{{taxocaixa
| nome =Mimulus
| cor =lightgreen 
| imagem =Mimulus guttatus03.JPG
| imagem_legenda = Mimulus guttatus
| reino = Plantae
| divisão = Magnoliophyta
| classe = Magnoliopsida
| ordem = Lamiales
| família = Phrymaceae
| género = '''''Mimulus'''''
| subdivisão_nome = Espécies
| subdivisão =
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'''''Mimulus''''' é um género botânico pertencente à família  Phrymaceae.
===Espécies===
Gênero composto por 296 espécies:

Mimulus acaulis 	Mimulus acutangulus 	Mimulus acutidens
Mimulus alatus 	Mimulus alecterolophus 	Mimulus alpinus
Mimulus alsinoides 	Mimulus ampliatus 	Mimulus andicolus
Mimulus androsaceus 	Mimulus androscaceus 	Mimulus angustatus
Mimulus angustifolius 	Mimulus arenarius 	Mimulus aridus
Mimulus arvensis 	Mimulus assamicus 	Mimulus atropurpureus
Mimulus aurantiacus 	Mimulus austinae 	Mimulus bakeri
Mimulus barbatus 	Mimulus bartonianus 	Mimulus bhutanicus
Mimulus bicolor 	Mimulus bifidus 	Mimulus bigelovii
Mimulus bioletti 	Mimulus bodinieri 	Mimulus bolanderi
Mimulus brachiatus 	Mimulus brachystylis 	Mimulus bracteosus
Mimulus brandegei 	Mimulus breviflorus 	Mimulus brevipes
Mimulus breweri 	Mimulus bridgesii 	Mimulus burnetii
Mimulus calciphilus 	Mimulus californicus 	Mimulus cardinalis
Mimulus caespitosus 	Mimulus citrinus 	Mimulus clarkii
Mimulus cleistogamus 	Mimulus clementii 	Mimulus clementinus
Mimulus clevelandi 	Mimulus clivicola 	Mimulus coccineus
Mimulus colensoi 	Mimulus congdoni 	Mimulus congdonii
Mimulus constrictus 	Mimulus corallinus 	Mimulus cordatus
Mimulus crinitus 	Mimulus crista 	Mimulus cupreus
Mimulus cupriphilus 	Mimulus cusickii 	Mimulus cuspidatus
Mimulus debilis 	Mimulus decorus 	Mimulus decurtatus
Mimulus deflexus 	Mimulus deltoideus 	Mimulus densus
Mimulus dentatus 	Mimulus dentilobus 	Mimulus depressus
Mimulus diffusus 	Mimulus discolor 	Mimulus douglasii
Mimulus dudleyi 	Mimulus duplex 	Mimulus eastwoodiae
Mimulus eisenii 	Mimulus equinus 	Mimulus erosus
Mimulus evanescens 	Mimulus exiguus 	Mimulus exilis
Mimulus filicaulis 	Mimulus flemingii 	Mimulus floribundus
Mimulus formosanus 	Mimulus fremonti 	Mimulus fremontii
Mimulus gemmiparus 	Mimulus geniculatus 	Mimulus geyeri
Mimulus glabratus 	Mimulus glandulosus 	Mimulus glareosus
Mimulus glaucescens 	Mimulus glutinosus 	Mimulus gracilipes
Mimulus gracilis 	Mimulus grandiflorus 	Mimulus grandis
Mimulus grantianus 	Mimulus gratioloides 	Mimulus grayi
Mimulus groomii 	Mimulus guttatus 	Mimulus hallii
Mimulus hirsutus 	Mimulus hybridus 	Mimulus hymenophyllus
Mimulus implexus 	Mimulus implicatus 	Mimulus inamoenus
Mimulus inconspicuus 	Mimulus inflatulus 	Mimulus inflatus
Mimulus inodorus 	Mimulus jamesii 	Mimulus javanicus
Mimulus jamesii 	Mimulus javanicus 	Mimulus jepsonii
Mimulus johnstonii 	Mimulus jungermannioides 	Mimulus karakormianus
Mimulus kelloggii 	Mimulus kernensis 	Mimulus kingii
Mimulus laceratus 	Mimulus laciniatus 	Mimulus lanatus
Mimulus langsdorfii 	Mimulus langsdorffii 	Mimulus latidens
Mimulus latifolius 	Mimulus leibergii 	Mimulus leptaleus
Mimulus leptanthus 	Mimulus lewisii 	Mimulus linearifolius
Mimulus linearis 	Mimulus longiflorus 	Mimulus longipes
Mimulus longulus 	Mimulus lucens 	Mimulus lugens
Mimulus Luteus 	Mimulus luteus 	Mimulus luteus 
Mimulus lyratus 	Mimulus maclaineanus 	Mimulus maclainii
Mimulus macranthus 	Mimulus madagascariensis 	Mimulus madrensis
Mimulus maguirei 	Mimulus marmoratus 	Mimulus membranaceus
Mimulus mephiticus 	Mimulus micranthus 	Mimulus microcarpus
Mimulus microphyllus 	Mimulus microphyton 	Mimulus minimus
Mimulus minor 	Mimulus minthodes 	Mimulus minusculus
Mimulus minutiflorus 	Mimulus minutissimus 	Mimulus modestus
Mimulus mohavensis 	Mimulus moniliformis 	Mimulus montioides
Mimulus moschatus 	Mimulus multiflorus 	Mimulus naiandinus
Mimulus nanus 	Mimulus nasutus 	Mimulus nelsonii
Mimulus nepalensis 	Mimulus neubertii 	Mimulus nevadensis
Mimulus norrisii 	Mimulus nudatus 	Mimulus nummularis
Mimulus ocellatus 	Mimulus orbicularis 	Mimulus orizabae
Mimulus ovatus 	Mimulus pachystylus 	Mimulus pallens
Mimulus pallidus 	Mimulus palmeri 	Mimulus paniculatus
Mimulus pardalis 	Mimulus parishii 	Mimulus parviflorus
Mimulus parvulus 	Mimulus parryi 	Mimulus patulus
Mimulus peduncularis 	Mimulus pennellii 	Mimulus perfoliatus
Mimulus perluteus 	Mimulus petiolaris 	Mimulus pictus
Mimulus pilingi 	Mimulus pilosellus 	Mimulus pilosiusculus
Mimulus pilosus 	Mimulus pissisi 	Mimulus platycalyx
Mimulus platylaemus 	Mimulus pluriflorus 	Mimulus prattenii
Mimulus primuloides 	Mimulus prionophyllus 	Mimulus procerus
Mimulus propinquus 	Mimulus prostratus 	Mimulus pteropus
Mimulus puberulus 	Mimulus pubescens 	Mimulus pulchellus
Mimulus pulsiferae 	Mimulus punctatus 	Mimulus puncticalyx
Mimulus puniceus 	Mimulus purpureus 	Mimulus pusillus
Mimulus pygmaeus 	Mimulus quinquevulnerus 	Mimulus radicans
Mimulus rattani 	Mimulus reifschneiderae 	Mimulus reniformis
Mimulus repens 	Mimulus ringens 	Mimulus rivularis
Mimulus roseus 	Mimulus roezlii 	Mimulus rubellus
Mimulus rupestris 	Mimulus rupicola 	Mimulus scouleri
Mimulus serotinus 	Mimulus sessilifolius 	Mimulus shevockii
Mimulus smithii 	Mimulus speciosus 	Mimulus spissus
Mimulus splendens 	Mimulus stachydifolius 	Mimulus stamineus
Mimulus stellatus 	Mimulus stolonifer 	Mimulus strictus
Mimulus subreniformis 	Mimulus subsecundus 	Mimulus subulatus
Mimulus subuniflorus 	Mimulus suksdorfii 	Mimulus sylvaticus
Mimulus szechuanensis 	Mimulus tenellus 	Mimulus tener
Mimulus thermalis 	Mimulus tibeticus 	Mimulus tigrinus
Mimulus tilingi 	Mimulus tilingii 	Mimulus tolmiei
Mimulus torreyi 	Mimulus traskiae 	Mimulus treleasei
Mimulus tricolor 	Mimulus trisulcatus 	Mimulus unimaculatus
Mimulus uvedaliae 	Mimulus variegatus 	Mimulus verbenaceus
Mimulus veronicifolius 	Mimulus violaceus 	Mimulus viscidus
Mimulus viscosus 	Mimulus washingtonensis 	Mimulus washoensis
Mimulus whipplei 	Mimulus whitneyi 	Mimulus wiensii
Mimulus wilsoni 	Mimulus wolfi 	Mimulus yecorensis
Mimulus youngii 	Mimulus Hybriden 	
		
==Nome e referências==
'''''Mimulus''''' Linnaeus
==Ligações externas==
* http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/ Site oficial
* http://132.236.163.181/index.html?/DiversityOfLife.org
* http://www.homolaicus.com/scienza/erbario/utility/botanica_sistematica/
* http://www.ppp-index.de/

{{Taxobox
| name = ''Mimulus''
| image = Mimulus lewisii p1080904.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = ''Mimulus lewisii''
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| subclassis = Asteridae
| unranked_ordo = Euasterids I
| ordo = Lamiales
| familia = Phrymaceae
| genus = '''''Mimulus'''''
| genus_authority = Linnaeus
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
Presently some 150, but see text.
| synonyms =
See text
}}

'''''Mimulus''''' is a diverse family Phrymaceae. The genus has traditionally  been placed in Scrophulariaceae.  The removal of ''Mimulus'' from that family has been supported by studies of chloroplast DNA first published in the mid-1990s. Multiple studies of chloroplast DNA and two regions of nuclear rDNA<ref>Beardsley, P. M. & Olmstead, R. G. 2002. Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of ''Mimulus'', tribe Mimuleae, and ''Phryma''. ''American Journal of Botany'' 89: 1093-1102 (available online [http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/89/7/1093 here])</ref> suggest that the genera ''Phryma, Berendtiella, Hemichaena, Leucocarpus, Microcarpeae, Peplidium, Glossostigma, and Elacholoma'' are all derived from within ''Mimulus'' and would need to be rearranged.

It is recognized that there are two large groups of ''Mimulus'' species, with the largest group of species in western North America, and a second group with center of diversity in Australia. A few species also extend into eastern North America, eastern Asia and southern Africa. This enlarged group is a part of the newly redefined Phrymaceae.

==Characteristics==
Most of the species are annuals or perennials, but a few species are subshrubs with woody stems; these are treated in the section '''''Diplacus'''''. ''Diplacus'' is clearly derived from within ''Mimulus s.l.'' and was not usually considered to be generically distinct. Hence, it would not be treated as a genus separate from ''Mimulus'' now, though it might become a section of a yet-to-be defined split from ''Mimulus s.str.''.  A large number of the species grow in moist to wet soils with some growing even in shallow water. Some species produce copious amounts of aromatic compounds, giving them a musky odor (hence "musk-flowers").

''Mimulus'' are called monkey-flowers because some species have flowers shaped like a monkeys face,<ref>Coombes, Allen J. 1985. ''Dictionary of plant names''. Portland, Or: Timber Press. page 119.
</ref> others have painted faces resembling a monkey. The M. lewisii'' is known to possess "flypaper-type" traps and is apparently protocarnivorous, supplementing its nutrients with small insects.

==Uses and ecology==
thumb|''Mimulus'' cv. 'Jack'
In hybrids are used. Most important are those derived from ''M. bigelovii'' stock, a species with large, spread-out flowers. One of the standard Bach flower remedies is derived from ''Mimulus''<!-- which species? -->; some species are also used in folk medicine.

Several M. guttatus'' and relatives) and the section '''''Erythranthe''''' (including e.g. ''M. lewisii'', ''M. cardinalis'' and ''M. parishii'') are model organisms for research in ecology, genetics and genomics. The genome sequence of ''Mimulus guttatus'' is being released since late Spring, 2007.

''Mimulus'' is used as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, e.g. the Mouse Moth (''Amphipyra tragopoginis''). For a list of ''Mimulus'' pathogens, see List of mimulus, monkey-flower diseases.

== Edibility and medicinal uses ==