| Taxon | Muhlenbergia richardsonis |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | muhlenbergia; muhlenbergia grass; muhly; muhly grass; muhlygrass; muhley; muhley grass; muhleygrass; muhli; muhli grass; Muhlenberg's grass; Muhlenberg's-grass; Muhlenberg grass; Muhlenberg-grass; satin-grass; satin grass |
| Species common name(s) | Richardson's muhlenbergia; Richardson's muhly; Richardson's muhly grass; Richardson's muhley; Richardson's satin-grass; Richardson's satin grass; Richardson's satingrass; Richardson muhlenbergia; Richardson muhly; Richardson muhly grass; Richardson muhley; Richardson satin-grass; Richardson satin grass; mat muhlenbergia; mat muhly; mat muhly grass; mat muhley; matted muhly; matted muhley; soft-leaved muhly; soft-leaf muhly; soft leaf muhly; softleaf muhly; soft-leaf muhley |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | dropseed, drop-seed, drop seed, dropseed grass, drop-seed grass, drop-seed-grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; false buffalo grass is more commonly applied to Munroa squarrosa |
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| Notes | Richardson is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Muhlenbergia squarrosa (Trin.) Rydb. |
