Muhlenbergia
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"Muhly" redirects here. For the contemporary American composer, see Nico Muhly.
Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.[4][2][5][6]
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Muhlenbergia | |
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Muhlenbergia rigens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
Subtribe: | Muhlenbergiinae |
Genus: | Muhlenbergia Schreb. |
Type species | |
Muhlenbergia schreberi | |
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The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815).[7] 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.[7][8][9][10]