Muhlenbergia
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Name
Muhlenbergia Schreb., Gen. Pl. 1: 44. 1789. – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Dilepyrum Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 40. 1803. Type: Dilepyrumminutiflorum Michx. (= Muhlenbergiaschreberi J. F. Gmel.).
- Aegopogon Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4 (2): 899. 1805 [1806] Type: Aegopogoncenchroides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. [≡ Muhlenbergiacenchroides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) P.M. Peterson].
- Podosemum Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188. 1810. Type: Podosemumcapillare (Lam.) Desv. [= Muhlenbergiacapillaris (Lam.) Trin.].
- Clomena P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 28. 1812. Type: Clomenaperuviana P. Beauv. [≡ Muhlenbergiaperuviana (P. Beauv.) Steud.].
- Tosagris P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 29. 1812. Type: Tosagrisagrostidea P. Beauv. [= Muhlenbergiacapillaris (Lam.) Trin.].
- Trichochloa P. Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 29. 1812. Type: Trichochloapurpurea P. Beauv. [= Muhlenbergiaexpansa (Poir.) Trin.].
- Podosaemum Kunth, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. 2: 72. 1815; orth. var. Podosemum.
- Hymenothecium Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl. 4. 1816. Lectotype: Cynosurustenellus Cav. ex DC., designated by Hitchcock 1920[1]: 169 [≡ Lamarckiatenella DC. ≡ Hymenotheciumtenellum (Cav. ex DC.) Lag. = Muhlenbergiauniseta (Lag.) Columbus].
- Lycurus Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 141. 1815 [1816]. Lectotype: Lycurusphleoides Kunth, designated by Hitchcock 1920[1]: 139 [≡ Muhlenbergiaphleoides (Kunth) Columbus].
- Anthipsimus
Raf., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 105. 1819. Type: Anthipsimusgonopodus Raf. (= Muhlenbergiaschreberi J.F. Gmel.).
- Sericrostis Raf., Neogenyton 4. 1825. Lectotype: Stipasericea Michx, designated by Pfeiffer 1874[2]: 1142 [≡ Muhlenbergiasericea (Michx.) P.M. Peterson].
- Pereilema J. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1 (4–5): 233.1830. Type: Pereilemacrinitum J. Presl (≡ Muhlenbergiapereilema P.M.Peterson).
- Epicampes J. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1 (4–5): 235. 1830. Type: Epicampesstricta J. Presl [= Muhlenbergiarobusta (E. Fourn.) Hitchc.].
- Dactylogramma Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 248. 1833. Type: Dactylogrammacinnoides Link [= Muhlenbergiaglomerata (Willd.) Trin.].
- Calycodon Nutt., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 23. 1848. Type: Calycodonmontanum Nutt. [≡ Muhlenbergiamontana (Nutt.) Hitchc.].
- Pleopogon Nutt., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 25. 1848. Type: Pleopogonsetosum Nutt. [≡ Lycurussetosus (Nutt.) C.G. Reeder = Muhlenbergiaalopecuroides (Griseb.) P.M. Peterson & Columbus].
- Schedonnardus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 146. 1854. Type: Schedonnardustexanus Steud. [Spirochloepaniculata Nutt. = Schedonnarduspaniculatus (Nutt.) Branner & Coville = Muhlenbergiapaniculata (Nutt.) Columbus].
- Vaseya Thurb., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 79. 1863. Type: Vaseyacomata Thurb. [= Muhlenbergiaandina (Nutt.) Hitchc.].
- Chaboissaea E. Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 112. 1886. Type: Chaboissaealigulata E. Fourn. [≡ Muhlenbergialigulata (E. Fourn.) Scribn. & Merr.].
- Crypsinna E. Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 2: 90. 1886. Lectotype: Crypsismacroura Kunth, designated by Hitchcock 1920[1]: 144. [≡ Crypsinnamacroura (Kunth) E. Fourn.≡ Muhlenbergiamacroura (Kunth) Hitchc.].
- Redfieldia Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 133. 1887. Type: Graphephorumflexuosum Thurb. ex A. Gray [≡ Redfieldiaflexuosa (Thurb. ex A. Gray) Vasey ≡ Muhlenbergiamultiflora Columbus].
- Bealia Scribn., True Grasses 104, f. 45a. 1890. Type: Bealiamexicana Scribn. (≡ Muhlenbergiabiloba Hitchc.).
- Blepharoneuron Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25(2): 88. 1898. Lectotype: Vilfatricholepis Torr., designated by Peterson and Annable 1990: 522 [≡ Blepharoneurontricholepis (Torr.) Nash ≡ Muhlenbergiatricholepis (Torr.) Columbus].
- Schaffnerella Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 17(2): 141. 1912. Type: Schaffneragracilis Benth. [≡ Schaffnerellagracilis (Benth.) Nash ≡ Muhlenbergiaspatha Columbus].
Description
Plants annual or perennial; synoecious sometimes andromonoecious; sometimes rhizomatous, often cespitose, sometimes mat-forming, rarely stoloniferous. Culms 2–300 cm, erect, geniculate or decumbent, usually herbaceous, sometimes becoming woody. Sheaths open, overlapping below; ligules membranous or hyaline (rarely firm or coriaceous), acuminate to truncate, sometimes minutely ciliolate, sometimes with lateral lobes longer than the central portion; blades narrow, flat, folded, or involute, sometimes arcuate. Inflorescences terminal, sometimes also axillary, open to contracted, raceme-like or spike-like panicles; cleistogamous panicles sometimes present in the axils of the lower cauline leaves, enclosed by a tightly rolled, somewhat indurate sheath; disarticulation usually above the glumes, occasionally below the pedicels. Spikelets mostly perfect with 1 (2–6) florets, sometimes staminate or sterile, occasionally paired or in groups of threes then the central spikelet perfect and the lateral ones staminate or sterile; chasmogamous, rarely cleistogamous; glumes usually (0)1(2–3)-veined, apices entire, erose or toothed, truncate to acuminate, sometimes mucronate or awned from the midvein, occasionally awned from the lateral veins; lower glumes sometimes rudimentary or absent, occasionally bifid; upper glumes shorter than to longer than the florets; calluses poorly developed, glabrous or with a few hairs; lemmas glabrous, scabrous or with short hairs, 3-veined (rarely appearing 5-veined), apices awned from the midvein, mucronate or unawned; awns, if present, straight, flexuous, sinuous or curled, sometimes borne between 2 minute teeth, lateral veins occasionally extended into awns; paleas shorter than or equal to the lemmas, 2-veined, apices; anthers (1–2)3, purple, orange, yellow, olivaceous or whitish; ovary with 2 styles, stigmas plumose. Caryopses elongate, fusiform or elliptic, slightly dorsally compressed, rarely laterally compressed, glabrous; hilum short; pericarp fused.
Chromosome base number is × = (8 or 9) 10 and these are relatively small in size.
Distribution
The genus is primarily distributed in the Western Hemisphere in North Central and South America. There are also seven species known to occur in south-eastern Asia, six of these are found in China (Wu and Peterson 2006[3]).
Ecology
The species occur in open habitats in deserts, grasslands, sclerophllous scrubland and margins of forests often in xeric to meso-xeric habitats from near sea level to more than 4000 m.
Etymology
Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753–1815), a Lutheran minister and pioneering botanist of Pennsylvania, USA.
Taxon Treatment
- Peterson, P; Vega, I; Romaschenko, K; Giraldo-Cañas, D; Rodriguez, N; 2018: Revision of Muhlenbergia (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae, Muhlenbergiinae) in Peru: classification, phylogeny, and a new species, M.romaschenkoi PhytoKeys, (114): 123-206. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hitchcock A (1920) The genera of grasses of the United States. United States Department of Agriculture.Bulletin772: 1–302.
- ↑ Pfeiffer L (1874) Nomenclator botanicus 2(20). Theodori Fischeri, Kassel, 1081−1160.
- ↑ Wu Z, Peterson P (2006) 140. Muhlenbergia. In: Wu Z Raven P Hong D (Eds) Flora of China: Poaceae, volume 22.Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 486–487.
