Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Muhlenbergia microsperma (DC.) Trin.

liendrilla chica, littleseed muhly, annual muhly

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Cyperales

Family
Poaceae

Genus
Muhlenbergia

Species
microsperma

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Podosemum debile Kunth

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Espejo Serna, A. López-Ferrari, A.R. & Valdés-Reyna, J. (2000) Poaceae. Monocot. Mexic. Sinopsis Floríst. 10: 7–236 [and index].
  • Hendrix, L.B. Smith, S.D. (1986) Post eruption revegetation of Isla Fernandina, Galapagos II. (NB no recs cited in Lawesson et al. nor in database.) Nat. Geograph. Research 2(1): 6-16.
  • Hitchcock, A.S. (1936) Man. Grasses W. Ind. 1–439.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (s.a.) Pers. obs. field notes, collections 1985-7.
  • Peterson, P.M. (2001) Muhlenbergia. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 41: 143-173.
  • Peterson, P.M. Annable, C.R. (1991) Systematics of the annual species of Muhlenbergia (Poaceae-Eragrostideae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 31: 1–109.
  • Tovar, Ó. (1993) Las Gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13: 1–480.
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Muhlenbergia microsperma", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=952. Accessed 1 November 2026.