Hilaria (plant)

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Hilaria
Hilaria rigida.jpg
Hilaria rigida
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hilariinae
P.M.Peterson & Columbus
Genus: Hilaria
Kunth
Type species
Hilaria cenchroides
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • HexarrhenaC.Presl
  • SchleropeltaBuckley
  • PleuraphisTorr.

Hilaria is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. [4] [5] Members of the genus are commonly known as curly mesquite. They are found in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala. [6]

The generic name honors French naturalist Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779–1853). [7]

Species [2] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Hilaria Kunth
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Genus: Hilaria Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  4. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 116–118 in Latin
  5. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: plate 37 line drawing of Hilaria cenchroides
  6. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  7. ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. II E-O. CRC Press. pp. 1045–1047. ISBN   978-0-8493-1303-5.
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Hilaria
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, Hilaria
  10. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, Pleuraphis
  11. ↑ Sohns, E. R. 1956. The genus Hilaria (Gramineae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(10): 311–321


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