Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae) is a large genus of showy flowering plants. An enormous amount of scientific study is now focused on understanding the population and evolutionary biology of this genus.
Sample from the Akron area. Scanned on a flatbed scanner, right in field.
My work focuses on Mimulus ringens (square stem monkey flower), in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Karron of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. We are studying the effects of daily floral display (the number of flowers open on a plant at any one time) on selfing rates and reproductive success through both male and female functions.
Links:
Jeff Karron Lab – U. Wisconsin Milwaukee
News article profiling work on Mimulus ringens by Jeff and Becky Flanagan
Mimulus Biological Resource Center (integrative biology project)
Willis Lab (Duke University)
Mimulus ringens from the Akron area.
Work at the University of Washington – Olmstead, Beardsley
Kermit Ritland, Ritland Lab Group (UBC)
Dudash Lab (University of Maryland)
Fenster Lab (University of Maryland)
Carr Lab (University of Virginia)
MacNair Lab (University of Exeter, UK)
Dole Lab (University of Tennessee)
Galloway Lab (University of Virginia)
Anh Nguyen’s World of Mimulus aurantiacus (Cal State Fullerton)