Anagallis
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Anagallis is a formerly recognized genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It had about 20–25 species, commonly called pimpernels. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that Anagallis was embedded in the genus Lysimachia, so its species were transferred to that genus. The scarlet pimpernel referred to in literature was part of this genus.
TaxonomyEdit
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Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that as then circumscribed neither Anagallis nor the related genus Lysimachia were monophyletic.<ref name="manns2005">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=MannAnde09>Template:Cite journal</ref> Accordingly in 2009, it was proposed to merge Anagallis (together with two other small genera) into Lysimachia. Names in that genus were published for all Anagallis species.<ref name=MannAnde09/> Template:As of, the merger was accepted by Plants of the World Online,<ref name=POWO_329605-2>Template:Cite POWO</ref> among other taxonomic databases.
Some former speciesEdit
Species formerly placed in Anagallis include:<ref name=POWO_Anagallis>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Anagallis acuminata = Lysimachia acuminata
- Anagallis alternifolia = Lysimachia amoena
- Anagallis arvensis = Lysimachia arvensis – scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel
- Anagallis barbata = Lysimachia barbata
- Anagallis brevipes = Lysimachia brevipes
- Anagallis crassifolia = Lysimachia tyrrhenia
- Anagallis djalonis = Lysimachia djalonis
- Anagallis filiformis = Lysimachia filiformis
- Anagallis foemina = Lysimachia foemina – blue pimpernel
- Anagallis gracilipes = Lysimachia gracilipes
- Anagallis hexamera = Lysimachia hexamera
- Anagallis kingaensis = Lysimachia kingaensis
- Anagallis minima = Lysimachia minima – chaffweed
- Anagallis monelli = Lysimachia monelli
- Anagallis nummulariifolia = Lysimachia nummulariifolia
- Anagallis oligantha = Lysimachia oligantha
- Anagallis peploides = Lysimachia peploides
- Anagallis pumila = Lysimachia ovalis – Florida pimpernel
- Anagallis rubricaulis = Lysimachia rubricaulis
- Anagallis schliebenii = Lysimachia schliebenii
- Anagallis serpens = Lysimachia serpens
- Anagallis tenella = Lysimachia tenella – bog pimpernel
- Anagallis tenuicaulis = Lysimachia tenuicaulis
- Anagallis tsaratananae = Lysimachia tsaratananae
ReferencesEdit
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- Scarlet pimpernel 800.jpg
Scarlet pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis, syn. Anagallis arvensis)
- Anagallis arvensis 2.jpg
Flower of scarlet pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis, syn. Anagallis arvensis)
- Anagallis foemina garganta y envés.jpg
Blue pimpernel (Lysimachia foemina, syn. Anagallis foemina)