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Mimulus

Common names: monkeyflower, monkey flower

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Phrymaceae

Roles: example species, example species with large spatial ranges across multiple habitats

ITIS TSN: 33233

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 85 | Mentions: 93

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

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Publications (86)

article

Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display and rewards in two subalpine herbs

2025Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Hydrologic connectivity shapes watershed response to climate variability from local to global scales

2025Role: text_match

article

Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

2025New PhytologistRole: text_match

article

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

2025American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

2025New PhytologistRole: text_match

thesis

Interpopulation variation and optimal mating in the perennial herb, Polemonium brandegeei

2024Role: text_match

article

Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2023Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Documents (6)

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

environmental assessment

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

technical report

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae67 shared papers

Polemoniaceae

Polemoniaceae44 shared papers

Mimulus guttatus

Phrymaceae40 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae38 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae37 shared papers

Polemonium

Polemoniaceae34 shared papers

Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae33 shared papers

Penstemon

Plantaginaceae33 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae32 shared papers

Brassica

Brassicaceae29 shared papers

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

2023Evolution LettersRole: text_match

article

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

2022Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: example species

article

Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone

2022American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

2022EcosphereRole: text_match

article

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

2022American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparing pollen distribution on pollinators to floral community composition in the East River Valley

2021Role: text_match

article

Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants

2021Ecology LettersRole: text_match

article

Understanding Organismal Capacity to Respond to Anthropogenic Change: Barriers and Solutions

2021Integrative and Comparative BiologyRole: example species with large spa

article

Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2021Biological Invasions doi 10.1007/s10530-021-02457-zRole: text_match

article

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

thesis

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

2020Role: text_match

article

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

2020Functional EcologyRole: text_match

article

Resource availability alters fitness trade-offs: implications for evolution in stressful environments

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Small spaces, big impacts: contributions of micro-environmental variation to population persistence under climate change

2020AOB PlantsRole: text_match

article

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

article

Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb Bochera stricta in the Rocky Mountians

2019EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

article

Clines in traits compared over two decades in a plant hybrid zone

2018Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in a self pollinating plant (Boechera stricta)

2018New PhytologistRole: text_match

article

Heritable plant phenotypes track light and herbivory levels at fine spatial scales

2018OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Investigation of Inbreeding Depression in Boechera stricta Fitness

2018Role: text_match

other

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

2017Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant SocietyRole: text_match

article

Identifying targets and agents of selection: Innovative methods to evaluate the processes that contribute to local adaptation

2017Method in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

2017Evolution LettersRole: text_match

article

Phenological shifts of native and invasive species under climate change: insights from the Boechera Lythrum model

2017Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Plant-pollinator interactions under climate change: the use of spatial and temporal transplants

2017Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an Ipomopsis hybrid zone

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match

article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in Delphinium barbeyi: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

article

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

2015EcologyRole: text_match

article

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

2015EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across environmental gradients in Boechera stricta(Brassicaceae)

2015The American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

article

Floral scent in natural hybrids of Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

2014Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

2014PloS oneRole: text_match

article

Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness tradeoffs across environments and episodes of selection

2014EvolutionRole: text_match

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The evolution of quantitative traits in complex environments

2014HeredityRole: text_match

article

Genetic tradeoffs and conditional neutrality contribute to local adaptation

2013Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

Evolutionary and ecological responses to anthropogenic climate change

2012Plant PhysiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in Boechera stricta

2011Role: text_match

article

Life history QTLs and natural selection on flowering time in Boechera stricta, a perennial relative of Arabidopsis

2011EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of phenology on Delphinium nuttallianum

2011Role: text_match

article

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

2010J of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

2010Role: text_match

article

Photosynthetic and growth responses of reciprocal hybrids to variation in water and nitrogen availability

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

The effects of phenological mismatches on demography

2010Phil Trans Royal Society BRole: text_match

article

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Genetic and morphological patterns show variation in frequency of hybrids between Ipomopsis (Polemoneaceae) zones of sympatry

2009HeredityRole: text_match

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Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

thesis

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

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Lifetime fitness in two generations of Ipomopsis hybrids

2008EvolutionRole: text_match

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Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match

thesis

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

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Asymmetrical pollen success in Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) contact sites

2006American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Soil Nitrogen Availability on Plant Reproduction and Solitary Bee Behavior

2006Role: text_match

chapter

Adaptive speciation

2004Role: text_match

thesis

The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: study subject

thesis

The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

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Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and emperical outcomes

2003EcologyRole: text_match

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Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in Penstemon

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Experimental manipulation of plant density and its effect on pollination and reproduction of two confamilial montane herbs

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of hermaphrodite density and frequency at three spatial scales on the polen receipt and seed set of gynodioecious Geranium richardsonii (Geraniaceae)

2001Role: text_match

article

Experimental tests of sex-allocation theory in plants

2000Trends in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Effects of Local Density on Pollination and Reproduction in Delphinium nuttallianum and Aconitum columbianum (Ranunculaceae)

1999American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Pollination, angiosperm speciation, and the nature of species boundaries

1998OikosRole: text_match

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Optimal outcrossing in Ipomopsis aggregata: seed set and offspring fitness

1989EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Quantitative studies in angiosperm taxonomy. X. Valeriana. XI. Geranium. XII. Mimulus

1964CastaneaRole: text_match

article

Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1962Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

Mimulus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 77 entities)

Publications (86)

Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display and rewards in two subalpine herbs

Hydrologic connectivity shapes watershed response to climate variability from local to global scales

Natural selection on floral volatiles and other traits can change with snowmelt timing and summer precipitation

Phylogeny does not predict the outcome of heterospecific pollen–pistil interactions in a species-rich alpine plant community

Responses to climate change – insights and limitations from herbaceous plant model species

Interpopulation variation and optimal mating in the perennial herb, Polemonium brandegeei

Demographic responses of hybridizing cinquefoils to changing climate in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Documents (6)

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Appendix 2 List of Designated Colorado Natural Areas, List of Registered Colorado Natural Areas, List of Identified Colorado Natural Areas

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Constructed Wetlands and Water Quality Improvement (II)

The Colorado Division of Wildlife Wetlands Program

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae

Mimulus guttatus

Delphinium

Bombus

Polemonium

Boechera stricta

Penstemon

Asteraceae

Brassica

Pollinator and habitat-mediated selection as potential contributors to ecological speciation in two closely related species

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

Genetic and spatial variation in vegetative and floral traits across a hybrid zone

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

Comparing pollen distribution on pollinators to floral community composition in the East River Valley

Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants

Understanding Organismal Capacity to Respond to Anthropogenic Change: Barriers and Solutions

Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities

Resource availability alters fitness trade-offs: implications for evolution in stressful environments

Small spaces, big impacts: contributions of micro-environmental variation to population persistence under climate change

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb <i>Bochera stricta</i> in the Rocky Mountians

Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

Clines in traits compared over two decades in a plant hybrid zone

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in a self pollinating plant (<i>Boechera stricta</i>)

Heritable plant phenotypes track light and herbivory levels at fine spatial scales

Investigation of Inbreeding Depression in <i>Boechera stricta</i> Fitness

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

Identifying targets and agents of selection: Innovative methods to evaluate the processes that contribute to local adaptation

Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines

Phenological shifts of native and invasive species under climate change: insights from the <i>Boechera Lythrum</i> model

Plant-pollinator interactions under climate change: the use of spatial and temporal transplants

Comparing clines in floral and vegetative traits along an elevation gradient in an <i>Ipomopsis</i> hybrid zone

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

Heterospecific pollen deposition in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

Context-dependent reproductive isolation mediated by floral scent and color

Microgeographic patterns of genetic divergence and adaptation across environmental gradients in <i>Boechera stricta</i>(Brassicaceae)

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Floral scent in natural hybrids of <i>Ipomopsis</i> (Polemoniaceae) and their two parental species

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i> (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

Strong selection genome-wide enhances fitness tradeoffs across environments and episodes of selection

The evolution of quantitative traits in complex environments

Genetic tradeoffs and conditional neutrality contribute to local adaptation

Evolutionary and ecological responses to anthropogenic climate change

Ecological causes and consequences of flower color polymorphism in <i>Boechera stricta</i>

Life history QTLs and natural selection on flowering time in <i></i>Boechera stricta<i></i>, a perennial relative of <i></i>Arabidopsis<i></i>

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

The effects of phenology on <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

Nectar and pollen rewards of invasive plants and their native congeners

Photosynthetic and growth responses of reciprocal hybrids to variation in water and nitrogen availability

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

The effects of phenological mismatches on demography

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions