Muhlenbergia

Muhlenbergia
	Muhlenbergia rigens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Muhlenbergiinae
Genus:	Muhlenbergia; Schreb.
Type species
	Muhlenbergia schreberi; J.F.Gmel.
Synonyms
	Aegopogon Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1806); Anthipsimus Raf. (1819); Atherophora Willd. ex Steud. (1840), not validly publ.; Bealia Scribn. (1890); Blepharoneuron Nash (1898); Calycodon Nutt. (1848); Chaboissaea E.Fourn. ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1883); Cleomena Roem. & Schult. (1817); Clomena P.Beauv. (1812); Crypsinna E.Fourn. (1886); Dactylogramma Link (1833); Dilepyrum Michx. (1803); Epicampes J.Presl (1830); Flexularia Raf. (1819); Hymenothecium Lag. (1816); Lycurus Kunth (1816); Pereilema J.Presl (1830); Pleopogon Nutt. (1848); Podosemum Desv. (1810); Redfieldia Vasey (1887); Schaffnera Benth. (1882), nom. illeg.; Schaffnerella Nash (1912); Schedonnardus Steud. (1854); Schellingia Steud. (1850); Sericrostis Raf. (1825); Spirochloe Lunell (1915), nom. superfl.; Tosagris P.Beauv. (1812); Trichochloa P.Beauv. (1812); Trichochloa DC. (1813), illegitimate homonym not P.Beauv. (1812); Vaseya Thurb. (1863 publ. 1864);

Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.

The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest number are native to the southwestern United States and Mexico, but there are also native species in Canada, Central and South America and in Asia.

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