Mimulus section Eunanus

Skunky monkeyflower Mimulus mephiticus, copyright Lars Rosengreen.

Belongs within: Phrymaceae.

The section Eunanus of the genus Mimulus is a group of monkeyflowers found in western North America, characterised by a divided placenta, pubescent styles, and small, nearly regular, corollas (Beardsley et al. 2004).

<==Mimulus sect. Eunanus
    |  i. s.: M. angustifoliusBS04
    |         M. ovatus [=M. bigelovii var. ovatus]BS04
    |         M. spissusBS04
    |         M. subsecundusBS04
    |--M. nanusBS04
    |--+--M. clivicolaBS04
    |  |--M. cusickiiBS04
    |  `--M. jepsoniiBS04
    `--+--+--M. rattaniiBS04 [incl. M. rattanii ssp. decurtatusH93]
       |  |    |--M. r. ssp. rattaniiBS04
       |  |    `--M. r. ssp. decurrensBS04
       |  `--+--M. brevipesBS04
       |     `--+--M. fremontiiBS04
       |        `--M. johnstoniiBS04
       `--+--M. mohavensisBS04
          `--+--+--M. layneaeBS04 [incl. M. brachiatusH93]
             |  `--M. viscidusBS04
             `--+--M. mephiticusBS04 [=M. nanus var. mephiticusBS04; incl. M. coccineusH93, M. densusH93]
                `--+--+--M. bigeloviiBS04
                   |  |    |--M. b. var. bigeloviiBS04
                   |  |    `--M. b. var. cuspidatusBS04 [incl. M. bigelovii var. panamintensisH93]
                   |  `--M. bolanderiBS04 [incl. M. platylaemusH93]
                   `--+--M. leptaleusBS04
                      `--+--M. constrictusBS04
                         `--M. whitneyiBS04

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BS04] Beardsley, P. M., S. E. Schoenig, J. B. Whittall & R. G. Olmstead. 2004. Patterns of evolution in western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae). American Journal of Botany 91 (3): 474–489.

[H93] Hickman, J. C. (ed.) 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press: Berkeley (California).

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