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]

Thyridia repens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Thyridia
W.R.Barker & Beardsley
Species:
T. repens
Binomial name
Thyridia repens
Synonyms[1]

Taxonomy edit

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 edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online, retrieved 9 February 2017
  3. ^ a b "Thyridia repens", New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, retrieved 9 February 2017
  4. ^ 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.