# Myosurus

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Myosurus minimus2 eF.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Myosurus minimus](/source/Myosurus_minimus)''
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|taxon = Myosurus
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
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The genus '''''Myosurus''''', or '''mousetail''',  belongs to the [family](/source/family_(taxonomy)) [Ranunculaceae](/source/Ranunculaceae). It comprises about 15 species of annual scapose herbs.  These herbs are nearly [cosmopolitan](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution) (lacking in eastern [Asia](/source/Asia) and tropical regions), with a center of diversity in western [North America](/source/North_America). The flowers are easily recognised by bearing 6 [stamen](/source/stamen)s with numerous [ovaries](/source/ovary_(plant)) on a stalk (accounting for the name "mousetail").

Selected species:
*''[Myosurus apetalus](/source/Myosurus_apetalus)'' - bristly mousetail
*''[Myosurus cupulatus](/source/Myosurus_cupulatus)'' - Arizona mousetail
*''[Myosurus minimus](/source/Myosurus_minimus)'' - tiny mousetail
*''[Myosurus nitidus](/source/Myosurus_nitidus)'' - western mousetail
*''[Myosurus sessilis](/source/Myosurus_sessilis)'' - vernal pool mousetail

==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6434,6522 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MYOSU USDA: North American Species]

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Category:Ranunculaceae
Category:Ranunculaceae genera

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