mimulus

/ ˈmɪmjʊləs /

noun

1. See monkey flower

Word History and Origins

Origin of mimulus¹

New Latin, from Greek mimō ape (from the shape of the corolla)

Example Sentences

Sweigart predicts that Schwoch will quickly unearth the specific mutations that produced the salt tolerance: Mimulus "has great genetic and genomic resources, so it should be possible to identify the precise molecular changes that have occurred" in her salt-tolerant plants, Sweigart says.

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A 2012 evaluation of the Mimulus family tree placed some of the better-studied monkeyflower species in other genera.

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"You either rename 150 species, or you rename 20 somewhat obscure species and call them all Mimulus," he notes.

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To verify that sorting process, Schwoch grew Mimulus plants for 6 months in saltier-than-normal conditions and then sequenced DNA from their tips, taking note of new mutations and how often the mutations appeared in the sequenced material.

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Adopting new designations for many Mimulus species will lead to chaos in the scientific literature, some researchers in the field say.

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