Muhlenbergia

Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia rigens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae
Genus:	Muhlenbergia Schreb.
Type species
Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F.Gmel.
Synonyms
Dilepyrum Michx. Podosemum Desv. Clomena P.Beauv. Tosagris P.Beauv. Trichochloa P.Beauv. Trichochloa DC. 1813, illegitimate homonym not P.Beauv. 1812 Cleomena Roem. & Schult. Anthipsimus Raf. Flexularia Raf. Sericrostis Raf. Epicampes J.Presl Dactylogramma Link Calycodon Nutt. Schedonnardus Steud. Vaseya Thurb. Chaboissaea E.Fourn. ex Benth. & Hook.f. Crypsinna E.Fourn. Redfieldia Vasey Bealia Scribn. Schaffnerella Nash Spirochloe Lunell

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.

numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Aegopogon Apera Arundinella Brachyelytrum Calamagrostis Chaetopogon Cinna Dichelachne Garnotia Limnodea Lycurus Melinis Ortachne Pereilema Sporobolus Triniochloa

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