Muhlenbergia
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. 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.
Species
Species in the genus include:Muhlenbergia aguascalientensis Y.Herrera & De la Cerda - AguascalientesMuhlenbergia alamosae Vasey - Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, ZacatecasMuhlenbergia alopecuroides P.M.Peterson & Columbus – southwestern US, northern Mexico, northern ArgentinaMuhlenbergia andina Hitchc. – Foxtail muhly - western Canada, western United StatesMuhlenbergia angustata Kunth - South AmericaMuhlenbergia annua Swallen - Chihuahua, Sonora, Chiapas, DurangoMuhlenbergia appressa C.O.Goodd. – Devil's Canyon muhly - United States, Baja California, Baja California SurMuhlenbergia arenacea Hitchc. - United States, Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, ZacatecasMuhlenbergia arenicola Buckley - United States, Mexico, ArgentinaMuhlenbergia argentea Vasey - MexicoMuhlenbergia arizonica Scribn. United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia arsenei Hitchc. - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia articulata Scribn. - MexicoMuhlenbergia asperifolia Parodi – Scratchgrass - from Canada to ChileMuhlenbergia atacamensis Parodi - Argentina, BoliviaMuhlenbergia aurea Swallen - GuatemalaMuhlenbergia biloba Hitchc. - MexicoMuhlenbergia brandegeei C.Reeder - Baja CaliforniaMuhlenbergia breviaristata Parodi - ArgentinaMuhlenbergia breviculmis Swallen - GuatemalaMuhlenbergia brevifolia Scribn. ex Beal - MexicoMuhlenbergia breviligula Hitchc. - southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaMuhlenbergia brevis Goodd. - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia breviseta E.Fourn. - MexicoMuhlenbergia brevivaginata Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia bushii R.W.Pohl - central + eastern United StatesMuhlenbergia californica Vasey – California muhly - California Muhlenbergia capillaris – Hairawn muhly - United States P.M.Peterson & Annable - northeastern MexicoMuhlenbergia caxamarcensis Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - PeruMuhlenbergia ciliata Kunth - from central Mexico to northwestern ArgentinaMuhlenbergia crispiseta Hitchc. - western Texas, northern MexicoMuhlenbergia cualensis Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson - southern MexicoMuhlenbergia curtifolia Scribn. - Arizona Nevada Utah WyomingMuhlenbergia curtisetosa Bush - from Ontario to TexasMuhlenbergia curviaristata Ohwi - Japan, Manchuria, Kuril IslandsMuhlenbergia cuspidata Rydb. – Plains muhly - from Alberta to VirginiaMuhlenbergia decumbens Swallen - central MexicoMuhlenbergia depauperata Scribn. - United States, northeastern MexicoMuhlenbergia distichophylla Kunth - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia diversiglumis Trin. - from northern Mexico to PeruMuhlenbergia dubia E.Fourn. - Arizona New Mexico Texas, MexicoMuhlenbergia dumosa – Bamboo muhly - Mexico, ArizonaMuhlenbergia durangensis Y.Herrera - DurangoMuhlenbergia duthieana Hack. - Pakistan, Nepal, Kashmir, Himanchal Pradesh, UttaranchalMuhlenbergia elongata Scribn. ex Beal - Arizona, northern MexicoMuhlenbergia eludens C.Reeder - United States, northern MexicoMuhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey – Bullgrass - United States, Mexico, Guatemala, HondurasMuhlenbergia eriophylla Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia expansa – Cutover muhly - United States Muhlenbergia fastigiata Henrard - Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Chile, ArgentinaMuhlenbergia filiculmis Vasey - United States Muhlenbergia filiformis Rydb. – Pullup muhly - western United States, British Columbia, Sonora, Baja CaliforniaMuhlenbergia flabellata Mez - Costa Rica, PanamáMuhlenbergia flavida Vasey - MexicoMuhlenbergia flaviseta Scribn. - MexicoMuhlenbergia flexuosa Hitchc. - PeruMuhlenbergia fragilis Swallen - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia frondosa Fernald - eastern + central United States + CanadaMuhlenbergia gigantea Hitchc. - MexicoMuhlenbergia glabriflora Scribn. - south-central United StatesMuhlenbergia glauca Mez - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia glomerata Trin. – Marsh muhly, spiked muhly - northern United States, Canada including Yukon + NWTMuhlenbergia grandis Vasey - MexicoMuhlenbergia gypsophila C.Reeder & Reeder - MexicoMuhlenbergia hakonensis Makino - China, Korea, JapanMuhlenbergia himalayensis Hack. ex Hook.f. - Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Tajikistan, northern + eastern India, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sichuan, YunnanMuhlenbergia hintonii Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia huegelii Trin. - widespread from Afghanistan to Primorye to New Guinea, including India + ChinaMuhlenbergia implicata Trin. - Mesoamerica, Colombia, VenezuelaMuhlenbergia inaequalis Soderstr. - Colombia, VenezuelaMuhlenbergia involuta Swallen - TexasMuhlenbergia iridifolia Soderstr. - MexicoMuhlenbergia jaime-hintonii P.M.Peterson & Valdés-Reyna - MexicoMuhlenbergia jaliscana Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia japonica Steud. - China, Japan, Korea, Primorye, KhabarovskMuhlenbergia jonesii Hitchc. - northeastern CaliforniaMuhlenbergia laxa Hitchc. - VeracruzMuhlenbergia lehmanniana Henrard - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela. EcuadorMuhlenbergia ligularis Hitchc. - from Costa Rica to ArgentinaMuhlenbergia ligulata Scribn. & Merr. - MexicoMuhlenbergia lindheimeri Hitchc. – Lindheimer muhly, big muhly - Texas, CoahuilaMuhlenbergia longiglumis Vasey - MexicoMuhlenbergia longiligula Hitchc. - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia lucida Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia macroura Hitchc. - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia majalcensis P.M.Peterson - MexicoMuhlenbergia maxima Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - PeruMuhlenbergia mexicana Trin. – Mexican muhly - United States, Canada incl. YukonMuhlenbergia michisensis Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson - MexicoMuhlenbergia microsperma Kunth – Littleseed muhly - United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos, BoliviaMuhlenbergia minutissima Swallen – Annual muhly - United States, Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia monandra Alegría & Rúgolo - PeruMuhlenbergia montana Hitchc. – Mountain muhly - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia mucronata Trin. - MexicoMuhlenbergia multiflora Columbus - western United StatesMuhlenbergia mutica Hitchc. - MexicoMuhlenbergia nigra Hitchc. - Mexico, Costa Rica, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia orophila Swallen - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia palmeri Vasey - Mexico, southern ArizonaMuhlenbergia palmirensis Grignon & Lægaard - EcuadorMuhlenbergia paniculata P.M.Peterson - central Canada, central + western United States, northeastern Mexico, northern ArgentinaMuhlenbergia pauciflora Buckley - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia pectinata Goodd. - Mexico, southern ArizonaMuhlenbergia peruviana – Peruvian muhly - United States, Mesoamerica, western South America, GalápagosMuhlenbergia pilosa P.M.Peterson, Wipff & S.D.Jones - México State, GuerreroMuhlenbergia plumbea Hitchc. - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia polycaulis Scribn. - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal – Bush muhly - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia pubescens Hitchc. - MexicoMuhlenbergia pubigluma Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia pungens Thurb. – Sandhill muhly - United States Muhlenbergia purpusii Mez - MexicoMuhlenbergia quadridentata Trin. - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia racemosa Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – Green muhly, marsh muhlyMuhlenbergia ramosa Makino - Canada, United States, northern MexicoMuhlenbergia ramulosa Swallen - United States, Mesoamerica, ArgentinaMuhlenbergia reederorum Soderstr. - MexicoMuhlenbergia repens Hitchc. - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia reverchonii – Seep muhly - United States Muhlenbergia richardsonis – Mat muhly - Canada, United States, northern + central MexicoMuhlenbergia rigens – Deergrass - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia rigida Kunth - United States, Mexico, South America Muhlenbergia robusta Hitchc. - Mexico, Central AmericaMuhlenbergia schmitzii Hack. - MexicoMuhlenbergia schreberi – Nimblewill - eastern + central United States, Ontario, Mexico, Uruguay, southern Brazil, northern ArgentinaMuhlenbergia scoparia Vasey - MexicoMuhlenbergia seatonii Scribn. ex Seaton - MexicoMuhlenbergia sericea P.M.Peterson United States Muhlenbergia setarioides E.Fourn. - Mexico, Central AmericaMuhlenbergia setifolia Vasey - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia sinuosa Swallen - United States, MexicoMuhlenbergia sobolifera Trin. - eastern + central United States, OntarioMuhlenbergia spatha Columbus - MexicoMuhlenbergia speciosa Vasey - MexicoMuhlenbergia spiciformis Trin. - Mexico, Cuba, United States Muhlenbergia straminea Hitchc. - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia stricta Kunth - MexicoMuhlenbergia strictior Beal - MexicoMuhlenbergia subaristata Swallen - MexicoMuhlenbergia subbiflora Hitchc. - MexicoMuhlenbergia sylvatica – Woodland muhly - eastern + central United States, Quebec, OntarioMuhlenbergia tarahumara P.M.Peterson & Columbus - MexicoMuhlenbergia tenella Trin. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, ArgentinaMuhlenbergia tenuiflora Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - eastern + central United States, Quebec, OntarioMuhlenbergia tenuifolia Kunth - United States, Mexico, Peru, ArgentinaMuhlenbergia tenuissima Kunth - Mexico, Central AmericaMuhlenbergia texana Buckley - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia thurberi Rydb. - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia torreyana Hitchc. – New Jersey muhly, Torrey's muhly, Torrey's dropseed - New Jersey New York Delaware Maryland North Carolina Tennessee GeorgiaMuhlenbergia torreyi Hitchc. ex Bush - southwestern United States, Mexico, ArgentinaMuhlenbergia trifida Hack. - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia uniflora Fernald - Canada, northeastern United StatesMuhlenbergia utilis Hitchc. – Aparejograss - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen - Mexico, GuatemalaMuhlenbergia venezuelae Luces - Mérida State in VenezuelaMuhlenbergia versicolor Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala, HondurasMuhlenbergia villiflora Hitchc. - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia virescens Kunth - MexicoMuhlenbergia virletii Soderstr. - MexicoMuhlenbergia watsoniana Hitchc. - MexicoMuhlenbergia wrightii Vasey ex J.M.Coult. - Mexico, United States Muhlenbergia xanthodas Soderstr. - ChiapasNumerous species are now considered better suited to other genera, such as Aegopogon, Agrostis, Apera, Arundinella, Brachyelytrum, Calamagrostis, Cinna, Dichelachne, Garnotia, Limnodea, Lycurus, Melinis, Ortachne, Sporobolus, Triniochloa.