Phrymaceae

Mimulus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 634 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & E. Canada to Central & E. U.S.A., Nigeria to Ethiopia and S. Africa, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to N. Australia.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cambodia, Cape Provinces, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nebraska, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alberta, Austria, California, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 4, 2: 310.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Act. Soc. Sc. Uppsal.: 82 (1741).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 283 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 634 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0