''Diplacus'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

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Phrymaceae Phrymaceae, also known as the lopseed family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). "Phrymaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. At: Botanical Databases At: Missouri Botanical Garden Websi ...

, which was traditionally placed in family

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. The genus ''Diplacus'' was first described by

Thomas Nuttall Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an English botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle in the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...

in 1838. It was merged into ''Mimulus'' no later than 1905, until the 2012 restructuring. The 2012 restructuring of ''

Mimulus Mimulus , also known as monkeyflowers, is a plant genus in the family (biology), family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. The genus now contains only seven species, two native to eastern North America and th ...

'' by Barker, ''et al''., based largely upon DNA evidence, left seven species in ''Mimulus'', placed 111 into ''

Erythranthe ''Erythranthe'', the monkey-flowers and musk-flowers, is a diverse plant genus with more than 120 members (as of 2022) in the family (biology), family Phrymaceae. ''Erythranthe'' was originally described as a separate genus, then generally regar ...

'' (species with axile

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and long

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s), placed 46 into ''Diplacus'' (species with parietal placentation and

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

flowers), placed two in ''

Uvedalia ''Uvedalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, native to Australia. It was resurrected from ''Mimulus Mimulus , also known as monkeyflowers, is a plant genus in the family (biology), family Phrymaceae, which was tradit ...

'', and placed one each in ''

Elacholoma ''Elacholoma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phrymaceae. Its native range is Central Australia. Species: *''Elacholoma hornii'' *''Elacholoma prostrata ''Elacholoma'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the ...

'', ''

Mimetanthe ''Mimetanthe'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae. It has only one species, ''Mimetanthe pilosa'', synonym ''Mimulus pilosus'', known by the common names false monkeyflower and downy mimetanthe. It is native to the western Un ...

'', and ''

Thyridia ''Thyridia'' is a monotypic genus of clearwing ( ithomiine) butterflies, named by Jacob Hübner in 1816. Its only species is ''Thyridia psidii'', the Melantho tigerwing or clapping ticlear. It is in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae ...

''.

Species

49 species are accepted.''Diplacus'' Nutt.
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Diplacus angustatus ''Diplacus angustatus'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names purplelip pansy monkeyflower and narrowleaf pansy monkeyflower. Distribution It is endemic to California, where its distribution is scattered around the North Coast ...

'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus aridus ''Diplacus aridus'', is a species of monkeyflower with yellow blossoms. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus aridus''. Distribution This species is native to San Diego County in Southern California, and to Baja California. In Baja California, ''Mi ...

'' Abrams * ''

Diplacus aurantiacus ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' (Curtis) Jeps. – sticky monkeyflower * ''

Diplacus × australis ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' (McMinn ex Munz) Tulig * ''

Diplacus bicolor ''Diplacus bicolor'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Harlequin monkeyflower. It is also known as ''Diplacus whitneyi''.Hrusa, G.F. 2014. ''Diplacus bicolor'', correct name in the genus ''Diplacus'' for ''Mimulus whitneyi'' ...

'' (synonym ''Diplacus whitneyi'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom) * ''

Diplacus bigelovii ''Diplacus bigelovii'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Bigelow's monkeyflower. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert and slope habitats. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus bigelovii''. De ...

'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus bolanderi ''Diplacus bolanderi'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Bolander's monkeyflower. Distribution It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and other habitat in the coastal and inland mountains and foothills, ...

'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus brandegeei ''Diplacus brandegeei'', also known as the Santa Cruz Island monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant. This rare flower survives on Guadalupe Island in Mexico, but is believed to be extirpated on Santa Cruz Island Santa Cruz Island (Spani ...

'' (Pennell) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus brevipes ''Diplacus brevipes'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name widethroat yellow monkeyflower. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus brevipes''. Distribution It is native to the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and other mountains and ...

'' (Benth.) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus calycinus ''Diplacus calycinus'', also known as the Kaweah River rock bush monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant. This California endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an ...

'' Eastw. * ''

Diplacus cascadensis ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' * ''

Diplacus clevelandii ''Diplacus clevelandii'' is an uncommon species of monkeyflower known by the common name Cleveland's bush monkeyflower. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus clevelandii''. Its specific epithet ''clevelandii'' honors 19th-century San Diego–based ...

'' (Brandegee) Greene * ''

Diplacus clivicola ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' (Greenm.) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus compactus ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' (D.M.Thomps.) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus congdonii'' (B.L.Rob.) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus constrictus'' (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus cusickii'' (Greene) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus cusickioides'' * ''

Diplacus deschutesensis ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry ...

'' * ''

Diplacus douglasii ''Diplacus douglasii'' is a species of Diplacus, monkeyflower known by the common names brownies and purple mouse ears. It is native to the mountains and foothills of California and Oregon, where it is often found on serpentine soils.David M. Tho ...

'' (Benth.) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus fremontii ''Diplacus fremontii'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Frémont's monkeyflower. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in mountain and desert habitat, especially moist or disturbed areas. It was forme ...

'' (Benth.) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus grandiflorus ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' Groenl. * ''

Diplacus graniticola ''Diplacus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. It includes 49 species native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Most prefer dry and rocky areas. ...

'' * '' Diplacus jepsonii'' (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus johnstonii'' (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus kelloggii'' (Curran ex Greene) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus latifolius'' Nutt. * '' Diplacus layneae'' (Greene) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus leptaleus'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus linearis'' (Benth.) Greene * '' Diplacus × lompocensis'' McMinn * '' Diplacus longiflorus'' Nutt. * ''

Diplacus mephiticus ''Diplacus mephiticus'' is a species of Diplacus, monkeyflower known by the common names skunky monkeyflower and foul odor monkeyflower. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus mephiticus''. It has been reclassified as ''Mimulus nanus'' (now ''Dipla ...

'' (Greene) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus mohavensis'' (Lemmon) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus nanus'' (Hook. & Arn.) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus ovatus'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus parryi'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga * '' Diplacus parviflorus'' Greene * ''

Diplacus pictus ''Diplacus pictus'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name calico monkeyflower. Distribution The wildflower is endemic to California, found only above the southeastern San Joaquin Valley within Kern County and Tulare County. It i ...

'' (Curran ex Greene) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus pulchellus'' (Drew ex Greene) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus puniceus'' Nutt. * '' Diplacus pygmaeus'' (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus rattanii'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus rupicola'' (Coville & A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga * '' Diplacus rutilis'' (A.L.Grant) McMinn * ''

Diplacus stellatus ''Diplacus stellatus'' is a small herb in the Phrymaceae. The species is endemic to Cedros Island in the Mexican State of Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It i ...

'' Kellogg * '' Diplacus thompsonii'' * '' Diplacus torreyi'' (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus traskiae'' (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom * '' Diplacus tricolor'' (Hartw. ex Lindl.) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus vandenbergensis ''Diplacus vandenbergensis'', commonly known as the Vandenberg monkeyflower, is a species of ''Diplacus'' located in the ''Phrymaceae'' family. It grows as a small herbaceous annual plant and is native to the Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve in Sa ...

'' (D.M.Thomps.) G.L.Nesom * ''

Diplacus viscidus ''Diplacus viscidus'' is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name sticky monkeyflower. Distribution ''Diplacus viscidus'' is endemic to the western Sierra Nevada foothills of California, where it grows in bare and disturbed habitat, su ...

'' (Congdon) G.L.Nesom

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17746325 Lamiales genera Flora of Northern America Taxa described in 1838 Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall