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Muhly (Muhlenbergia pilosa)

Description

Muhlenbergia pilosa is a grass species described by PMPeterson, Wipff and Stanley D. Jones . Muhlenbergia pilosa is part of the genus Muhlenbergia , and the family grass . No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life . 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.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Muhlenbergia