Tripidium

Tripidium
Tripidium bengalense in north Bengal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Saccharinae
Genus:	Tripidium H.Scholz1
Species
See text.
Synonyms21
Ripidium Trin., nom. illeg.

Tripidium is a genus of flowering plant in the Poaceae (or grass) family of plants. The genus is native to southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia with the native distribution of genus extending from the western parts of Mediterranean (including Spain and Morocco) and Western Sahara, to the Korean peninsula and the island of New Guinea at the eastern-most extent of its distribution.²

The genus name was first published by Hildemar Wolfgang Scholz in 2006 as a replacement for the illegitimate name Ripidium.¹

As of September 2021, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:²

• Tripidium arundinaceum (Retz.) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Tripidium bengalense (Retz.) H.Scholz
• Tripidium kanashiroi (Ohwi) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Tripidium procerum (Roxb.) Welker, Voronts. & E.A.Kellogg
• Tripidium ravennae (L.) H.Scholz
• Tripidium strictum (Host) H.Scholz