Tripsacum

Tripsacum is a genus of plants in the grass family native to the Western Hemisphere.[3] Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]

Species[2][5][6]
  • 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[2]

Tripsacum
Tripsacum grass
Scientific classification
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]
  • Digitaria Adans. 1763, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759
  • Dactylodes Zanoni-Monti ex Kuntze

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
  1. Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
  4. "Tripsacum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. 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)
  6. The Plant List search for Tripsacum
  7. Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum dactyloides
  8. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum lanceolatum


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