Muhlenbergia palmirensis

Description

Muhlenbergia palmirensis is a species of plant in the family Poaceae . This species is only found in Ecuador. Muhlenbergia palmirensis is a grass species described by Grignon and Simon Laegaard . Muhlenbergia palmirensis is part of the genus muhlygräs , and the family grass . IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) categorizes the species globally as highly threatened . Muhlenbergia is a genus of plants in the grass family.The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest number are native to the southwestern United States and Mexico, but there are also native species in Canada, Central and South America and in Asia.