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

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

• Basionym: Anthephora belangeri Steud.

Common names:

• curly-mesquite  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage
• Environmental: potential as lawn/turf

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Baja California (Norte)]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guerrero, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos]

References:

1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
4. Kenna, M. P. 2000. The United States Golf Association: a leader in the science of turf for 80 years. Diversity 16:11-14.
5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
6. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
7. McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
8. Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16
9. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
10. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). URL: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/poaceae/hilaria-belangeri/fichas/pagina1.htm target='_blank'
11. Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

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=19126. Accessed 6 July 2024.