Muhlenbergia
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Muhlenbergia

bullgrass
hair grass
muhly
scratchgrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Muhlenbergia

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Familia  Gramineae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Muhlenbergia Schreb.
common name: muhly
  

Named members of the Genus Muhlenbergia

1
   Species  ambigua Torr.
syn. Muhlenbergia mexicana
2
   Species  andina (Nutt.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: foxtail muhly
3
   Species  appressa C.O. Goodding
common name: Devils Canyon muhly
4
   Species  arenacea (Buckl.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: ear muhly
5
   Species  arenicola Buckl.
common name: sand muhly
6
   Species  arizonica Scribn.
common name: Arizona muhly
7
   Species  arsenei A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Navajo muhly
8
   Species  asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi
common name: scratchgrass
9
   Species  brachyphylla Bush
syn. Muhlenbergia bushii
10
   Species  brevifolia (Nutt.) M.E. Jones
syn. Muhlenbergia cuspidata
11
   Species  brevis C.O. Goodding
common name: short muhly
12
   Species  bushii Pohl
common name: nodding muhly
13
   Species  californica Vasey
common name: California muhly
14
   Species  capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
common name: pink muhly, hair grass
  
 
15
   Varietas  capillaris
common name: hairawn muhly
16
   Varietas  filipes (M.A. Curtis) Chapman ex Beal
common name: gulfhairawn muhly
17
   Varietas  trichopodes (Ell.) Vasey
common name: cutover muhly
18
   Species  comata (Thurb.) Thurb. ex Benth.
syn. Muhlenbergia andina
19
   Species  commutata (Scribn.) Bush
syn. Muhlenbergia frondosa
20
   Species  crispiseta A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Mexicali muhly
21
   Species  curtifolia Scribn.
common name: Utah muhly
22
   Species  cuspidata (Torr. ex Hook.) Rydb.
common name: plains muhly
23
   Species  debilis (Kunth) Kunth
syn. Muhlenbergia microsperma
24
   Species  depauperata Scribn.
common name: sixweeks muhly
25
   Species  dubia Fourn. ex Hemsl.
common name: pine muhly
26
   Species  dubioides C.O. Goodding
syn. Muhlenbergia palmeri
27
   Species  dumosa Scribn. ex Vasey
common name: bamboo muhly
28
   Species  elongata Scribn. ex Beal
common name: sycamore muhly
29
   Species  eludens C.G. Reeder
common name: gravelbar muhly
30
   Species  emersleyi Vasey
common name: bullgrass
31
   Species  expansa (Poir.) Trin.
syn. Muhlenbergia capillaris var. trichopodes
32
   Species  filiculmis Vasey
common name: slimstem muhly
33
   Species  filiformis (Thurb. ex S. Wats.) Rydb.
 
34
   Varietas  fortis E.H. Kelso
syn. Muhlenbergia filiformis
35
   Species  filipes M.A. Curtis
syn. Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes
36
   Species  foliosa (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Trin.
 
37
   Subspecies  ambigua (Torr.) Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia mexicana
38
   Subspecies  setiglumis (S. Wats.) Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia mexicana
39
   Species  fragilis Swallen
common name: delicate muhly
40
   Species  frondosa (Poir.) Fern.
common name: wirestem muhly
41
   Species  glabriflora Scribn.
common name: inland muhly
42
   Species  glauca (Nees) B.D. Jackson
common name: desert muhly
43
   Species  glomerata (Willd.) Trin.
 
44
   Varietas  cinnoides (Link) F.J. Herm.
syn. Muhlenbergia glomerata
45
   Species  gooddingii S�derstrom
common name: Goodding's muhly
46
   Species  gracillima Torr.
syn. Muhlenbergia torreyi
47
   Species  idahoensis St. John
syn. Muhlenbergia filiformis
48
   Species  jonesii (Vasey) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Modoc muhly
49
   Species  lemmonii Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia glauca
50
   Species  lindheimeri A.S. Hitchc.
common name: Lindheimer's muhly
  
51
   Species  longiligula A.S. Hitchc.
common name: longtongue muhly
52
   Species  macroura (Kunth) Hitchc.
common name: muhly
53
   Species  marshii I.M. Johnston
syn. Muhlenbergia rigens
54
   Species  metcalfei M.E. Jones
syn. Muhlenbergia rigida
55
   Species  mexicana (L.) Trin.
 
56
   Varietas  filiformis (Willd.) Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia mexicana
57
   Species  microsperma (DC.) Trin.
common name: littleseed muhly
58
   Species  minutissima (Steud.) Swallen
common name: annual muhly
59
   Species  montana (Nutt.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: mountain muhly
60
   Species  monticola Buckl.
syn. Muhlenbergia tenuifolia
61
   Species  mundula I.M. Johnston
syn. Muhlenbergia rigens
62
   Species  palmeri Vasey
common name: southwestern muhly
63
   Species  palustris Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia schreberi
64
   Species  parviglumis Vasey
common name: longawn muhly
65
   Species  pauciflora Buckl.
common name: New Mexico muhly
66
   Species  pectinata C.O. Goodding
common name: combtop muhly
67
   Species  peruviana (Beauv.) Steud.
common name: Peruvian muhly
68
   Species  polycaulis Scribn.
common name: cliff muhly
69
   Species  porteri Scribn. ex Beal
common name: bush muhly
70
   Species  pulcherrima Scribn. ex Beal
syn. Muhlenbergia peruviana
71
   Species  pungens Thurb.
common name: sandhill muhly
72
   Species  racemosa (Michx.) B.S.P.
 
73
   Varietas  cinnoides (Link) Boivin
syn. Muhlenbergia glomerata
74
   Species  ramulosa (Kunth) Swallen
common name: green muhly
75
   Species  repens (J. Presl) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: creeping muhly
76
   Species  reverchonii Vasey & Scribn.
common name: seep muhly
77
   Species  richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
common name: mat muhly
78
   Species  rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: deergrass
79
   Species  rigida (Kunth) Trin.
common name: purple muhly
80
   Species  schreberi J.F. Gmel.
 
81
   Subspecies  curtisetosa Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia �curtisetosa
82
   Varietas  curtisetosa (Scribn.) Steyermark & Kucera
syn. Muhlenbergia �curtisetosa
83
   Varietas  palustris (Scribn.) Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia schreberi
84
   Species  setifolia Vasey
common name: curlyleaf muhly
85
   Species  simplex (Scribn.) Rydb.
syn. Muhlenbergia filiformis
86
   Species  sinuosa Swallen
common name: marshland muhly
87
   Species  sobolifera (Muhl. ex Willd.) Trin.
 
88
   Varietas  setigera Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia sobolifera
89
   Species  squarrosa (Trin.) Rydb.
syn. Muhlenbergia richardsonis
90
   Species  straminea A.S. Hitchc.
syn. Muhlenbergia virescens
91
   Species  sylvatica Torr. ex Gray
 
92
   Varietas  robusta Fern.
syn. Muhlenbergia sylvatica
93
   Species  tenuiflora (Willd.) B.S.P.
 
94
   Subspecies  variabilis Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
95
   Varietas  variabilis (Scribn.) Pohl
syn. Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
96
   Species  tenuifolia (Kunth) Trin.
common name: slimflower muhly
97
   Species  texana Buckl.
common name: Texas muhly
98
   Species  thurberi Rydb.
common name: Thurber's muhly
99
   Species  torreyana (J.A. Schultes) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: New Jersey muhly
100
   Species  torreyi (Kunth) A.S. Hitchc. ex Bush
common name: ring muhly
101
   Species  umbrosa Scribn.
syn. Muhlenbergia sylvatica
102
   Species  uniflora (Muhl.) Fern.
 
103
   Varietas  terrae-novae Fern.
syn. Muhlenbergia uniflora
104
   Species  utilis (Torr.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: aparejograss
105
   Species  villiflora A.S. Hitchc.
 
106
   Varietas  villosa (Swallen) C.W. Morden
common name: hairy muhly
107
   Species  villosa Swallen
syn. Muhlenbergia villiflora var. villosa
108
   Species  virescens (Kunth) Kunth
common name: screwleaf muhly
109
   Species  wolfii (Vasey) Rydb.
syn. Muhlenbergia ramulosa
110
   Species  wrightii Vasey ex Coult.
common name: spike muhly
111
   Species  x curtisetosa (Scribn.) Bush (pro sp.)
112
   Species  x involuta Swallen (pro sp.)
113
   Species  xerophila C.O. Goodding
syn. Muhlenbergia elongata

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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