Anagallis is a formerly recognized genus of 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 (ἀνα- 'again') and (ἀγάλλειν 'to delight in'), and it refers to the opening and closing of the flowers in response to environmental conditions.
Molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that as then circumscribed neither Anagallis nor the related genus Lysimachia were Monophyly.[ , the merger was accepted by Plants of the World Online,]
Some former species
Species formerly placed in Anagallis include:
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Anagallis acuminata = Lysimachia acuminata
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Anagallis alternifolia = Lysimachia amoena
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Anagallis arvensis = Lysimachia arvensis – scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel
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Anagallis barbata = Lysimachia barbata
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Anagallis brevipes = Lysimachia brevipes
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Anagallis crassifolia = Lysimachia tyrrhenia
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Anagallis djalonis = Lysimachia djalonis
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Anagallis filiformis = Lysimachia filiformis
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Anagallis foemina = Lysimachia foemina – blue pimpernel
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Anagallis gracilipes = Lysimachia gracilipes
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Anagallis hexamera = Lysimachia hexamera
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Anagallis kingaensis = Lysimachia kingaensis
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Anagallis minima = Lysimachia minima – chaffweed
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Anagallis monelli = Lysimachia monelli
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Anagallis nummulariifolia = Lysimachia nummulariifolia
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Anagallis oligantha = Lysimachia oligantha
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Anagallis peploides = Lysimachia peploides
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Anagallis pumila = Lysimachia ovalis – Florida pimpernel
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Anagallis rubricaulis = Lysimachia rubricaulis
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Anagallis schliebenii = Lysimachia schliebenii
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Anagallis serpens = Lysimachia serpens
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Anagallis tenella = Lysimachia tenella – bog pimpernel
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Anagallis tenuicaulis = Lysimachia tenuicaulis
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Anagallis tsaratananae = Lysimachia tsaratananae
