| Tripsacum | |
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| Tripsacum grass | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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: | Tripsacinae |
| Genus: | Tripsacum L. |
| Type species | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | |
| Synonyms2 | |
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Tripsacum (adjective: tripsacoid} 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
Species
- Tripsacum andersonii - from Veracruz to Bolivia
- Tripsacum australe - South America
- Tripsacum cundinamarce - Colombia
- Tripsacum dactyloides - widespread in Latin America, West Indies, eastern USA7
- 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
Reference: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 - Mnesithea 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
References
- Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
- NRCS. "Tripsacum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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