Hemichaena
| Hemichaena | |
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| Hemichaena fruticosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Hemichaena Benth. |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Hemichaena is a flowering plant genus in the family Phrymaceae. It includes five species native to Mexico and Central America.[2] which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. In the 2012 restructuring of Mimulus by Barker, et al., based largely upon DNA evidence, only seven species were left in Mimulus.[1]
Species
Five species are accepted.[2]
- Hemichaena coulteri (A.Gray) Thieret
- Hemichaena fruticosa Benth.
- Hemichaena levigata (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Thieret
- Hemichaena spinulosa (Benth.) Thieret
- Hemichaena rugosa (S.Watson) Thieret
References
- 1 2 Barker, W. L. (Bill); et al. (2012). "A Taxonomic Conspectus of Phyrmaceae: A Narrowed Circumscription for Mimulus, New and Resurrected Genera, and New Names and Combinations" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 39: 1–60. ISSN 2153-733X.
- 1 2 3 "Hemichaena Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 August 2026.