Hilaria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Hilariinae
Genus: Hilaria
Species: H. annua – H. belangeri – H. cenchroides – H. ciliata – H. hintonii – H. jamesii – H. mutica – H. rigida – H. semplei – H. swalleni

Name

Hilaria Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 116 (1816)
Type species: Hilaria cenchroides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 117 (1816)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pleuraphis Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 148 (1824).
Hexarrhena J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 326 (1830).

References

Kunth, K.S. (1816) Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 116–117, pl. 37.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Hilaria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Hilaria. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Hilaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Hilaria. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.

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

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