Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.
The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). 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.
Species
Species in the genus include:
Muhlenbergia aguascalientensis Y.Herrera & De la Cerda - Aguascalientes
Muhlenbergia alamosae Vasey - Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Zacatecas
Muhlenbergia alopecuroides (Griseb.) P.M.Peterson & Columbus – southwestern US, northern Mexico, northern Argentina
Muhlenbergia andina (Nutt.) Hitchc. – Foxtail muhly - western Canada, western United States
Muhlenbergia angustata (J.Presl) Kunth - South America
Muhlenbergia annua (Vasey) Swallen - Chihuahua, Sonora, Chiapas, Durango
Muhlenbergia appressa C.O.Goodd. – Devil's Canyon muhly - United States (California Arizona), Baja California, Baja California Sur
Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckley) Hitchc. - United States (Colorado New Mexico Texas Arizona), Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas
Muhlenbergia arenicola Buckley - United States (Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado), Mexico, Argentina
Muhlenbergia argentea Vasey - Mexico
Muhlenbergia arizonica Scribn. United States (New Mexico Arizona), Mexico
Muhlenbergia arsenei Hitchc. - United States (California Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico), Mexico
Muhlenbergia articulata Scribn. - Mexico
Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi – Scratchgrass - from Canada to Chile
Muhlenbergia atacamensis Parodi - Argentina, Bolivia
Muhlenbergia aurea Swallen - Guatemala
Muhlenbergia biloba Hitchc. - Mexico
Muhlenbergia brandegeei C.Reeder - Baja California
Muhlenbergia breviaristata (Hack.) Parodi -...
