Hilaria (plant)

Hilaria
Hilaria rigida
Scientific classification
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 Kunth[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Hexarrhena C.Presl Schleropelta Buckley Pleuraphis Torr.

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]

• Hilaria annua Reeder & C.Reeder - Colima
• Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) south to Oaxaca
• Hilaria cenchroides Kunth - from Chihuahua to Guatemala; naturalized in Arizona (Pima + Cochise Counties)
• Hilaria ciliata (Scribn.) Sohns - from Chihuahua to Oaxaca
• Hilaria hintonii Sohns - Guerrero, Morelos, Querétaro, México State
• Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth. - United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Hilaria mutica (Buckley) Benth. - USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, Zacatecas, Sonora, Baja California Sur)
• Hilaria rigida (Thurb.) Benth. ex Scribn. - United States (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah), Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California)
• Hilaria semplei Sohns - Michoacán
• Hilaria swallenii Cory - United States (New Mexico, Texas), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas)

References

1. Tropicos, Hilaria Kunth
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. Vol. 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

External links

• Media related to Hilaria at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Hilaria (plant) at Wikispecies