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Taxon: Mimulus guttatus DC.

Genus: Mimulus
Family: Phrymaceae. Also placed in: Scrophulariaceae
Nomen number: 24442
Place of publication: Cat. pl. horti monsp. 127. 1813
Comment: authorship verified from original literature
Name verified on: 29-Jan-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 16-Mar-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • berro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • common monkey-flower   (Source: Intermt F )
  • monkey-flower   (Source: BSBI )

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Subarctic America: Canada - Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
    South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Sonora

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
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Check other databases for Mimulus guttatus DC.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24442 (21 November 2009)

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