{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Redirect|Pimpernel|another plant|Taenidia (plant)}} {{For|the Ancient Greek grammarian|Agallis}} {{Italic title}}
'''''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.
==Taxonomy== The genus name ''Anagallis'' is from the Greek {{transliteration|grc|ana}} ({{lang|grc|ἀνα-}} 'again') and {{transliteration|grc|agállein}} ({{lang|grc|ἀγάλλειν}} 'to delight in'), and it refers to the opening and closing of the flowers in response to environmental conditions.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that as then circumscribed neither ''Anagallis'' nor the related genus ''Lysimachia'' were monophyletic.<ref name="manns2005">{{cite journal| author = Ulrika Manns and Arne A. Anderberg| year = 2005| title = Molecular Phylogeny of ''Anagallis'' (Primulaceae) Based on ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF Sequence Data| journal = International Journal of Plant Sciences|volume= 166|pages = 1019–1028| doi = 10.1086/449318| issue = 6}}</ref><ref name=MannAnde09>{{Cite journal |last1=Manns |first1=U. |last2=Anderberg |first2=A.A. |date=2009 |title=New combinations and names in ''Lysimachia'' (Myrsinaceae) for species of ''Anagallis'', ''Pelletiera'' and ''Trientalis'' |journal=Willdenowia |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=49–54 |doi=10.3372/wi.39.39103 |bibcode=2009Willd..39...49M |name-list-style=amp }}</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/> {{As of|2025|March}}, the merger was accepted by Plants of the World Online,<ref name=POWO_329605-2>{{Cite POWO|title=''Anagallis'' L..|id=329605-2|access-date=2025-03-10|mode=cs1}}</ref> among other taxonomic databases.
== Some former species == Species formerly placed in ''Anagallis'' include:<ref name=POWO_Anagallis>{{Cite web |title=Search for 'Anagallis' |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/results?q=Anagallis |access-date=2025-03-10}}</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''
==References== {{Commons}} {{Reflist}}
<gallery> File:Scarlet pimpernel 800.jpg|Scarlet pimpernel (''Lysimachia arvensis'', syn. ''Anagallis arvensis'') File:Anagallis arvensis 2.jpg|Flower of scarlet pimpernel (''Lysimachia arvensis'', syn. ''Anagallis arvensis'') File:Anagallis foemina garganta y envés.jpg|Blue pimpernel (''Lysimachia foemina'', syn. ''Anagallis foemina'') </gallery>
Category:Primulaceae Category:Historically recognized angiosperm genera