Tripsacum

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 (L.) L. [1]
Synonyms [2]
DigitariaAdans. 1763, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759 DactylodesZanoni-Monti ex Kuntze

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

References: ^{[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

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

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. NRCS. "Tripsacum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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

External links

• Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora