Hilaria (plant)

Hilaria is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.^[4][5] Members of the genus are commonly known as curly mesquite. They are found in the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and Guatemala.^[6]

Hilaria
Hilaria rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Hilariinae P.M.Peterson & Columbus
Genus:	Hilaria Kunth
Type species
Hilaria cenchroides Kunth[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Hexarrhena C.Presl Schleropelta Buckley Pleuraphis Torr.

The generic name honors French naturalist Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779–1853).^[7]

Species^{[2][8][9][10][11]}

• 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)