- Muhlenbergia
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Muhlenbergia Muhlenbergia rigens Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots (unranked): Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily: Chloridoideae Tribe: Eragrostideae Genus: Muhlenbergia
Schreb.Species See text
Muhlenbergia is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family. It is named in honour of the American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg. There are around 155[1] species. Many are known by the common name muhly. The greatest number are native to the southwestern United States and Mexico, but there are also native species in Central and South America and southeast Asia.[1] A few are native to Canada.
Selected species
- Muhlenbergia andina (Nutt.) Hitchc. – Foxtail Muhly
- Muhlenbergia appressa C.O.Goodd. – Devil's Canyon Muhly
- Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi – Scratchgrass
- Muhlenbergia californica Vasey – California Muhly
- Muhlenbergia capillaris – Hairawn Muhly[2]
- Muhlenbergia dumosa – Bamboo Muhly
- Muhlenbergia emersleyi – Bullgrass
- Muhlenbergia expansa – Cutover Muhly
- Muhlenbergia filiformis (Thurb. ex S.Watson) Rydb. – Pullup Muhly
- Muhlenbergia filipes M.A.Curtis – Gulfhairawn Muhly, Sweetgrass
- Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. – Mexican Muhly
- Muhlenbergia microsperma – Littleseed Muhly
- Muhlenbergia minutissima – Annual Muhly
- Muhlenbergia monandra Alegría & Rúgolo
- Muhlenbergia montana – Mountain Muhly
- Muhlenbergia orophila
- Muhlenbergia palmirensis Grignon & Lægaard
- Muhlenbergia peruviana – Peruvian Muhly
- Muhlenbergia porteri – Bush Muhly
- Muhlenbergia reverchonii – Seep Muhly
- Muhlenbergia richardsonis – Mat Muhly
- Muhlenbergia rigens – Deergrass
- Muhlenbergia schreberi – Nimblewill
- Muhlenbergia utilis – Aparejograss
References
- ^ a b 140. Muhlenbergia Schreber, Flora of China
- ^ USDA Plants Profile: M. capillaris
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