.L.Grant) Pennell1947species= het.
Mimulus trisulcatusPennell1947species= het.
Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym  ; = heterotypic synonym

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (5 December 2025). "Erythranthe floribunda". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 POWO (2026). "Erythranthe floribunda (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Barker, W.R.; Nesom, G.L.; Beardsley, P.M.; Fraga, N.S. (2012), "A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscriptions for Mimulus, new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations" (PDF), Phytoneuron, 2012–39: 1–60
  4. ↑ Beardsley, P. M.; Yen, Alan; Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "AFLP Phylogeny of Mimulus Section Erythranthe and the Evolution of Hummingbird Pollination". Evolution. 57 (6): 1397–1410. doi:10.1554/02-086. JSTOR   3448862. PMID   12894947.
  5. ↑ Beardsley, P. M.; Olmstead, R. G. (2002). "Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of Mimulus, tribe Mimuleae, and Phryma". American Journal of Botany. 89 (7): 1093–1102. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.7.1093. JSTOR   4122195. PMID   21665709.
  6. ↑ Beardsley, P. M.; Schoenig, Steve E.; Whittall, Justen B.; Olmstead, Richard G. (2004). "Patterns of Evolution in Western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 91 (3): 474–4890. doi: 10.3732/ajb.91.3.474 . JSTOR   4123743. PMID   21653403.
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