Tridens (plant)

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Tridens
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Tridens flavus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Pappophorinae
Genus: Tridens
Roem. & Schult. [1]
Type species
Tridens flavus
Synonyms [2]
  • AntonellaCaro
  • GossweilerochloaRenvoize
  • TricuspisP.Beauv. 1812, illegitimate homonym not Pers. 1806
  • WindsoriaNutt.

Tridens is a genus of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae native to the Americas. [3] [4]

Species [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Formerly included [2]
see Dasyochloa Diplachne Erioneuron

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References

  1. "Genus: Tridens Roem. & Schult". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Roemer, Johann Jakob & Schultes, Josef August. 1817. Systema Vegetabilium 2: 34, 599-600 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Tridens Roem. & Schult.
  5. The Plant List search for Tridens
  6. "Tridens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  7. "GRIN Species Records of Tridens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  8. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  9. Acedo, C. and F. Llamas. (2003). A new species of Tridens (Poaceae) from Brazil. Systematic Botany 28:2 313-16.