Hilaria (genus)

curly mesquite
Hilaria rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Genus: Hilaria
Kunth
Type species
Hilaria cenchroides
Kunth[1]
Synonyms[2][3]

Hilaria is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[4][5] Members of the genus are commonly known as curly mesquite. It is 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]
  1. Hilaria annua Reeder & C.Reeder - Colima
  2. Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash USA (AZ NM TX) south to Oaxaca
  3. Hilaria cenchroides Kunth - from Chihuahua to Guatemala; naturalized in Arizona (Pima + Cochise Counties)
  4. Hilaria ciliata (Scribn.) Sohns - from Chihuahua to Oaxaca
  5. Hilaria hintonii Sohns - Guerrero, Morelos, Querétaro, México State
  6. Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth. - USA (CA NV AZ NM TX UT CO WY KS OK)
  7. Hilaria mutica (Buckley) Benth. - USA (AZ NM TX OK), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, Zacatecas, Sonora, Baja California Sur)
  8. Hilaria rigida (Thurb.) Benth. ex Scribn. - USA (CA NV AZ UT NM), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California)
  9. Hilaria semplei Sohns - Michoacán
  10. Hilaria swallenii Cory - USA (NM TX), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas)

References

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  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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