Muhlenbergia tenuifolia

Muhlenbergia tenuifolia

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 tenuifolia

Name

Muhlenbergia tenuifolia (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 67 (1888).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agrostis tenuiflora Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 364 (1797).
• Homotypic
  • Apera tenuiflora (Willd.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 151 (1812).
  • Trichochloa longiseta Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 117 (1820), nom. superfl.
  • Cinna tenuiflora (Willd.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 71 (1821).
  • Muhlenbergia willdenowii Trin., Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 188 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Trichochloa tenuiflora (Willd.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 443 (1826).
  • Podosemum tenuiflorum (Willd.) Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 82 (1827).
• Heterotypic
  • Trichochloa longiflora Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 601 (1833), orth. var.
  • Agrostis tenella Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 42 (1840), pro syn.
  • Muhlenbergia tenuiflora subsp. variabilis Scribn., Rhodora 9: 18 (1907).
  • Muhlenbergia tenuiflora var. variabilis (Scribn.) R.W.Pohl, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 82: 358 (1969).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northwest Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, New Mexico, Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L., Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York City. v–xi, 1–90. BHL Reference page. : 67

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

Vernacular names

English: slender muhly

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