Biology:Erythranthe gracilipes
| Erythranthe gracilipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Erythranthe |
| Species: | E. gracilipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Erythranthe gracilipes (B.L.Rob.) N.S.Fraga
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Erythranthe gracilipes is an uncommon species of monkeyflower known by the common name slenderstalk monkeyflower. It was formerly known as Mimulus gracilipes.[1][2][3][4][5]
Distribution
It is endemic to California , where it is known only from a section of the central Sierra Nevada foothills.
Description
This annual herb has a scattered distribution, sometimes only growing after a habitat disturbance such as wildfire. This petite wildflower grows no taller than about 8 centimeters. The fuzzy stem has a few pairs of oppositely arranged reddish-green oval leaves each up to about a centimeter long.
The tubular throat of the flower is encapsulated in a hairy red calyx of sepals. The pink flower is no more than a centimeter long and wide. The upper lip has two notched lobes and the wider lower lip has three.
References
- ↑ Giblin, David, ed (2015). "Erythranthe guttata". Burke Museum, University of Washington. http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?SciName=Erythranthe%20guttata. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ 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", Phytoneuron 2012–39: 1–60, http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Phrymaceae.pdf
- ↑ 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. PMID 12894947.
- ↑ 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. PMID 21665709.
- ↑ 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. PMID 21653403.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Mimulus gracilipes
- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus gracilipes
- Mimulus gracilipes - Photo gallery
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