Hilaria (plant) explained

Hilaria is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]} Members of the genus are commonly known as curly mesquite. They are found in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala.^[3]

The generic name honors French naturalist Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779–1853).^[4]

Species^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

• 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)

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4613#page/179/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: 116–118
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4613#page/477/mode/1up Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1816. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1: plate 37
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00288.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Grasses . II E-O . 978-0-8493-1303-5 . 2006 . CRC Press . 1045–1047.
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=418945 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Hilaria The Plant List search for Hilaria
7. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Hilaria Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps, Hilaria
8. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Pleuraphis Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, Pleuraphis
9. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122693#page/351/mode/1up Sohns, E. R. 1956. The genus Hilaria (Gramineae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(10): 311–321