Tripsacum

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Tripsacum
Tripsacum grass
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

Species[edit]

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formerly included[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripsacum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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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