Tripsacum

<i>Tripsacum</i>

Tripsacum

Genus of grasses

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]

Quick Facts Tripsacum, Scientific classification ...

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] see Anthephora Apluda Chionachne Coelorachis Elionurus Hackelochloa Hemarthria Ischaemum Lasiurus Manisuris Microstegium Pogonatherum

References

  1. [1]
    Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
  2. [2]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. [3]
    Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
  4. [4]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripsacum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. [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.doc. (accessed 22 February 2010; 16:22 GMT)
  6. [6]
    The Plant List search for Tripsacum
  7. [7]
    Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum dactyloides
  8. [8]
    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum lanceolatum


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