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Phrymaceae

Phrymaceae accommodates 13 genera from warm-temperate and tropical regions (Mabberley 2008). Its boundaries were considerably re-defined as a result of molecular phylogenetic studies (Beardsley & Olmstead 2002) and this new circumscription is now widely accepted (APG III 2009). Some genera traditionally placed in Scrophulariaceae now belong here. In Belgium one non-native genus is involved, Erythranthe (formerly Mimulus section Erythranthe).

A related genus, Mazus Lour., was also transferred to Phrymaceae (Mabberley 2008) but more recent studies by Reveal (2011) tend to place it in a family of its own, Mazaceae. One species, Mazus pumilus (Burm.f.) Steenis, is a common weed and is sometimes seen as a bonsai-weed in Belgian plant nurseries. Future occurrences in the wild are not unlikely (see also Desfayes 1997).

Literature:


APG III (2009) An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants. APG III. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 161(2): 105-121.

Beardsley P.M. & Olmstead R.G. (2002) Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of Mimulus, tribe Mimuleae, and Phryma. Am. J. Bot. 89(7): 1093-1102.

Desfayes M. (1997) Mazus pumilus (Scrophulariaceae), adventice nouvelle pour l’Italie, et Lemna minuta (Lemnaceae) espèce nouvelle pour la province de Pavie. Saussurea 28: 65-66.

Mabberley D.J. (2008) Mabberley’s plant-book (3th ed.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: XVIII + 1021 p.

Reveal J.L. (2011) Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. Kew Bull. 66: 5-48.

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith