Tripsacum

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|image = Corn parents1.jpg

|image_caption = Tripsacum grass

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|taxon = Tripsacum

|authority = L.

|type_species = Tripsacum dactyloides

|type_species_authority = (L.) L.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019162 Tropicos, Tripsacum L.]

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=447536 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms = *Digitaria Adans. 1763, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759

  • Dactylodes Zanoni-Monti ex Kuntze

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Tripsacum is a genus of plants in the grass family and native to the Western Hemisphere.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587172#page/559/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379] in Latin Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.{{PLANTS|id=TRIPS|taxon=Tripsacum|accessdate=15 December 2015}}

Species

References: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)[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Tripsacum The Plant List search for Tripsacum]

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Formerly included

Reference:

See Anthephora; Apluda; Chionachne; Coelorachis; Elionurus; Hackelochloa; Hemarthria; Ischaemum; Lasiurus; Manisuris; Microstegium; Pogonatherum

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