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Definition of Genus muhlenbergia

1. Noun. A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Muhlenbergia

Literary usage of Genus muhlenbergia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Muhlenbergia: A Journal of Botany edited by Amos Arthur Heller, Patrick Beveridge Kennedy (1907)
"The most fitting tribute of all was given by Schreber when he established the grass genus Muhlenbergia. ..."

2. The Grasses of Iowa by Louis Hermann Pammel, Julius Buel Weems, Carleton Roy Ball, F. Lamson-Scribner, Harry Foster Bain (1904)
"The genus Muhlenbergia attains its greatest development in the southwest, extending to the Andes of South America. Some species also occurring in Asia ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... affected district in Texas has as yet failed to reveal the presence in cotton fields of any grasses belonging to the genus Muhlenbergia or Sporobolus. ..."

4. Proceedings and Addresses by Pennsylvania German Society (1896)
"... and third, when embodied in a genus, as was done, when Professor Schreber created the genus Muhlenbergia, to include a large group of beautiful grasses, ..."

5. Diary by Increase Mather, Samuel Abbott Green (1900)
"... when embodied in a genus, as was done, when Professor Schreber created the genus Muhlenbergia, to include a large group of beautiful grasses, ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Cleistogamy in the genus muhlenbergia. (Read by title.) MRS. AGNES CHASE. The Chart Method in Taxonomy. (Read by title.) FREDERIC E. CLEMENTS. ..."

7. Bulletin by Iowa Geological Survey, University of Texas Mineral Survey (1904)
"The genus Muhlenbergia attains its greatest development in the southwest, extending to the Andes of South America. Some species also occurring in Asia ..."

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