Biology:Diplacus rupicola
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Diplacus rupicola | |
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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: | Diplacus |
| Species: | D. rupicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplacus rupicola (Coville & A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga
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Diplacus rupicola, the Death Valley monkeyflower, is a flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae.[1][2][3][4]
Distribution
Diplacus rupicola is endemic to the northern Mojave Desert within Inyo County, in eastern California .[5]
Although quite rare, the Death Valley monkeyflower can be found in shaded limestone crevices on steep canyon walls in the mountains bordering Death Valley, and the sky islands in the northern Mojave Desert.
Description
Diplacus rupicola is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing 1–17 cm tall, with oblanceolate leaves 2–6 cm long. It has pinkish flowers, often faint in color, and has a magenta-purple spot on each lobe.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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", 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.
- ↑ "California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile". http://northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Go?_id=mimulus_rupicola&sort=DEFAULT&search=Mimulus%20rupicola.
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 162
External links
- Jepson Flora Project - Mimulus rupicola (Death Valley monkeyflower)
- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus rupicola
- UC CalPhotos gallery of Mimulus rupicola (Death Valley monkeyflower)
Wikidata ☰ Q17746293 entry
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