Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Mimulus cardinalis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Phrymaceae |
| Family common name(s) | lopseed; lop-seed; lopseeds; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
| Genus common name(s) | mimulus; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
| Species common name(s) | cardinal monkeyflower; cardinal monkey-flower; cardinal monkey flower; cardinal-red monkeyflower; cardinal-red monkey-flower; cardinal-red monkey flower; cardinal red monkeyflower; cardinal red monke-yflower; cardinal red monkey flower |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | scarlet monkeyflower, scarlet monkey-flower, scarlet monkey flower, crimson monkeyflower, crimson monkey-flower, crimson monkey flower, red mimulus, red monkeyflower, red monkey-flower, red monkey flower are applied to multiple Mimulus s.l. taxa; monkey faces, monkey-faces is applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Scrophulariaceae s.l.; Erythranthe cardinalis (Douglas ex Benth.) Spach |
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