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 | Erythranthe geniculata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Phrymaceae |
| Family common name(s) | lopseed; lop-seed; lopseeds; monkeyflower; monkey-flower; monkey flower |
| Genus common name(s) | erythranthe |
| Species common name(s) | no common name specific to this taxon found |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Dudley's monkeyflower [Mimulus dudleyi]; Dudley's monkey-flower [Mimulus dudleyi]; Dudley's monkey flower [Mimulus dudleyi]; Dudley monkeyflower [Mimulus dudleyi]; Dudley monkey-flower [Mimulus dudleyi]; Dudley monkey flower [Mimulus dudleyi] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | yellow monkeyflower, yellow monkey-flower, yellow monkey flower, small yellow monkeyflower, small yellow monkey-flower, seep monkeyflower, seep monkey-flower, seep monkey flower, showy monkeyflower, showy monkey-flower, showy monkey flower, annual monkeyflower, annual monkey-flower, annual 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.; Mimulus geniculatus Greene; Mimulus dudleyi A.L. Grant |
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