"Muhly" redirects here. For the contemporary American composer, see
Nico Muhly.
| Muhlenbergia |
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| Muhlenbergia rigens |
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| 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. |
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| Type species |
Muhlenbergia schreberi
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| Synonyms |
- 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)
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Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.
The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). 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.