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Taxon: Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

 
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Muhlenbergiinae
Nomen number: 24678
Place of publication: Gram. unifl. sessquifl. 189. 1824
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 09-Feb-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • Mexican muhly  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
  • wirestem muhly  (Source: F NAmer) - English
  • Mexican muhly  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
  • muhlenbergie du Mexique  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
  • mexikanskt muhlygräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: erosion control; ornamental; ornamental

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Brunswick]
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
    • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota (e.), Oklahoma, South Dakota (e. & s.), Wisconsin]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (n. & c.), Idaho (n.), Montana (w.), Oregon (s.w.), Washington (e. & n.w.), Wyoming (e. & n.)]
    • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas (n. & s.), Delaware, Kentucky (w.), Maryland, North Carolina (w.), Tennessee (n.w.), Virginia]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas (n.-c.)]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (n.), Nevada (w.), Utah (e. & n.)]


    Cultivated (also cult.)

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. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  3. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41.
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  6. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  7. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
  8. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  9. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
  10. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  12. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

Check other web resources for Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. :

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=24678. Accessed 6 July 2024.