Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi, 1928

Basionym
- Vilfa asperifolia Nees & Meyen ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 4: 95 (1840).
Homotypic
- Sporobolus asperifolius (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Gramineae: 9 (1841).
Heterotypic
- Agrostis distichophylla Phil., Fl. Atacam.: 54 (1860), nom. illeg.
- Sporobolus sarmentosus Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 295 (1879).
- Sporobolus deserticola Phil., Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 8: 82 (1891).
- Sporobolus asperifolius var. major Vasey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 64 (1892).
- Sporobolus copiapinus Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94: 6 (1896).
- Sporobolus distichophyllus Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 93: 7 (1897).
- Agrostis eremophila Speg., Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 7: 190 (1902).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
- Regional: Western USA
  - Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington,
- Regional: Central USA
  - Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Muhlenbergia asperifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 02. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Muhlenbergia asperifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Muhlenbergia asperifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Muhlenbergia asperifolia. Published online. Accessed: September 02 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. September 02 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022.

English: scratchgrass