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Taxon: Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) Hitchc.

 
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Muhlenbergiinae
Nomen number: 103642
Place of publication: N. Amer. fl. 17:468. 1935
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 20-Aug-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Materials: potential as fiber (for papermaking fide Mejia Saules & Davila Aranda 1992)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí]
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Ciudad de México]

    Southern America
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala


References:

  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
  2. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  3. Herrera-Arrieta, Y. & P. M. Peterson. 2007. Muhlenbergia (Poaceae) de Chihuahua, México. Sida, Bot. Misc. 29:41-43.
  4. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
  5. Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16
  6. Mejía-Saules, T. 1993. Uso de Muhlenbergia macroura (Poaceae: Eragrostideae) en la región de Perote, Veracruz, México. Bol. Soc. Bot. México 53:141-147. Note: superseded by Botanical Sciences
  7. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  8. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Epicampes macroura

Check other web resources for Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) Hitchc. :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=103642. Accessed 5 July 2024.