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Genus of plants

Phryma
Phryma leptostachya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Phryma
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Species

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Synonyms
  • Leptostachia Mitch.

Phryma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae, native to temperate Asia and eastern North America.

Taxonomy

The genus Phryma was erected by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 with the sole species Phryma leptostachya. The Japanese botanist Gen-ichi Koidzumi proposed separating Asian populations, into Phryma oblongifolia in 1929 and further into Phryma nana in 1939. However, these species were generally not accepted, and populations in Asia and North America were usually treated as the single species Phryma leptostachya, being distinguished only at the rank of subspecies and variety. In 2014, it was again proposed to separate Asian and North American populations into full species, P. oblongifolia and P. leptostachya respectively. In 2016, Japanese populations were again separated into P. oblongifolia and P. nana. All three species are accepted by Plants of the World Online, as of April 2022, although other sources may continue to use a single species with only intraspecific divisions. In lieu of the critical examination of Asian populations outside Japan (India, China, Korea, Russia), the application of the names based on Japanese material to continental populations remains unclear; most botanists still consider these populations to represent P. leptostachya.

The genus Phryma has sometimes been classified in the family Verbenaceae, 21st century research has placed it in the small family Phrymaceae, along with Mimulus (monkey flowers) and a small number of other genera which had formerly been in the Scrophulariaceae.

Species

As of April 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

  • P. leptostachya P. leptostachya
  • P. nana (syn. P. leptostachya var. asiatica) P. nana (syn. P. leptostachya var. asiatica)
  • P. oblongifolia P. oblongifolia

References

  1. ^ "Phryma L.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-04-18
  2. ^ "Phryma L.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-04-18
  3. "Phryma oblongifolia Koidz.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-04-19
  4. "Phryma nana Koidz.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-04-19
  5. Endo, Yasuhiko & Miyauchi, Tomonari (2017), "Circumscription of Two Phryma Species (Phrymaceae) in Japan" (PDF), The Journal of Japanese Botany, 92 (1): 1–11
  6. "Phryma leptostachya". Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  7. Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "Whatever happened to the Scrophulariaceae?" (PDF). Fremontia. 30–2: 13–22. Page 22.
  8. "Phryma leptostachya", PLANTS, retrieved 2008-01-08
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