Muhlenbergia mexicana

Muhlenbergia mexicana

Muhlenbergia mexicana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Muhlenbergiinae
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Species: Muhlenbergia mexicana

Name

Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trinius, C.B. v., 1824

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agrostis mexicana L., Mant. Pl.: 31 (1767).
• Homotypic
  • Cinna mexicana (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 32 (1812).
  • Vilfa mexicana (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
  • Trichochloa mexicana (L.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 117 (1820).
  • Podosemum mexicanum (L.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 84 (1827).
  • Polypogon canadensis E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 92 (1886), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Agrostis lateriflora Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 53 (1803).
  • Agrostis filiformis Willd., Enum. Pl.: 95 (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Vilfa lateriflora (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
  • Agrostis ramosissima Sinclair, Hort. Gram. Woburn.: 278 (1816).
  • Agrostis foliosa Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 373 (1817).
  • Trichochloa foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 117 (1820).
  • Cinna filiformis Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 70 (1821), nom. superfl.
  • Agrostis lateriflora var. filiformis Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 86 (1823).
  • Trichochloa filiformis Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 86 (1823), pro syn.
  • Muhlenbergia foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 190 (1824).
  • Muhlenbergia lateriflora (Michx.) Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 193 (1824).
  • Podosemum foliosum (Roem. & Schult.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 83 (1827).
  • Cinna lateriflora (Michx.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 67 (1829).
  • Cinna arundinacea Retz. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 365 (1840), pro syn.
  • Muhlenbergia ambigua Torr. in I.N.Nicollet, Rep. Hydrogr. Mississippi: 164 (1843).
  • Muhlenbergia gymnostyla (Nees) Nees, Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1850: ? (1850).
  • Podosemum gymnostylum Nees, Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1851: 3 (1851).
  • Agrostis gymnostyla (Nees) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 170 (1854).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana var. purpurea Alph.Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 386 (1871).
  • Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. setiglumis S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 378 (1871).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana var. filiformis (Torr.) Vasey, Grass. U.S.: 23 (1883).
  • Muhlenbergia polystachya Mack. & Bush, Man. Fl. Jackson County: 23 (1902).
  • Muhlenbergia foliosa var. ambigua (Torr.) Scribn., Rhodora 9: 20 (1907).
  • Muhlenbergia foliosa var. setiglumis (S.Watson) Scribn., Rhodora 9: 20 (1907).
  • Muhlenbergia setiglumis (S.Watson) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 61: 30 (1916).
  • Muhlenbergia ambigua var. filiformis (Torr.) Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 168 (1919).
  • Muhlenbergia foliosa f. ambigua (Torr.) Wiegand, Rhodora 26: 1 (1924).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana f. ambigua (Torr.) Fernald, Rhodora 45: 236 (1943).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana f. setiglumis (S.Watson) Fernald, Rhodora 45: 236 (1943).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: USA Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regional: Canada British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Introduced into: Austria, Hawaii, Italy, Myanmar, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Trinius, C.B. v. 1824. De Graminibus Unifloris et Sesquifloris Dissertatio Botanica: Generum ac Specierum. Lipsiae. 314 pp. Petropoli BHL Reference page. : 189.

Additional references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Muhlenbergia mexicana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Muhlenbergia mexicana. 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 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Muhlenbergia mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Muhlenbergia mexicana. Published online. Accessed: September 04 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Muhlenbergia mexicana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 September 04.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican muhly
svenska: Mexikanskt muhlygräs

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