Thyridia repens

Thyridia repens, with common names creeping monkeyflower,[2] Native musk, Maori musk, and native monkey flower, is a herbaceous succulent plant native to New Zealand and Australia that grows as low mats.[3] Its flowers are light purple or white.[3] It is the only species in the genus Thyridia.[1]

Thyridia repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Thyridia
W.R.Barker & Beardsley
Species:
T. repens
Binomial name
Thyridia repens
(R.Br.) W.R.Barker & Beardsley
Synonyms[1]
  • Mimulus colensoi Kirk
  • Mimulus repens R.Br.

Taxonomy

Thyridia is one of several genera that have been separated from an earlier concept of Mimulus as a large genus within family Phrymaceae.[4]

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References

  1. 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: 1–60CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online, retrieved 9 February 2017
  3. "Thyridia repens", New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, retrieved 9 February 2017
  4. Beardsley, Paul M.; Olmstead, Richard G. (July 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. PMID 21665709. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
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