page_title: Erythranthe
section_title: Species sectionally
hierarchical_section_title: Erythranthe / Species / Species sectionally
caption_attribution_description: Mimulus cupreus
context_page_description: Erythranthe, the monkey-flowers and musk-flowers, is a diverse plant genus with at least 111 members in the family Phrymaceae. Erythranthe was originally described as a separate genus, then generally regarded as a section within the genus Mimulus, and recently returned to generic rank. Mimulus sect. Diplacus was segregated from Mimulus as a separate genus at the same time. Mimulus remains as a small genus of eastern North America and the Southern Hemisphere. Molecular data show Erythranthe and Diplacus to be distinct evolutionary lines that are distinct from Mimulus as strictly defined.
  Member species are usually annuals or herbaceous perennials. Flowers are red, pink, or yellow, often in various combinations. A large number of the Erythranthe species grow in moist to wet soils with some growing even in shallow water. They are not very drought resistant, but many of the species now classified as Diplacus are. Species are found at elevations from oceanside to high mountains as well as a wide variety of climates, though most prefer wet areas such as riverbanks.
context_section_description: In a 2014 paper, G. L. Nesom and N. S. Fraga   placed Erythranthe members into the following 12 sections, unless listed as "newly discovered":
  Erythranthe sect. Simiolus
  Erythranthe arenicola (Pennell) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe arvensis (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe brachystylis (Edwin) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe brevinasuta G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe caespitosa (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe calciphila (Gentry) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe charlestonensis G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe chinatiensis G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe corallina (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe cordata (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe decora (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe diminuens G.L.Nesom – newly discovered in 2017 and added to this list (Sonora, Mexico)
  Erythranthe dentiloba (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe filicifolia (Sexton, K.G.Ferris & Schoenig) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe geyeri (Torr.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe glabrata (Kunth) G.L.Nesom – roundleaf monkey-flower (widespread in North America, Mesoamerica and South America)
  Erythranthe glaucescens (Greene) G.L.Nesom – shieldbract monkey-flower (California)
  Erythranthe grandis (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L.Nesom – common large monkey-flower, common monkey-flower, stream monkey-flower, seep monkey-flower (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, ID, MI, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, SD, UT, WA, WY; Canada: BC, Yukon; Mexico to Guatemala; naturalized in Britain)
  Erythranthe hallii (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe inamoena (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe laciniata (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe lagunensis G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe madrensis (Seem.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe marmorata (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe michiganensis (Pennell) G.L.Nesom – Michigan monkey-flower (Michigan)
  Erythranthe microphylla (Benth.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe minima (C.Bohlen) J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores – (Michoacan, Mexico)
  Erythranthe minor (A. Nelson) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe nasuta (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe nudata (Curran ex Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe pallens (Greene) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe pardalis (Pennell) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe parvula (Wooton & Standl.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe pennellii (Gentry) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe percaulis G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe peregrina M. Vallejo-Marin – newly discovered 2012, originally named M. peregrinus (Scotland)
  Erythranthe regni G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe scouleri (Hook.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe sookensis B.G. Benedict – originally named M. sookensis (British Columbia to northern California)
  Erythranthe thermalis (A. Nelson) G.L.Nesom – (Yellowstone National Park)
  Erythranthe tilingii (Regel) G.L.Nesom – large mountain monkey-flower, Tiling's monkey-flower (Alaska to New Mexico)
  Erythranthe unimaculata (Pennell) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe utahensis (Pennell) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe visibilis G.L.Nesom
  (South America)
  Erythranthe acaulis (Phil.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe andicola (Kunth) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe cuprea (Dombrain) G.L.Nesom – Flor de cobre (Eng: copper flower) (central and southern Chile)
  Erythranthe depressa (Phil.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe lacerata (Pennell) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe lutea (L.) G.L.Nesom – yellow monkey-flower, monkey musk, blotched monkey-flower, and blood-drop-emlets (North and South America, naturalized in Britain)
  Erythranthe lutea var. lutea 
  Erythranthe lutea var. variegata (Lodd.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe naiandina (J.M.Watson & C.Bohlen) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe parviflora (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe pilosiuscula (Kunth) G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe sect. Erythranthe
  Erythranthe cardinalis (Douglas ex Benth.) Spach – scarlet monkey-flower (southwestern United States and Baja California)
  Erythranthe cinnabarina G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe eastwoodiae (Rydb.) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga
  Erythranthe erubescens G.L.Nesom
  Erythranthe flammea
  Erythranthe lewisii (Pursh) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga – great purple monkey-flower, Lewis' monkey-flower (Alaska to California to Colorado)
  Erythranthe nelsonii (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga – In 2014 Nesom lists as a synonym of Erythranthe verbenacea
  Erythranthe parishii (Greene) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga – Parish's monkey-flower (southern California, western Nevada, Baja California)
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caption: E. cuprea
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