Table 1: Currently accepted vascular plant names with Muhlenberg (Muhl.) as author or as part author. Another 75 plants named by Muhlenberg are considered synonyms of other species. "*" indicates wetland Pensylvania species. Modified from Biota of North America Program.

Genera with Muhlenberg as part of the author

Ericaceae

Copperbush Elliottia Muhl. ex Ell.

Gentianaceae

Screwstem Bartonia Muhl. ex Willd.

Species with Muhlenberg as author oras part of the author

Asteraceae

*Purple-stem Beggarticks, Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd.

*Field Thistle, Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.

*Prairie Fleabane, Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.

Hairy Lettuce, Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt.

Hairy Goldenrod, Solidago hispida Muhl. ex Willd.

*Round-leaf Goldenrod, Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd.

Elm-leaf Goldenrod, Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. ex Willd.

Betulaceae

Seaside Alder, Alnus maritima (Marsh.) Muhl. ex Nutt.

Brassicaceae

Smooth Rockcress, Arabis laevigata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Poir.

*Bulbous Bittercress, Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) B.S.P.

*Quaker Bittercress, Cardamine pensylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

Carolina Pinelandcress, Warea cueifolia (Muhl. ex Nutt.) Nutt.

Caryophyllaceae

Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum var. villosum (Muhl. ex Darl.) Hollick & Brit.

*Long-leaf Starwort, Stellaria longifolia Muhl. ex Willd.

Cyperaceae

*Oval-leaf Sedge, Carex cephalophora (Muhl. ex Willd.)

Sandy-woods Sedge, Carex dasycarpa Muhl.

Crypree-knee Sedge, Carix decomposita Muhl.

*Linestone-meadow Sedge, Carex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.

*Porcupine Sedge, Carex hystericina Muhl. ex Willd.

*Hop Sedge, Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.

Long-stalk Sedge, Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Willd.

*Wolly Sedge, Carex pellita Muhl. ex Willd.

*Variable Sedge, Carex polymorpha Muhl.

Reflexed Sedge, Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Willd.

*Burr-reed Sedge, Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.

*Stalk-grain Sedge, Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd.

*Hairy-fruit Sedge, Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.

Warty Sedge, Carex verrucosa Muhl.

Ribbed Sedge, Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd.

*Smooth Saw-grass, Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr.

*Red-root Flat Sedge, Cyperus erythrorhizoz Muhl.

*Rufous Bulrush, Scirpus pendulus Muhl.

*Few-flower Nut-rush, Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.

*Low Nut-rush, Scleria verticillata Muhl. ex Willd.

Ericaceae

Georgiaplume, Elliottia racemosa Muhl. ex Ell.

Fabaceae

Long-brack Wild Indigo, Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Ell.

Harry Small-leaf Tick-trefoil, Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

Large-bract Tick-trefoil, Desmodium cuspidatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. ex Loud.

Stiff Tick-trefoil. Desomodium obtusum (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC.

*Veiny Vetchling, Lathyrus venosus Muhl. ex Willd.

*Pink Fuzzy-bean, Strophostyles umbellata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britt.

Running Buffalo Clover, Trifolium stoniferum Muhl. ex Eat.

*American Purple Vetch, Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd.

Gentianaceae

*Twining Screwstem, Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl.

*Yellow Gentian, Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt.

Lamiaceae

*Cut-leaf Water-horehound, Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex W. Bart.

Hairy Skullcap, Scutellaria elliptica Muhl. ex Spreng.

Onagraceae

*Downey Willowherb, Epilobium strictum Muhl. ex Spreng.

Orchidaceae

*Adam-and-Eve, Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.

*Small White Lady's-slipper, Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.

Poaceae

Woolly-sheath Three-awn, Aristida lanosa Muhl. ex Ell.

Giant Cane, Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl.

*Hairy Woodland Brome, Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd.

*Smooth Crab Grass, Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl.

*Hairy Wild Rye, Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd.

Meadow Love Grass, Eragrostis refracta (Muhl.) Scribn.

*Atlantic Manna Grass, Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

Rocky Muhly, Muhlenbergia sobolifera (Muhl. ex Willd.) Trin.

*Bog Muhley, Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fern.

*Warty Panic Grass, Panicum verrucosum Muhl.

*Autumn Blue Grass, Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Ell.

Salt-meadow Cord Grass, Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl.

Rosaceae

Indian-physic, Porteranthus stipulatus (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britt.

Salicaceae

*Pussy Willow, Salix discolor Muhl.

*Shuning Willow, Salex lucida Muhl.

*Bayberry Willow, Salix myricoides Muhl.

Ulmaceae

*Slippery Elm, Ulmus rubra Muhl.

Urticaceae

*Pennsylvania Pellitory, Parietaria pennsylvanica Muhl. ex Willd.

Authors:

Ait. = William Aiton, 1731-1793

W. Bart. = William Bartram, 1739-1823

Boott = William Boott, 1805-1887

Brit. = Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1859-1934

BSP = Britton, Sterns, and Poggenburg

Darl. = William Darlington, 1782-1863

DC = Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, 1778-1841

Eat. = Amos Eaton, 1776-1842

Ell. = Stephen Elliott, 1771-1830

Englm. = George Engelmann, 1809-1884

Fern. = Merritt Lyndon Fernald, 1873-1950

Griseb. = August Henrich Rudolf Grisebach, 1814-1879

A. S. Hitchc. = Albert Spear Hitchcock, 1865-1879

Hollick & Britt. = Charles Author Hollick, 1857-1933 and Britton

Hook. f. = Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1817-1911

I. M. Johnston = Ivan Murray Johnston, 1898-1960

Loud. = John Claudius Loudon, 1776-1842

Marsh. = Humphery Marshall, 1722-1801

Meisn. = Carl Friedrich Messner, 1800-1874

Michx. = Andre Michaux, 1746-1802

Nutt. = Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859

Piper. = Charles Vancouver Piper, 1867-1926

Poir. = Jean Louis Marie Poiret, 1755-1834

H. E. Robins = Harold Ernest Robinson, 1932-

Schkuhr = Christian Schkuhr, 1741-1811

Schreb. = Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, 1739-1810

Schltz-Bip. = Carl (Karl) Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz, 1805-1867

J. A. Schultes = Josef (Joseph) August Schultes, 1773-1831

Scribn. Frank Lamson-Scribner, 1851-1938

Sm = John Kunkel Small, 1869-1938

Spreng. = Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, 1766-1833

Steud. = Ernst Gottlieb Steudel, 1783-1856

Torr. = John Torrey, 1796-1873

Trin. = Carl Bernhard von Trinius, 1778-1844

Walp. = Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, 1816-1853

Walt. = Thomas Walter, 1740-1789

Willd. = Carl Ludwig Willenow, 1765-1812

 


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