| Hilaria | |
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| Hilaria rigida | |
Scientific classification 
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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] | |
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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]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Tropicos, Hilaria Kunth
- ^ a b 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. Vol. 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