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Genus of plants
"Muhly" redirects here. For the contemporary American composer, see
Nico Muhly .
Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia rigens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Monocots
Clade :
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Muhlenbergiinae
Genus:
Muhlenbergia
Schreb.
Type species
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Synonyms
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Aegopogon Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1806)
Anthipsimus Raf. (1819)
Atherophora Willd. ex Steud. (1840), not validly publ.
Bealia Scribn. (1890)
Blepharoneuron Nash (1898)
Calycodon Nutt. (1848)
Chaboissaea E.Fourn. ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1883)
Cleomena Roem. & Schult. (1817)
Clomena P.Beauv. (1812)
Crypsinna E.Fourn. (1886)
Dactylogramma Link (1833)
Dilepyrum Michx. (1803)
Epicampes J.Presl (1830)
Flexularia Raf. (1819)
Hymenothecium Lag. (1816)
Lycurus Kunth (1816)
Pereilema J.Presl (1830)
Pleopogon Nutt. (1848)
Podosemum Desv. (1810)
Redfieldia Vasey (1887)
Schaffnera Benth. (1882), nom. illeg.
Schaffnerella Nash (1912)
Schedonnardus Steud. (1854)
Schellingia Steud. (1850)
Sericrostis Raf. (1825)
Spirochloe Lunell (1915), nom. superfl.
Tosagris P.Beauv. (1812)
Trichochloa P.Beauv. (1812)
Trichochloa DC. (1813), illegitimate homonym not P.Beauv. (1812)
Vaseya Thurb. (1863 publ. 1864)
Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the
grass family .
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The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815).
[7] Many of the species 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
Canada ,
Central and
South America and in
Asia .
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Species in the genus include:
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Muhlenbergia aguascalientensis Y.Herrera & De la Cerda - Aguascalientes
Muhlenbergia alamosae Vasey - Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Zacatecas
Muhlenbergia alopecuroides (Griseb.) P.M.Peterson & Columbus – southwestern US, northern Mexico, northern Argentina
Muhlenbergia andina (
Nutt. )
Hitchc. – Foxtail muhly - western Canada, western United States
Muhlenbergia angustata (J.Presl) Kunth - South America
Muhlenbergia annua (Vasey) Swallen - Chihuahua, Sonora, Chiapas, Durango
Muhlenbergia appressa
C.O.Goodd. – Devil's Canyon muhly - United States (
California
Arizona ), Baja California, Baja California Sur
Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckley) Hitchc. - United States (
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona ), Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas
Muhlenbergia arenicola Buckley - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado ),
Mexico , Argentina
Muhlenbergia argentea Vasey -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia arizonica Scribn. United States (
New Mexico
Arizona ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia arsenei Hitchc. - United States (
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico ), Mexico
Muhlenbergia articulata Scribn. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia asperifolia (
Nees &
Meyen ex
Trin. )
Parodi – Scratchgrass - from Canada to Chile
Muhlenbergia atacamensis Parodi - Argentina, Bolivia
Muhlenbergia aurea Swallen - Guatemala
Muhlenbergia biloba Hitchc. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia brandegeei C.Reeder -
Baja California
Muhlenbergia breviaristata (Hack.) Parodi - Argentina
Muhlenbergia breviculmis Swallen - Guatemala
Muhlenbergia brevifolia Scribn. ex Beal -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia breviligula Hitchc. - southern
Mexico , Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Muhlenbergia brevis Goodd. - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado ), Mexico
Muhlenbergia breviseta E.Fourn. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia brevivaginata Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia bushii R.W.Pohl - central + eastern United States
Muhlenbergia californica
Vasey – California muhly - California (San Bernardino, Riverside, + Los Angeles Counties)
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Hairawn muhly - United States (from
Texas to
Massachusetts ; Mexico, Guatemala, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico
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Muhlenbergia capillipes (M.E.Jones) P.M.Peterson & Annable - northeastern Mexico
Muhlenbergia caxamarcensis Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru
Muhlenbergia ciliata (Kunth) Kunth - from central
Mexico to northwestern Argentina
Muhlenbergia crispiseta Hitchc. - western Texas, northern
Mexico
Muhlenbergia cualensis Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson - southern
Mexico
Muhlenbergia curtifolia Scribn. -
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Muhlenbergia curtisetosa (Scribn.) Bush - from
Ontario to
Texas
Muhlenbergia curviaristata (Ohwi) Ohwi - Japan, Manchuria, Kuril Islands
Muhlenbergia cuspidata (
Torr. ex
Hook. )
Rydb. – Plains muhly - from Alberta to Virginia
Muhlenbergia decumbens Swallen - central
Mexico
Muhlenbergia depauperata Scribn. - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Texas ), northeastern
Mexico
Muhlenbergia distichophylla (J.Presl) Kunth -
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia diversiglumis Trin. - from northern
Mexico to Peru
Muhlenbergia dubia E.Fourn. -
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas ,
Mexico
Muhlenbergia dumosa – Bamboo muhly -
Mexico , Arizona
Muhlenbergia durangensis Y.Herrera - Durango
Muhlenbergia duthieana Hack. - Pakistan, Nepal, Kashmir, Himanchal Pradesh, Uttaranchal
Muhlenbergia elongata Scribn. ex Beal -
Arizona (
Pima +
Santa Cruz Counties ), northern
Mexico
Muhlenbergia eludens C.Reeder - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas ), northern
Mexico
Muhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey – Bullgrass - United States (
Arizona
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
North Carolina ), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
Muhlenbergia eriophylla Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia expansa – Cutover muhly - United States (
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts )
Muhlenbergia fastigiata (J.Presl) Henrard - Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina
Muhlenbergia filiculmis Vasey - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
North Dakota )
Muhlenbergia filiformis (
Thurb. ex
S.Watson )
Rydb. – Pullup muhly - western United States, British Columbia, Sonora, Baja California
Muhlenbergia flabellata Mez - Costa Rica, Panamá
Muhlenbergia flavida Vasey -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia flaviseta Scribn. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia flexuosa Hitchc. - Peru
Muhlenbergia fragilis Swallen -
Mexico , United States (
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poir.) Fernald - eastern + central United States + Canada
Muhlenbergia gigantea (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia glabriflora Scribn. - south-central United States
Muhlenbergia glauca (Nees) Mez -
Mexico , United States (
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin. – Marsh muhly, spiked muhly - northern United States, Canada including Yukon + NWT
Muhlenbergia grandis Vasey -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia gypsophila C.Reeder & Reeder -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia hakonensis (Hack.) Makino - China (Sichuan, Anhui), Korea, Japan
Muhlenbergia himalayensis Hack. ex Hook.f. - Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Tajikistan, northern + eastern India, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sichuan, Yunnan
Muhlenbergia hintonii Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia huegelii Trin. - widespread from Afghanistan to Primorye to New Guinea, including India + China
Muhlenbergia implicata (Kunth) Trin. - Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela
Muhlenbergia inaequalis Soderstr. - Colombia, Venezuela
Muhlenbergia involuta Swallen -
Texas
Muhlenbergia iridifolia Soderstr. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia jaime-hintonii P.M.Peterson & Valdés-Reyna -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia jaliscana Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia japonica Steud. - China, Japan, Korea, Primorye, Khabarovsk
Muhlenbergia jonesii (Vasey) Hitchc. - northeastern California
Muhlenbergia laxa Hitchc. - Veracruz
Muhlenbergia lehmanniana Henrard - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela. Ecuador
Muhlenbergia ligularis (Hack.) Hitchc. - from Costa Rica to Argentina
Muhlenbergia ligulata (E.Fourn.) Scribn. & Merr. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Hitchc. – Lindheimer muhly, big muhly -
Texas , Coahuila
Muhlenbergia longiglumis Vasey -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia longiligula Hitchc. -
Mexico , United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Nevada )
Muhlenbergia lucida Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia macroura (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Hitchc. -
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia majalcensis P.M.Peterson -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia maxima Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru
Muhlenbergia mexicana (
L. )
Trin. – Mexican muhly - United States, Canada incl. Yukon
Muhlenbergia michisensis Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia microsperma (District of Columbia.) Kunth – Littleseed muhly - United States (
California
Arizona
Nevada
Utah ), Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos, Bolivia
Muhlenbergia minutissima (Steud.) Swallen – Annual muhly - United States (
Washington
Oregon
California
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas ),
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia monandra Alegría & Rúgolo - Peru
Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. – Mountain muhly - United States (
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia mucronata (Kunth) Trin. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia multiflora Columbus - western United States
Muhlenbergia mutica (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia nigra Hitchc. -
Mexico , Costa Rica, Guatemala
Muhlenbergia orophila Swallen -
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia palmeri Vasey -
Mexico , southern
Arizona
Muhlenbergia palmirensis Grignon & Lægaard - Ecuador
Muhlenbergia paniculata (Nutt.) P.M.Peterson - central Canada, central + western United States, northeastern
Mexico , northern Argentina
Muhlenbergia pauciflora Buckley - United States (
Colorado
Utah
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia pectinata Goodd. -
Mexico , southern
Arizona
Muhlenbergia peruviana – Peruvian muhly - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico ), Mesoamerica, western South America, Galápagos
Muhlenbergia pilosa P.M.Peterson, Wipff & S.D.Jones - México State, Guerrero
Muhlenbergia plumbea (Trin.) Hitchc. -
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia polycaulis Scribn. - United States (
Utah
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal – Bush muhly - United States (
Colorado
Oklahoma
Utah
Nevada
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia pubescens (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Hitchc. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia pubigluma Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb. – Sandhill muhly - United States (
Nebraska
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia purpusii Mez -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia quadridentata (Kunth) Trin. - Mexico, Guatemala
Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – Green muhly, marsh muhly
Muhlenbergia ramosa (Hack.) Makino - Canada, United States, northern
Mexico
Muhlenbergia ramulosa (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Swallen - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado ), Mesoamerica, Argentina
Muhlenbergia reederorum Soderstr. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia repens (J.Presl) Hitchc. -
Mexico , United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas Colorado
Oklahoma
Utah )
Muhlenbergia reverchonii – Seep muhly - United States (
Texas
Oklahoma )
Muhlenbergia richardsonis – Mat muhly - Canada (incl Yukon + NWT), United States (
Alaska plus northern + western states), northern + central
Mexico
Muhlenbergia rigens – Deergrass -
Mexico , United States (
California
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia rigida (Kunth) Kunth - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas ),
Mexico , South America (Colombia to Argentina)
Muhlenbergia robusta (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. -
Mexico , Central America
Muhlenbergia schmitzii Hack. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia schreberi – Nimblewill - eastern + central United States, Ontario, Mexico, Uruguay, southern Brazil, northern Argentina
Muhlenbergia scoparia Vasey - Mexico
Muhlenbergia seatonii Scribn. ex Seaton -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia sericea (Michx.) P.M.Peterson United States (
Texas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina )
Muhlenbergia setarioides E.Fourn. -
Mexico , Central America
Muhlenbergia setifolia Vasey - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia sinuosa Swallen - United States (
Arizona
New Mexico ),
Mexico
Muhlenbergia sobolifera (Muhl.) Trin. - eastern + central United States, Ontario
Muhlenbergia spatha Columbus -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia speciosa Vasey -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia spiciformis Trin. -
Mexico , Cuba, United States (
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia straminea Hitchc. -
Mexico , United States (
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas )
Muhlenbergia stricta (J.Presl) Kunth -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia strictior Beal -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia subaristata Swallen -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia subbiflora Hitchc. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia sylvatica (Torr.) Torr. ex A. Gray – Woodland muhly - eastern + central United States, Quebec, Ontario
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Muhlenbergia tarahumara P.M.Peterson & Columbus -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia tenella (Kunth) Trin. -
Mexico , Central America, Colombia, Argentina
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - eastern + central United States, Quebec, Ontario
Muhlenbergia tenuifolia (Kunth) Kunth - United States (
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado ),
Mexico , Peru, Argentina
Muhlenbergia tenuissima (J.Presl) Kunth -
Mexico , Central America
Muhlenbergia texana Buckley -
Mexico , United States (
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia thurberi (Scribn.) Rydb. -
Mexico , United States (
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Nevada )
Muhlenbergia torreyana (Schult.) Hitchc. – New Jersey muhly, Torrey's muhly, Torrey's dropseed -
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Muhlenbergia torreyi (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bush - southwestern United States,
Mexico , Argentina
Muhlenbergia trifida Hack. -
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fernald - Canada, northeastern United States
Muhlenbergia utilis (Torr.) Hitchc. – Aparejograss - Mexico, United States (
California
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen -
Mexico , Guatemala
Muhlenbergia venezuelae Luces - Mérida State in Venezuela
Muhlenbergia versicolor Swallen -
Mexico , Guatemala, Honduras
Muhlenbergia villiflora Hitchc. -
Mexico , United States (
New Mexico
Texas )
Muhlenbergia virescens (Kunth) Kunth -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia virletii (E.Fourn.) Soderstr. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia watsoniana Hitchc. -
Mexico
Muhlenbergia wrightii Vasey ex J.M.Coult. -
Mexico , United States (
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Texas
Kansas )
Muhlenbergia xanthodas Soderstr. -
Chiapas
Numerous species are now considered better suited to other genera, such as
Aegopogon ,
Agrostis ,
Apera ,
Arundinella ,
Brachyelytrum ,
Calamagrostis ,
Cinna ,
Dichelachne ,
Garnotia ,
Limnodea ,
Lycurus ,
Melinis ,
Ortachne ,
Sporobolus ,
Triniochloa .
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^ lectotype designated by Nash in Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 2) 1: 184 (1913)
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^ Beetle, A.A. (1995). Las Gramíneas de México . Vol. 4. México D.F.: Secretaria de Agricultura y Recursos Hidraulícos, COTECOCA. pp. 1–342.
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b
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Data related to
Muhlenbergia at Wikispecies