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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]
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]
References
- ^ a b 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: 1–60
- ^ PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online, retrieved 9 February 2017
- ^ a b "Thyridia repens", New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, retrieved 9 February 2017
- ^ 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.
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