Mimulopsis is a genus in the flowering plant family Acanthaceae with about 20 species[1] native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[3]

Mimulopsis
Mimulopsis violacea, watercolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Subfamily: Acanthoideae
Tribe: Ruellieae
Genus: Mimulopsis
Schweinf. (1868)
Type species
Mimulopsis solmsii[2]
Species[1]

20; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Epiclastopelma Lindau (1895)
  • Sooia Pócs (1973)

Species edit

20 species are accepted:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Mimulopsis Schweinf. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Mimulopsis G". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  3. ^ Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten. "7937.000 Mimulopsis Schweinf". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2008-05-06.

External links edit

  Data related to Mimulopsis at Wikispecies