Muhlenbergia frondosa

Muhlenbergia frondosa

Muhlenbergia frondosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Muhlenbergiinae
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Species: Muhlenbergia frondosa

Name

Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poir.) Fernald, 1943

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agrostis frondosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 252 (1810).
• Homotypic
  • Vilfa frondosa (Poir.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
• Heterotypic
  • Calamagrostis compressa Döll in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(3): 56 (1878).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana subsp. commutata Scribn., Rhodora 9: 18 (1907).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana var. commutata (Scribn.) Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 181 (1916).
  • Muhlenbergia commutata (Scribn.) Bush, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 61 (1919).
  • Muhlenbergia mexicana f. commutata (Scribn.) Wiegand, Rhodora 26: 1 (1924).
  • Muhlenbergia frondosa f. commutata (Scribn.) Fernald, Rhodora 45: 235 (1943).
  • Muhlenbergia brachyphylla f. aristata E.J.Palmer & Steyerm., Brittonia 10: 110 (1958).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Rhode I. Regional: Central USA Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Regional: Canada New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Ontario, Québec References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fernald, 1943. Rhodora; Journal of the New England Botanical Club. Cambridge, MA 45:235.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Muhlenbergia frondosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Muhlenbergia frondosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Muhlenbergia frondosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Muhlenbergia frondosa. Published online. Accessed: September 03 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Muhlenbergia frondosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 September 03.

Vernacular names

English: wirestem muhly

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