Muhlenbergia rigida

Muhlenbergia rigida

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 rigida

Name

Muhlenbergia rigida (Kunth) Kunth, 1829

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Podosemum rigidum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 129 (1816).
• Homotypic
  • Trichochloa rigida (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 386 (1817).
• Heterotypic
  • Podosemum elegans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 130 (1816).
  • Podosemum glabratum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 130 (1816).
  • Trichochloa elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 387 (1817).
  • Trichochloa glabrata (Kunth) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 387 (1817).
  • Agrostis glabrata (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 262 (1824).
  • Agrostis quitensis Spreng., Syst. Veg., 1: 262 (1824).
  • Muhlenbergia elegans (Kunth) Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 194 (1824).
  • Muhlenbergia glabrata (Kunth) Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 194 (1824).
  • Agrostis colorata Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 40 (1840), pro syn.
  • Stipa contracta Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 643 (1841), pro syn.
  • Muhlenbergia affinis Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2): 301 (1845).
  • Muhlenbergia berlandieri Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2): 299 (1845).
  • Muhlenbergia phragmitoides Griseb., Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 255 (1874).
  • Muhlenbergia tenuiramea Trin. ex E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 83 (1886), pro syn.
  • Muhlenbergia elegans var. atroviolacea Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 357 (1898).
  • Muhlenbergia elegans var. subviridis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 357 (1898).
  • Muhlenbergia metcalfei M.E.Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 14: 12 (1912).
  • Podosemum affine (Trin.) Bush, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 40 (1921).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, New Mexico, Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S., 1829, Révis. Gramin. 1: 63 .

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 rigida 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 rigida. 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 rigida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Muhlenbergia rigida. Published online. Accessed: September 04 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Muhlenbergia rigida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 September 04.

Vernacular names

English: purple muhly

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