Poaceae
Muhlenbergia

Muhlenbergia microsperma (DC.) Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 64 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. U.S.A. to Guatemala, W. South America to NW. Venezuela. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Bolivia, California, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nevada, Peru, Utah, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Moran, R. (1996). The flora of Guadalupe island, Mexico. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 19: 1-190.
  • Peterson, P.M. & al. (2023). Taxonomic revision of Muhlenbergia (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae, Muhlenbergiinae) in Central America: phylogeny and classification. PhytoKeys 230: 1-106.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) http://apps.kew.org/sepasalweb/sepaweb in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org/2016/

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i-viii, 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Moran, R. (1996). The flora of Guadalupe island, Mexico. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 19: 1-190.
  • Renvoize, S.A. (1998). Gramineas de Bolivia: 1-644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Plants for Health

  • "SEPASAL database. (RBG Kew, 1999)"
  • "World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)"

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2021 Whitney, L.D. [4000] United States K001614832 No
Jan 1, 2021 Whitney, L.D. [4033] United States K001614833 No
Feb 2, 1986 Bolivia K001468854 Yes
Dec 18, 1983 Ecuador K001468837 Yes
Mar 18, 1981 Peru K001468848 Yes
Palmer, E. [670] United States K002939562 Yes
Palmer, E. [656] United States K002939565 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002939567 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002939570 Yes
Spencer, M.F. [1695] United States K002939579 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C. [10543] United States K002939574 Yes
Thurber, G. [[99]] United States K002939560 Yes
Palmer, E. [95] United States K002939569 Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [3831] United States K002939557 Yes
Egler, F.E. [37-44] United States K002939251 Yes
Trask, B. [s.n.] United States K002939563 Yes
St. John, H. [17991] United States K002939250 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Refulio, N. [17985] Peru K001468844 Yes
Gander, F.F. [3021] United States K002939573 Yes
Palmer, E. [687] United States K002939566 Yes
Johansen, D.A. [4539] United States K002939575 Yes
Anthony, A.W. [195] United States K002939561 Yes
Brandegee, T.S. [830] United States K002939556 Yes
Palmer, E. [663] United States K002939564 Yes
Abrams, L. [3111] United States K002939568 Yes
Chase, A. [s.n.] United States K002939571 Yes
Orcutt, C.R. [s.n.] United States K002939558 Yes
Palmer, E. [663] United States K002939555 Yes
Spencer, M.F. [15048] United States K002939578 Yes
Abrams, L. [3260] United States K002939554 Yes
Bolander, H.N. [s.n.] United States K002939559 Yes
Imada, C.; LeGrande, M.; Puttock, C. [2002-4] United States K002939249 Yes
Kearney, T.H. Jr.; Peebles, R.H. [10935] United States K002939572 Yes
Nuttall, L.W. [323] United States K002939577 Yes
Peru K000326019 Yes
Ecuador K001468826 Yes
Ecuador K001468827 Yes
Ecuador K001468828 Yes
Ecuador K001468829 Yes
Ecuador K001468830 Yes
Ecuador K001468831 Yes
Ecuador K001468832 Yes
Ecuador K001468833 Yes
Ecuador K001468834 Yes
Ecuador K001468835 Yes
Ecuador K001468836 Yes
Ecuador K001468838 Yes
Ecuador K001468839 Yes
Ecuador K001468840 Yes
Ecuador K001468841 Yes
Peru K001468842 Yes
Peru K001468843 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Refulio, N. [17985], Peru K001468844 Yes
Peru K001468845 Yes
Peru K001468846 Yes
Peru K001468847 Yes
Peru K001468849 Yes
Peru K001468850 Yes
Peru K001468851 Yes
Peru K001468852 Yes
Peru K001468853 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001468855 Yes
Galapagos Is. K001468856 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0