Tripsacum is a genus of plants in the grass family and native to the Western Hemisphere.[3] Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]
| Tripsacum | |
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| Tripsacum grass | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Tripsacinae |
| Genus: | Tripsacum L. |
| Type species | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
edit- Tripsacum andersonii - from Veracruz to Bolivia
- Tripsacum australe - South America
- Tripsacum cundinamarce - Colombia
- Tripsacum dactyloides - widespread in Latin America, West Indies, eastern USA[7]
- Tripsacum intermedium - Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras
- Tripsacum jalapense - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
- Tripsacum lanceolatum - USA (AZ NM),[8] Mexico, Central America
- Tripsacum latifolium - Mesoamerica, West Indies
- Tripsacum laxum - Latin America, West Indies
- Tripsacum maizar - Mexico, Guatemala
- Tripsacum manisuroides - Chiapas
- Tripsacum peruvianum - Peru, Ecuador
- Tripsacum pilosum - Peru, Ecuador
- Tripsacum zopilotense - Mexico, Guatemala
formerly included
edit[2] see Anthephora Apluda Chionachne Coelorachis Elionurus Hackelochloa Hemarthria Ischaemum Lasiurus Manisuris Microstegium Pogonatherum
- Tripsacum aegilopoides - Lasiurus scindicus
- Tripsacum aristatum - Ischaemum aristatum
- Tripsacum ciliare - Elionurus ciliaris
- Tripsacum compressum - Hemarthria compressa
- Tripsacum cylindricum - Coelorachis cylindrica
- Tripsacum distachyum - Ischaemum rugosum
- Tripsacum distichum - Ischaemum rugosum
- Tripsacum fasciculatum - Microstegium fasciculatum
- Tripsacum giganteum - Apluda mutica
- Tripsacum granulare - Hackelochloa granularis
- Tripsacum hermaphroditum - Anthephora hermaphrodita
- Tripsacum hirsutum - Lasiurus scindicus
- Tripsacum ischaemum - Ischaemum muticum
- Tripsacum muticum - Ischaemum muticum
- Tripsacum myurus - Manisuris myurus
- Tripsacum paniceum - Pogonatherum paniceum
- Tripsacum pubescens - Anthephora pubescens
- Tripsacum semiteres - Chionachne semiteres
References
edit- ^ Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripsacum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2002 onwards). World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. (accessed 22 February 2010; 16:22 GMT)
- ^ The Plant List search for Tripsacum
- ^ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum dactyloides
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum lanceolatum
External links
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